China's MIIT Releases March 2019 Telecom Statistics
MIIT, 4/25/19
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its March 2019 national telecom industry statistics.
Figures for the month were as follows:
Category | Users / Accounts (Mln) | Change Since End of 2018 | MoM Change |
---|---|---|---|
Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | 192.93 | 10.68 | 2.81 |
Mobile Subscribers | 1,596.55 | 30.46 | 13.05 |
3G | 136.55 | -3.64 | 0.29 |
4G | 1,203.67 | 38.21 | 14.88 |
Mobile Internet Users | 1,291.19 | 18.56 | |
Wireline Broadband Accounts | 423.12 | 15.73 | 5.28 |
xDSL | 5.91 | -0.24 | -0.05 |
FTTH/O | 384.14 | 15.81 | 4.44 |
100M or Faster | 312.04 | 25.46 | 8.41 |
Urban | 296.87 | 6.90 | 0.44 |
Rural | 126.25 | 8.83 | 4.84 |
Fixed-line Telephone Penetration | 13.8% | 0.7 ppt | |
Mobile Sub Penetration | 114.4% | 2.2 ppt |
As of the end of March 2019, China's total number of 4G mobile service subscribers reached almost 1.204 bln, comprising 75.4% of the country's total mobile service subscribers, while the total 3G subscriber base rose slightly to reach almost 137 mln, or 8.6% of the total mobile subscriber base.
In calculating the fixed-line telephone and mobile subscriber penetration rates in the table above, the MIIT used China's 2018 year-end population size.
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