MIIT Announces October 2010 Telecom Statistics

MIIT, 11/24/10

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its October 2010 telecom industry statistics. The figures for the month were as follows:

Telecom operating revenues were RMB 83.06 bln (USD 12.43 bln), bringing the cumulative year-to-date total to RMB 791.25 bln (USD 118.45 bln), up 6.8% over the same 10-month period of 2009. Core services accounted for RMB 744.8 bln (USD 111.5 bln) of the cumulative total, up 6.6% YoY. Year-to-date capital expenditure came to 206.75 bln (USD 30.95 bln), an 11% year-on-year decrease.

Total telephone subscribers saw a net increase of 7.56 mln in October, with mobile subscribers growing by 8.74 mln to 842.04 mln, and fixed-line subscribers dropping by 1.18 mln to 300.09 mln. Broken down by traditional fixed-line and PHS, the PHS subscriber base declined by 1.17 mln subs to 31.65 mln, while traditional (i.e. non-PHS) fixed-line subscribers decreased by 20,000 to 268.44 mln.

A total of 67.38 bln SMS messages were sent during the month of October, bringing the total for the first 10 months of 2010 to 685.27 bln, a 6.8% increase over the figure during the same period of 2009.

Broadband added 2.03 mln new registered users in October to reach a total of 123.16 mln. In contrast, dial-up lost another 65,000 users, lowering the total dial-up user base to 6.25 mln.

Marbridge Consulting RSS Feed