China's 3G Subscriber Base Reaches 128 Mln

<- January 18, 2012 ->

CCTIME, 1/18/12

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has revealed that at the end of 2011, China had over 128 mln 3G subscribers. Included in this figure are 51.21 mln TD-SCDMA subscribers, or approximately 40% of total 3G subscribers, 40.02 mln WCDMA subscribers, and 37.19 mln CDMA2000 EV-DO subscribers. In addition, the ministry revealed that China currently has a total of 814,000 3G base stations, of which 220,000 are China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) TD-SCDMA base stations, 269,500 are China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) CDMA2000 EV-DO base stations, and 324,500 are China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) WCDMA base stations. Finally, total 3G investment has reached RMB 455.6 bln.

Editor's Note: For more background on this topic, please see "MIIT Announces November 2011 Telecom Statistics" MD 12/21/11 issue.

Keywords: national statistics China Telecom China Mobile China Unicom wireless MIIT 3G CHL TD-SCDMA WCDMA 0762.HK 0941.HK 600050.SH CHA CHU CDMA2000 EV-DO base station mobile subscribers