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MIIT: China's Mobile Subscriber Base Drops by 1 Mln in April 2015

MIIT, 5/19/15

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its January to April 2015 telecom industry statistics. Figures for the first four months of the year were as follows:

Telecom operating revenues for Jan-Apr 2015 were RMB 447.12 bln (USD 72.116 bln), up 5.2 % YoY, of which core services revenue was RMB 374.62 bln (USD 60.423 bln), up 3.1% YoY. Jan-Apr 2015 capital expenditure was RMB 66.84 bln (USD 10.78 bln), up 2.4% YoY.

Total telephone subscribers decreased by 2.55 mln in April to 1.537 bln. In April, the number of mobile subscribers decreased by 1.01 mln to 1.293 bln, while fixed-line subscribers decreased by 1.53 mln to 243.89 mln. Among the mobile subscribers, 3G subscribers saw a drop of 9.60 mln in April, decreasing the total 3G user base to 466.30 mln, and 4G subscribers increased by 16.03 mln to reach a total 4G user base of 177.96 mln.

A total of 241.88 bln SMS messages were sent in Jan-Apr, a 3.6% decrease YoY.

In terms of internet access, China's 8M+ registered broadband accounts accounted for 48.9% of all registered broadband accounts, while 20M+ registered broadband accounts accounted for 15.7% of all registered broadband accounts. FTTH subscribers grew by 3.57 mln to 81.96 mln. IPTV subscribers increased by 0.65 mln in April, bringing the total IPTV user base to 36.95 mln.

Mobile internet subscribers saw a net decrease of 9.86 mln in April, bringing the total to 889.98 mln.

In Jan-Apr, mobile Internet data traffic reached 1.05 bln GB, up 89.9% YoY. Average monthly mobile data traffic usage per mobile subscriber reached 302.2M, up 79.7% YoY. Mobile Internet data traffic from mobile phones (as opposed to that from tablets or other mobile devices) reached 938 mln GB during the period, comprising 89.6% of total mobile Internet data traffic.

Fixed-line internet usage increased steadily during the first four months of the year, with total fixed-line broadband access time reaching 15.7 trln minutes, up 23.8% YoY.

Keywords: national statistics Internet mobile data broadband revenue telecom wireless 4G MIIT mobile subscribers SMS 3G broadband access fixed-line subscribers FTTH mobile Internet IPTV subscribers telephone subscribers capex fiber optics

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