MIIT Releases China's Mar 2024 Fixed-Line, Mobile User Totals by Province
MIIT, 4/19/24
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released statistics detailing the country's total number of fixed-line telephone subscribers (registered accounts) and mobile subscribers by province as of the end of March 2024. China finished the month with slightly under 172 mln fixed-line subs and nearly 1.755 bln mobile subs. Compared to the prior month, the March totals represent a net decrease of 0.56 mln fixed-line subs and a net increase of 8.83 mln mobile subs. Starting from the February 2024 iteration, the MIIT began including China Broadnet's 5G mobile handset subscribers in its monthly telecom industry statistics.
Among total mobile subs, 5G handset subs accounted for 873.5 mln, or 49.8%, representing a month-on-month increase of 22.35 mln.
The five provinces with the highest penetration of 5G handset subs among their respective mobile subscriber bases were Qinghai with 57.2%, followed by Ningxia (56.2%), Guangdong (53.3%), Hainan (53.3%), and Beijing (53.0%). The five provinces with the lowest penetration of 5G handset subs among their respective mobile subscriber bases were Shanghai (44.7%), Liaoning (46.0%), Heilongjiang (46.5%), Guangxi (46.8%), and Shandong (47.1%).
The five provinces accounting for the greatest proportion of China's total 5G handset subs, or 35.9% combined, were Guangdong (10.6%), Henan (6.7%), Shandong (6.6%), Jiangsu (6.4%), and Zhejiang (5.6%).
China's March 2024 Fixed-line Telephone Accounts and Mobile Subs by Province (Mln)
Province | Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | Mobile Subs | 5G Handset Subs | 5G Penetration | % of China's Total 5G Subs |
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Nationwide | 171.8 | 1754.8 | 873.5 | 49.8% | |
Eastern China | 78.6 | 759.5 | 381.5 | 50.2% | 43.7% |
Beijing | 4.6 | 40.8 | 21.6 | 53.0% | 2.5% |
Tianjin | 3.2 | 19.3 | 9.3 | 48.1% | 1.1% |
Hebei | 5.8 | 88.7 | 43.1 | 48.6% | 4.9% |
Shanghai | 6.1 | 46.9 | 21.0 | 44.7% | 2.4% |
Jiangsu | 11.4 | 111.1 | 56.0 | 50.4% | 6.4% |
Zhejiang | 10.5 | 94.9 | 49.3 | 51.9% | 5.6% |
Fujian | 6.7 | 49.8 | 24.6 | 49.4% | 2.8% |
Shandong | 10.9 | 121.6 | 57.3 | 47.1% | 6.6% |
Guangdong | 17.6 | 174.3 | 92.9 | 53.3% | 10.6% |
Hainan | 1.8 | 12.1 | 6.5 | 53.3% | 0.7% |
Central China | 27.6 | 411.5 | 206.9 | 50.3% | 23.7% |
Shanxi | 2.8 | 42.8 | 21.9 | 51.1% | 2.5% |
Anhui | 5.0 | 67.0 | 32.7 | 48.9% | 3.7% |
Jiangxi | 4.5 | 48.7 | 24.4 | 50.1% | 2.8% |
Henan | 5.7 | 110.6 | 58.1 | 52.5% | 6.7% |
Hubei | 4.3 | 64.3 | 30.3 | 47.2% | 3.5% |
Hunan | 5.4 | 78.3 | 39.5 | 50.4% | 4.5% |
Western China | 53.4 | 461.3 | 227.1 | 49.2% | 26.0% |
Inner Mongolia | 1.9 | 30.4 | 14.8 | 48.8% | 1.7% |
Guangxi | 4.7 | 61.0 | 28.5 | 46.8% | 3.3% |
Chongqing | 5.9 | 44.2 | 20.8 | 47.2% | 2.4% |
Sichuan | 19.4 | 97.7 | 48.2 | 49.3% | 5.5% |
Guizhou | 2.3 | 46.0 | 23.3 | 50.7% | 2.7% |
Yunnan | 2.5 | 52.5 | 26.1 | 49.7% | 3.0% |
Tibet | 0.9 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 51.7% | 0.2% |
Shaanxi | 6.6 | 50.0 | 25.2 | 50.4% | 2.9% |
Gansu | 3.1 | 29.3 | 14.4 | 49.0% | 1.6% |
Qinghai | 1.5 | 7.4 | 4.2 | 57.2% | 0.5% |
Ningxia | 0.5 | 9.1 | 5.1 | 56.2% | 0.6% |
Xinjiang | 4.0 | 30.4 | 14.6 | 48.2% | 1.7% |
Northeast China | 12.3 | 122.5 | 58.0 | 47.4% | 6.6% |
Liaoning | 5.5 | 52.7 | 24.2 | 46.0% | 2.8% |
Jilin | 3.5 | 30.3 | 15.4 | 50.9% | 1.8% |
Heilongjiang | 3.3 | 39.5 | 18.4 | 46.5% | 2.1% |
Keywords: wireless national statistics penetration telecom MIIT mobile subscribers 5G Broadnet fixed-line subscribers