According to foreign technology media Quartz, various factors have led to a decline in mobile phone bills in India, such as fierce competition among operators, and the popularity of voice transmission based on mobile chat tools.
A few days ago, India’s Minister of Telecommunications Manoj Sinha disclosed in a reply to the Indian Congress that in the past two years, India’s call charges have dropped by 70%. In March of this year, the price of a one-minute call was only 0.16 India. The rupee is equivalent to $0.0002, which is about a penny.
Singha said that in India, whether it is a private telecommunications company or a utility telecommunications company, their call charges have fallen sharply in recent years.
A significant reason for the decline in Indian communication tariffs is the emergence of a company called Jaguar, a company known as 'squid.' The company is part of the Xincheng Industrial Group, India's largest wealthy Abani.
Jio provided super low communication tariffs, forcing other Indian mobile operators to follow.
Indian technology industry veteran Sanchit Vir Gogia said that Jio has pushed down the tariffs of Indian telecommunications. Among them, low-cost voice calls have become a means for operators to attract consumers to the Internet. Subsequently, operators will sell large amounts of data to consumers. Business package, let consumers 'fall into the ecosystem of telecommunications services'.
In addition, with the gradual popularization of Internet broadband in India and the increase in network speed, the completion of voice calls through the Internet is becoming more and more popular, which also affects the revenue of telecom companies.
The above-mentioned insiders said that many times, Indian consumers can't connect to the phone through the mobile base station's network, but they can talk through Apple's FaceTime video chat system. 'In addition, with cheap mobile phones from China entering the market, consumers You can always use WhatsApp or WeChat (to send voice). '
According to Indian media reports, the tariff structure of Indian telecom operators is gradually moving closer to the US carriers. Some operators simply announce that calls or text messages are completely free and unlimited, but users still need to pay monthly subscription fees according to data packages.
In addition, in order to stimulate the Indian telecom market, Jio also launched a feature phone that supports 4G network networking, further reducing the hardware threshold for Indians to use mobile phones to access the Internet. Recently, with Jio's massive promotion of 4G-enabled mobile phones, India The sales of feature phones have grown rapidly, and the share of Jio has also increased significantly.
The decline in the price of mobile hardware, the decline in telecommunications tariffs, the rapid development of India's mobile Internet, China's technology giants and well-known companies in the US Silicon Valley, have begun to invest in India.
Not long ago, Wal-Mart, the world's largest supermarket chain, acquired Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce site. At the same time, Chinese Internet giants are exporting successful experiences in the local market, creating the next 'India version of Taobao', 'India version of Didi's trip ' Wait.