China Mobile to offer cheaper 4G network service

China Mobile will start to lower prices of its fourth-generation (4G) mobile phone network services on June 1 to attract more users, the firm announced on Wednesday.

The country's largest mobile telecommunications provider will launch a 30-yuan service for 500Mb of data. Some new packages will be lowered to 58 yuan from 88 yuan.

The data price will drop up to 50 percent in the new packages, said Lu Wenchang, a deputy general manager of the company's marketing department.

In some new packages, 70 yuan will buy 2G data instead of 1G. In others, users can enjoy two to six times more data at the same price as a previous package.

The company also offers a service which allows a user to share his package data with up to four relatives or friends.

More than four million clients from about 200 cities have used China Mobile's 4G service.

On Saturday, Chinese authorities freed up telecom fees, allowing all operators in the sector to make pricing decisions on their own as long as the charges abide by law and regulations.