MIIT: China's 4G Subscriber Base Surpasses 600 Mln in June
MIIT, 7/26/16
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its June 2016 telecom industry statistics. Figures for the first six months of the year were as follows:
Telecom operating revenues for January-June 2016 were RMB 722.52 bln (USD 109.27 bln), up 5.3% YoY, of which core services revenue was RMB 611.28 bln (USD 92.45 bln), up 5.6% YoY. January-June 2016 capital expenditure was RMB 146.30 bln (USD 22.13 bln), up 1.8% YoY.
Total telephone subscribers increased 2.16 mln in June to 1.519 bln. In June, the number of mobile subscribers increased by 3.41 mln to 1.30 bln, while fixed-line subscribers decreased by 1.25 mln to 219.47 mln. Among the mobile subscribers, 3G subscribers saw a drop of 13.17 mln in June, decreasing the total 3G user base to 224.81 mln, and 4G subscribers increased by 28.44 mln to reach a total 4G user base of 613.02 mln.
A total of 329.27 bln SMS messages were sent in the January-June period, down 8.8% YoY.
In terms of internet access, China's number of broadband registered accounts increased by 4.35 mln in June, raising the total to 278.10 mln, of which 8M+ accounts comprised 82.4% of all registered broadband accounts. FTTH subscribers grew by 8.28 mln to 190.18 mln.
Mobile internet subscribers saw a net increase of 4.82 mln in June, bringing the total to 1.033 bln.
Keywords: broadband subscribers national statistics fixed-line Internet broadband revenue telecom telephone 4G MIIT mobile subscribers SMS 3G fixed-line subscribers FTTH telephone subscribers mobile internet users
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