Shanghai Leads China with 89.5% 4G Penetration Among Mobile Subs in March 2019
MIIT, 4/25/19
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 2019. China finished the month with almost 193 mln fixed-line subs and nearly 1.597 bln mobile subs.
Southern China's Guangdong was the province with the greatest number of mobile subs at almost 171 mln, or approximately 10.7% of the total, followed by Shandong with close to 107 mln, or roughly 6.7%.
The five provinces with the highest penetration of 4G users among their respective mobile subscriber bases were Shanghai with 89.5%, followed by Guangdong (81.3%), Beijing (81.2%), Fujian (80.3%), and Henan (79.3%); Hainan, which had the fifth highest 4G penetration at the end of February, fell to the #7 slot in March with 78.6%, behind Zhejiang (79.2%). The provinces with the lowest 4G penetration were Xinjiang (21.9%), Heilongjiang (69.0%), Jilin (70.7%), Chongqing (71.2%), and Shandong (71.3%).
China's Mar 2019 Total Fixed-line Telephone Accounts and Mobile Subs by Province (Mln)
| Province | Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | Mobile Subs | 3G Subs | 4G Subs | 4G Penetration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | 192.9 | 1,596.6 | 136.5 | 1,203.7 | 75.4% |
| Beijing | 5.7 | 40.8 | 3.1 | 33.1 | 81.2% |
| Tianjin | 3.4 | 16.7 | 1.4 | 12.9 | 77.1% |
| Hebei | 6.9 | 83.1 | 6.9 | 61.9 | 74.5% |
| Shanxi | 2.7 | 39.9 | 3.8 | 29.9 | 75.0% |
| Inner Mongolia | 2.1 | 31.1 | 3.2 | 22.6 | 72.7% |
| Liaoning | 6.7 | 48.9 | 4.1 | 36.8 | 75.3% |
| Jilin | 4.7 | 30.3 | 3.1 | 21.4 | 70.7% |
| Heilongjiang | 3.4 | 38.5 | 3.8 | 26.6 | 69.0% |
| Shanghai | 6.6 | 37.3 | 3.3 | 33.4 | 89.5% |
| Jiangsu | 13.9 | 100.4 | 6.6 | 80.0 | 79.6% |
| Zhejiang | 13.3 | 84.9 | 5.5 | 67.2 | 79.2% |
| Anhui | 5.8 | 56.2 | 6.0 | 42.6 | 75.8% |
| Fujian | 7.8 | 46.2 | 3.1 | 37.1 | 80.3% |
| Jiangxi | 4.6 | 41.4 | 2.7 | 30.8 | 74.4% |
| Shandong | 10.4 | 106.8 | 10.3 | 76.1 | 71.3% |
| Henan | 7.7 | 95.4 | 6.1 | 75.7 | 79.3% |
| Hubei | 5.7 | 57.3 | 3.8 | 43.7 | 76.2% |
| Hunan | 6.4 | 65.9 | 4.9 | 48.2 | 73.1% |
| Guangdong | 23.5 | 170.8 | 11.4 | 138.7 | 81.3% |
| Guangxi | 3.1 | 52.8 | 4.8 | 38.3 | 72.6% |
| Hainan | 1.7 | 11.1 | 0.7 | 8.8 | 78.6% |
| Chongqing | 6.0 | 37.5 | 3.2 | 26.7 | 71.2% |
| Sichuan | 18.6 | 93.0 | 5.1 | 67.7 | 72.8% |
| Guizhou | 2.4 | 41.1 | 3.3 | 31.2 | 75.9% |
| Yunnan | 3.0 | 47.1 | 3.3 | 34.3 | 72.7% |
| Tibet | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 76.5% |
| Shaanxi | 6.5 | 46.8 | 3.6 | 36.2 | 77.4% |
| Gansu | 3.3 | 28.7 | 2.7 | 21.4 | 74.4% |
| Qinghai | 1.2 | 6.9 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 77.2% |
| Ningxia | 0.5 | 8.9 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 75.8% |
| Xinjiang | 4.3 | 27.5 | 14.8 | 6.0 | 21.9% |
Keywords: wireless national statistics fixed-line penetration telecom 4G MIIT mobile subscribers 3G telephone subscribers fixed-line subscribers
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