China Mobile confirms it will reduce subsidies for purchasing phones and will mainly sell bare phones in the future

Xi Guohua, chairman of China Mobile, confirmed in an interview with Taiwanese media yesterday that China Mobile will reduce subsidies for users to purchase mobile phones this year.

Regarding the adjustment of subsidy policy, Xi Guohua said that China Mobile will continue to provide subsidies in the future, but the target will be adjusted from subsidized mobile phones in the past to subsidized users. In the future, China Mobile will mainly sell bare mobile phones.

In addition, Xi Guohua also said that China Mobile plans to sell 200 million mobile phones this year. In the first half of the year, China Mobile has sold 100 million 3G mobile phones. In the second half of the year, it will mainly sell 4G devices and plans to sell 100 million 4G mobile phones. According to this number, China Mobile's goal of 50 million 4G users is expected to be successfully achieved this year.

According to the data provided by Xi Guohua, China Mobile currently has 800 million users, most of whom are 2G users. In the future, China Mobile will take a series of measures to accelerate the upgrade of 2G users to 4G users.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.