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MII Announces Jan-Feb Telecom Statistics

Xinhua News Agency, 3/24/08

The Ministry of Industry and Information (MII) announced figures on March 24 showing that over the past two months, Chinese mobile users sent 116.3 bln SMS messages, a 33.2% increase over last year. The MII's figures recorded a total of 17.9 mln new mobile users - an average of almost 9 mln new users per month - and a mobile penetration rate of 41.6%; the number of fixed-line users decreased by 3.3 mln from the end of last year, to 362 mln, for total national fixed-line penetration of 27.8%.

 
Keywords: WVAS, mobile subscribers, fixed-line subscribers, wireless, fixed-line, MII, penetration, SMS, statistics, telecom

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