China now home to 850 mln mobile subscribers - MIIT
Shanghai. December 21. INTERFAX-CHINA - The number of mobile phone users in China rose by 103.07 million in the first 11 months of 2010 to reach 850.29 million, according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Dec. 21.
Over the same period, 751.85 billion text messages were sent, up 6.8 percent year-on-year, while the number of fixed-line subscribers dropped by 15.39 million to 298.34 million.
Broadband Internet subscribers rose 20.91 million from end-2009 to hit 124.89 million.
China's telecom industry clocked revenue of RMB 2.82 trillion ($423.6 billion) over the period, up 20.6 percent year-on-year.
The tables below list major indicators for China's telecom industry, including the number of telecom service subscribers in the country, with a breakdown of fixed-line telephone and mobile subscribers by province as of Nov. 30, 2010.
Telecom service subscribers in China, January to November, 2010
| Business indicators | Subscribers (mln) | Change from 2009 year end (mln) |
| 298.34 | -15.39 | |
| Urban fixed-line telephone subscribers | 199.23 | -12.67 |
| Urban residential fixed-line telephone subscribers | 121.78 | -7.91 |
| Rural fixed-line telephone subscribers | 99.12 | -2.72 |
| Rural residential fixed-line telephone subscribers | 84.59 | -3.55 |
| Total mobile phone subscribers | 850.29 | 103.07 |
| Dial-up Internet subscribers | 6.12 | -1.42 |
| Broadband Internet subscribers | 124.89 | 20.91 |
| of which: xDSL subscribers | 99.78 | 16.00 |
Source: MIIT
Major business indicators for China's telecom industry, January to November, 2010
| Business indicators | Traffic volume | Y-o-y change (%) |
| Local fixed-line telephone traffic among different operators | 52.46 bln calls | -14.2 |
| Local fixed-line telephone traffic within operator | 345.57 bln calls | -19.3 |
| Local dial-up Internet voice service traffic | 4.41 bln calls | -46.8 |
| Long distance fixed-line telephone traffic | 67.14 bln minutes | -11.6 |
| Domestic long distance fixed-line telephone traffic | 66.16 bln minutes | -12 |
| International outgoing fixed-line telephone traffic | 539.58 mln minutes | 35.2 |
| Outgoing fixed-line telephone traffic to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan | 442.58 mln minutes | 26.8 |
| Total mobile phone traffic | 3,930.79 bln minutes | 22.7 |
| Domestic long-distance mobile phone traffic | 744.40 bln minutes | 41.8 |
| International mobile phone traffic | 5,517.02 mln minutes | 5.9 |
| Mobile phone traffic to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan | 3,548.03 mln minutes | 47 |
| Mobile phone short messages (SMS) | 751.85 bln pieces | 6.8 |
| IP telephone traffic | 91.58 bln minutes | -15.8 |
| Domestic long-distance IP telephone traffic | 90.58 bln minutes | -15.7 |
| International IP telephone traffic | 623.27 mln minutes | -22.9 |
| IP telephone traffic to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan | 371.11 mln minutes | -29.9 |
Source: MIIT
Number of fixed-line and mobile phone users by province, January to November, 2010
| Province | Fixed-line telephone users (mln) | Urban fixed-line telephone users (mln) | Rural fixed-line telephone users (mln) | Mobile phone users (mln) |
| Eastern China | 159.813 | 108.681 | 51.132 | 433.066 |
| Beijing | 8.937 | 7.031 | 1.907 | 21.257 |
| Tianjin | 3.676 | 3.638 | 0.038 | 10.938 |
| Hebei | 12.816 | 8.335 | 4.481 | 43.165 |
| Liaoning | 14.506 | 10.067 | 4.439 | 33.216 |
| Shanghai | 9.361 | 9.244 | 0.117 | 23.244 |
| Jiangsu | 25.153 | 15.358 | 9.796 | 58.905 |
| Zhejiang | 20.007 | 12.111 | 7.896 | 50.13 |
| Fujian | 10.66 | 6.86 | 3.8 | 29.685 |
| Shandong | 20.836 | 12.11 | 8.726 | 60.839 |
| Guangdong | 32.034 | 22.656 | 9.378 | 95.771 |
| Hainan | 1.826 | 1.272 | 0.554 | 5.917 |
| Central China | 76.758 | 49.647 | 27.112 | 216.058 |
| Shanxi | 7.486 | 5.06 | 2.426 | 22.038 |
| Jilin | 5.909 | 4.312 | 1.598 | 18.105 |
| Heilongjiang | 8.221 | 6.262 | 1.959 | 20.721 |
| Anhui | 12.38 | 6.16 | 6.219 | 27.621 |
| Jiangxi | 7.045 | 4.33 | 2.715 | 17.81 |
| Henan | 14.394 | 9.313 | 5.08 | 43.63 |
| Hubei | 10.363 | 6.759 | 3.604 | 34.019 |
| Hunan | 10.961 | 7.45 | 3.511 | 32.114 |
| Western China | 61.77 | 40.898 | 20.872 | 200.78 |
| Inner Mongolia | 4.324 | 3.677 | 0.648 | 19.973 |
| Guangxi | 7.178 | 4.359 | 2.819 | 21.869 |
| Chongqing | 5.909 | 3.827 | 2.082 | 16.205 |
| Sichuan | 14.288 | 9.015 | 5.273 | 40.795 |
| Guizhou | 4.332 | 2.474 | 1.858 | 17.687 |
| Yunnan | 5.646 | 3.581 | 2.065 | 22.041 |
| Tibet | 0.504 | 0.477 | 0.028 | 1.562 |
| Shaanxi | 7.889 | 5.22 | 2.669 | 24.892 |
| Gansu | 4.166 | 2.672 | 1.494 | 13.619 |
| Qinghai | 1.033 | 0.806 | 0.227 | 3.896 |
| Ningxia | 1.133 | 0.783 | 0.35 | 4.606 |
| Xinjiang | 5.367 | 4.007 | 1.36 | 13.635 |
| Total | 298.341 | 199.226 | 99.115 | 850.287 |
Source: MIIT
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