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For my country's mobile communications field, the Big Three have always been dominated by: China Mobile , China Unicom , China Telecom. These three telephone operators jointly occupy nearly 100% of the market share, so that every year, people are complaining and advocating to increase the anti-monopoly of the communication operator industry.
All the tariffs are unreasonable, the service is not in place, the network speed is slow, the broadband is not available, and the 5G is not strong... The three major operators are pulled out to "whip". Because of the largest user base and the widest range of services, China Mobile is often the best player. When mentioned anti-monopoly, it first spread its anger on China Mobile.
Some people even bluntly said, "China Mobile is the ten most shameless monopoly ." Is an objective fact or is it too extreme?
China Mobile itself certainly does not agree that it is an oligopoly. A few years ago, Chairman of China Mobile faced this hat, saying that China’s telecom operators have actually done a lot of hard work over the years. Everyone says that China Mobile is a monopoly, but in fact the three companies are all listed companies, "The degree of marketization is very high, and the degree of competition is very high."
Who are the three competing with?
Earlier, there were some private virtual operators in China,In 2014, it almost forced the Big Three to make tariff adjustments. However, due to a series of scandals such as fraud, harassment, and traffic scalping, these virtual operators were directly kicked out of the Chinese market by the regulatory authorities.
also added a so-called domestic fourth-largest operator last year- China Radio and Television , which issued a mobile phone number of segment 192. The position of China Radio and Television is also very delicate. It does not have its own access network and wireless bearer network, but it does have a national backbone network --- the radio and television backbone network. Because of this, China Radio and Television did not degenerate into a virtual operator. Despite this, many people still think that China Radio and Television will not have much impact on the Big Three. is like a stone thrown into a river, causing a wave of waves.
Therefore, China Mobile said that it was "very highly competitive", which is somewhat unrealistic. But I have to admit that China's telecommunications industry tariffs, led by China Mobile, are considered low in the world. Perhaps domestic netizens complain about the high cost and slow speed of the Internet every day, but only needs people who have been to the United States and Europe to understand what "expensive and slow" means.
Although China Mobile occupies more than 70% of the market share, tariffs are still decreasing year by year. The ARPU value in 2001 was 141 yuan, and in 2020 it dropped to 47.4 yuan, a decrease of 67%. Twenty years ago, the telephone charge was about 4 cents per minute, but now it has dropped to 4 cents.
Objectively speaking, China Mobile is indeed not a monopoly. It has opponents, but it can't beat it; instead of sitting up and raising prices because it occupies most of the market, it continues to increase speed and reduce fees. But why do people feel that they have no choice at all?
may confuse a fact: In our country, the telecommunications industry is a state monopoly.The Big Three such as China Mobile are state-owned enterprises, but this does not mean that they are monopolistic companies. If companies want to make money, they have to invest in universal services and basic services. Otherwise, where are so many 4G base stations and 5G base stations in China?
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