About the Tariff Trend SnapShot Service. It is a Research & Analysis Service published by Tariff Consultancy Ltd (TCL) providing a brief snapshot analysis of a new pricing trend for mobile or fixed line services seen by TCL analysts. It is published approximately every fortnight (for 20 issues a year).

The TCL Tariff Trends SnapShot #37 (Series 2014) Mobile Pricing in China
In SnapShot 37, TCL analyses Chinese Mobile Pricing developments, with the intention of identifying key pricing trends and also examples of innovative services being introduced in the world’s largest mobile market – with over 1.25 billion users across the 3 MNOs (China Mobile, China Unicom & China Telecom) as of Q1 2014.

By subscriber numbers, China Mobile is the largest MNO in the world, China Unicom is ranked 3rd & China Telecom is ranked 10th.

SnapShot 37 provides a brief overview of the 3 main Chinese MNOs and also focuses on the key services that are being introduced to boost mobile penetration and the pressures on pricing taking place as the Chinese market reaches maturity.  

Content 
1. Introduction – The Chinese Mobile Market  
2. The types of Chinese Mobile Pricing Plans 
3. Examples of innovation in the new Chinese Mobile Pricing Plans
4. Conclusion – Innovation in the Chinese Mobile Market    

Key companies mentioned in this SnapShot include:
Ali Mobile, China Mobile, China Mobile (Hong Kong), China Telecom & China Unicom.

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or individual Tariff Trends SnapShots, titles published to-date include:

       2014 Snapshot Series includes:

• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 21: Mobile in Africa


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 22: Mobile Voice Pricing


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 23:  Latest trends in Pre Pay services


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 24: The introduction of Pre Pay 4G LTE services 


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 25: Ten trends to watch for 2014


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 26: French Mobile Pricing Trends


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 27: Indian Mobile and its prices


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 28: Pricing in the Middle East


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 29: Shared Device Service Pricing


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 30: Mobile Pricing and Competition in South America


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 31: Mobile Content Pricing


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 32: LTE Pricing and its trends (2012 to 2014)


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 33: IDD and Roaming Bundles


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 34: Mobile Pricing in Eastern Europe


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 35: Family Mobile Tariff Plans


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 36: Changes in mobile roaming pricing


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 37: Mobile Pricing in China


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 38: Scandinavian Mobile Pricing Trends


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 39: Mobile Data Pricing in Emerging Markets


• Tariff Trends SnapShot No. 40: Pricing for QoS and Bundling