MIIT Announces August 2008 Statistics

Marbridge Consulting, 9/27/08

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its August 2008 telecom industry statistics. The figures for the month were as follows:

Telecom revenues were RMB 70.6 bln (USD 10.4 bln), bringing the cumulative year-to-date total to RMB 538.5 bln (USD 79.2 bln), up 8.5% over the same 8-month period of 2007.

Mobile subscribers grew by more than 7.6 mln in August to 616.0 mln. A total of 459 bln SMS messages were sent during the first eight months of the year, a 21.3% increase YoY.

Fixed-line (including PHS) growth was negative for the thirteenth consecutive month, with total subscribers dropping by 1.0 mln to 354.1 mln. Broken down by traditional fixed line and PHS, the PHS subscriber base declined for the fifteenth straight month, with a net loss of 0.9 mln subs, dropping the total to nearly 76.1 mln. Traditional (i.e. non-PHS) fixed-line subscribers decreased slightly, by 110,000, to just under 278.0 mln.

Broadband added over 1.5 mln new registered users to reach more than 79.3 mln, while dial-up Internet access lost 250,000 users, dropping to 15.3 mln.

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