The policy was initiated in mid-2007 and confirmed at the end of that year (for further details please see “Radical changes expected following call pricing overhaul” and “Price of local-to-mobile calls to drop substantially”). At present, Chunghwa Telecom controls almost all local phone businesses; there are five mobile operators including second-generation (2G), third-generation (3G) and digital low-tier cordless networks. In its latest announcement the NCC reconfirmed the aims of the policy: that the new pricing mechanism conform with the movement of digital convergence, consumer protection practices and fair market competition and align with international regulatory trends. According to the commissioner of the NCC, consumers will no longer have to worry about price discrepancies between local-to-mobile calls and mobile-to-local calls, and the problem of differing prices of local calls to various 2G and 3G mobile operators will also be solved. From 2011 the standard price of local-to-mobile and mobile-to-local calls will be NT$5.163 per minute and the discounted price will be NT$2.581 per minute; this applies to both 2G and 3G networks.