China Unicom enters 3G price war

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Slashing the tariffs of the three-month-old W-CDMA service has been planned by China Unicom to add fuel to the already ignited 3G price war in China. From February 1, packages like 36 Yuan ($5.27) for 300MB of data and 50 minutes of voice calls a month will be made available to the customers.

30MB of data, 78 texts, 10 video calls and 200 voice minutes will be offered in another new plan for 56 Yuan a month. The company also aims to wrap up its three-year TD-SCDMA network rollout plan a year ahead of schedule.

Unicom had around 3 million WCDMA users and 10 million 3G customers. Due to the launch of its Apple’s iPhone on October 30, more 3G customers than 2G users were added by Unicom.