425: Chapter 425 The Fully Open 4G Network in the New Era

Just as both sides were battling over their century-long plans, news extremely favorable to Transsion arrived.

On December 25th, during the Western Christmas, the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released an official announcement:

With the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology officially issued TD-LTE fourth-generation mobile communication business licenses to China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom.

Starting from today, the three major operators are fully opening 4G plan registration, and China has officially entered the 4G era in full.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also held talks with the three major operators, requiring the 4G tariff standards to be reduced by an overall 20% based on the preliminary trial commercialization.

Taking China Mobile as an example, the lowest tier of the 4G Flying Enjoyment plan has been reduced from 58 yuan to 46 yuan.

It includes 2GB of domestic data and 100 minutes of talk time; for specific details on the operators' plans, please refer to the announcements on their official websites.

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Seeing this announcement, reporters immediately began typing rapidly on their keyboards.

The test is fully open; it is not a trial run, nor is it internal testing in specific regions anymore. It means all users in all cities across the country can go to business halls to apply for 4G plans.

This is the beginning of a new era, and it also means that a new round of survival of the fittest in the mobile phone industry has officially begun...

However, in the short term, this should be extremely beneficial to Transsion and Huawei.

As for the competitors, perhaps...

After all, a while ago when the S5 was released, there were voices on the internet claiming that 4G was a pseudo-demand.

It's expensive and no different from 3G!

Plus, since 4G services weren't fully popularized, a certain brand was just charging high prices to fleece its customers.

The S5 is undoubtedly an IQ-testing machine; whoever buys it is a total sucker!

But now, with the release of this announcement, the boomerang has returned.

# 4G License Officially Issued #

# China Mobile 4G Only Costs 46 Yuan Per Month #

# 4G Plan Price Reduction #

# xiaomi note 3 Does Not Support 4G #

Why is Dami Company among these trending searches?

Well, that is obviously because the executives of the competitor are just too outstanding.

After all, at an offline meetup held by a certain company a while ago, an executive kept emphasizing that 4G functionality has no technical content and would only increase costs by 200 yuan.

It's just a pseudo-demand. After all, the operators haven't even built the base stations, and there is only a weak signal in some areas. Dami Company will not fleece its customers by bringing them... by bringing some unnecessary experiences.

So naturally, it ended up on the trending list.

Of course, the official Transsion Weibo reacted faster than any other manufacturer. Less than 5 minutes after the announcement was released, a poster was posted:

The side profile of a transsion s5, with the screen lit up, and the signal bar in the top right corner displaying "4G+".

The download speed is 152Mb/s.

Below, there are two very arrogant words: "Already Here."

No "coming soon," no "support after OTA update," and no so-called "need for operator adaptation."

Just these two words once again proved the strength of Transsion.

"I was looking forward to 4G when the transsion s5 was released, and today I can finally get a SIM card.

The salesperson said at the time to wait for the license..."

"This speed is even faster than my home broadband. I used to pay over 100 for broadband fees, but it turns out it's not even as fast as my phone..."

"The person above, upgrade to 4G broadband, otherwise, be careful that your house might be gone in one night! [Dog Head]"

"It seems Transsion's Africa Telecom has had an effect; the 4G plans are much more conscientious than when 3G first came out."

"Can you people stop bragging about Transsion there? Shouldn't the lower tariffs be due to the operators cutting their profits?

What does it have to do with Transsion?"

"I don't know if it has anything to do with the monkeys, but it has nothing to do with you Xiaomi folks."

"Exactly, Huawei, Transsion, and Lenovo all have 4G phones; it's so hard to guess which one doesn't..."

"As a veteran Mi Fans, I really want to know if the xiaomi note 3 supports 4G? Waiting online, it's quite urgent [Dog Head]"

"Don't wait! It supports it, but your Great Philanthropist Lei didn't buy it!

Furthermore, the Snapdragon 801 chips don't support TD-LTE. China Unicom can solve it through an external baseband, but power consumption and heat will increase by 30%.

The Snapdragon 801 is already hot, and adding another 30% makes it a Hand Warmer Pro Max."

As the gold-medal leaker blogger for Chuan Yin Group, Digital Chat Station naturally stood up to provide popular science at the first opportunity:

"There aren't many phones that support 4G right now, but the upcoming 2014 will still be dominated by 3G phones. There's no way around it; 4G communication basebands are too expensive...

Taking Chuan Yin Group as an example, the difference between the 3G version and the 4G version is 30 USD, a cost of over 100 yuan...

Most manufacturers have given up on the 3G version.

The chips from Qualcomm are a bit cheaper, and it's still 'buy the chip, get the baseband free,' but the flagship chips are crashing...

The Snapdragon 801 currently in planning is rumored to have crashed again.

In short, opening up 4G is still beneficial to Chuan Yin Group, but I still hope more players will join the self-research sequence. This might allow Transsion to feel some pressure and not set prices so ridiculously high."

This leak post from Digital Chat Station instantly rushed to the top of the discussion list, and more and more viewers joined the comment section.

"I can only say that Transsion's scientific research capability is too strong."

"30 USD, isn't that a bit too dark? This is forcing competitors to aim for the high-end market!"

"I checked, and the chips sold at this conference, except for the 4 series which don't support it, all others do. Sales seem average."

"I can only say that Transsion's technology is still too powerful..."

"The person above, my focus was wrong. Didn't you see that Brother Zhan mentioned the self-research series?

I want to know who else is there?"

"Who else is there? Lenovo? But I heard their investment isn't big... I guess even if they really break through, it will just be a low-end chip."

But just as everyone was discussing, Shen Fei also posted a new Weibo: "4G network, finally opened."

It wasn't in vain that I urged the relevant leaders at the technology summit. As for the 4G plan price reduction that netizens are talking about, it has nothing to do with me.

Transsion's mobile operator service is currently only running in the African market. In the domestic market, we still need to rely on these partners. Everyone, please stop saying that we are entering the domestic market; this might cause a little misunderstanding."

Of course, although he sounded so humble on the surface, there was an extra meme below.

A cat wearing sunglasses, holding a 4G sign in its paw.

On the back of the sign, one could vaguely see: "Piece of cake."

"Damn, this meme from President Shen; the damage is not high, but the insult is extremely strong."

"President Shen, is this because you're afraid of the three major operators retaliating against them?"

"The person above, this isn't fear of retaliation; this is clearly a clean break.

It proves that our President Shen is not like a certain company that keeps taking credit for everything [Dog Head jpg]"

"Thanks for the clarification, brother. If Lei Jun sees this PPT, won't he be pissed to death?"

"That's not right; our President Lei shouldn't be that petty."

I have to say, the netizens really guessed it right.

When Lei Jun saw that Weibo post, he was so angry that he threw the report in his hand.

"Slander! This is slander! Who is he hinting at!

Legal department, legal department!"