Tuesday, June 02, 2009

China: Mobile subscriptions are now at 679 millions sending 3 billion text message a day

[DIGITIMES] There were 678.8 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of April 2009, growing by 1.26% on month and 16.33% on year, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The number of subscribers at the end of April accounted for 50.7% of the country's population (user density).

Also at the end of April there were 333.21 million subscribers of fixed telecommunication networks in China, translating into a user density of 25.3%.

Mobile phone subscribers in China sent 60.25 billion text messages, averaging 2.98 messages per subscription a day in April.

China market: Internet-access user base, April 2009

Internet-access mode Number of subscribers

Dial-up 10.42 million
Dedicated lines 90,677
Broadband xDSL 73.28 million (Y/Y 26.98%)

Total 89.82 million (Y/Y 23.15%)

China mobile phone user base increases to nearly 679 million in April 2009

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