Guangdong Mobile Ends Free WLAN Service
CCIDCOM, 1/29/13
China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) Guangdong subsidiary has announced that the company will cease to provide unlimited free WLAN access at various China Mobile Wi-Fi hotspots around the province. The company will institute a new fee-based WLAN model, providing China Mobile customers with one hour per month of free WLAN access, and additional access for RMB 0.01/minute within Guangdong province and RMB 0.05/minute outside of Guangdong.
China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) previously announced that it would stop providing WLAN access at the end of 2012.
Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "China Unicom Extends Free WLAN Service Trial" MD 4/01/12 issue.
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