Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news

This month, users of cordless phone service Little Smart will have a longer bill for their short messages, as the charge for each message sent to a mobile phone subscriber is being raised to 0.1 yuan (1 US cent) from the previous 0.08 yuan.
All local Little Smart users received this message yesterday from Shanghai Telecom Co Ltd, the only Little Smart operator in Shanghai, today's Youth Daily reported.
The charge for messages between Little Smart users, however, remains at 0.08 yuan each.
Shanghai Telecom explained the fee increase comes as a result of its improved service.
Before this month, the short message service between Little Smart and mobile phone users was available on a trial basis, and some users found the service interrupted due to the imperfect networks, according to company officials as quoted in the Youth Daily report.  But as of March, the service will work perfectly, the officials said.
After its introduction last October, short message service between Little Smart and mobile phone users has been warmly received.  Nearly 1.9 million messages were sent via this cross network service on February 8, the Eve of the Chinese Lunar Year, according to Shanghai Telecom.
The service has helped to increase local Little Smart subscribers to 1 million by the end of last year and  Shanghai Telecom hopes the number will jump by another 1 million this year.