Shanghai Leads China with 89% 4G Penetration Among Mobile Subs in May 2019
MIIT, 6/28/19
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 May 2019. China finished the month with over 192 mln fixed-line subs and slightly more than 1.589 bln mobile subs.
Southern China's Guangdong was the province with the greatest number of mobile subs at almost 168 mln, or approximately 10.5% of the total, followed by Shandong with just over 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 89.0%, followed by Guangdong (83.8%), Beijing (81.7%), Jiangsu (80.5%), and Zhejiang (80.4%). The provinces with the lowest 4G penetration were Xinjiang (24.9%), Heilongjiang (71.3%), Jilin (72.0%), Sichuan (72.1%), and Shandong (72.4%).
China's May 2019 Total Fixed-line Telephone Accounts and Mobile Subs by Province (Mln)
| Region / Province | Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | Mobile Subs | 3G Subs | 4G Subs | 4G Penetration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | 192.3 | 1,589.1 | 132.7 | 1,218.6 | 76.7% |
| Eastern China | 93.1 | 696.2 | 53.3 | 556.5 | 79.9% |
| Beijing | 5.6 | 40.9 | 3.0 | 33.4 | 81.7% |
| Tianjin | 3.4 | 16.7 | 1.4 | 13.2 | 78.8% |
| Hebei | 6.9 | 83.3 | 6.4 | 63.2 | 75.9% |
| Shanghai | 6.5 | 38.3 | 3.2 | 34.1 | 89.0% |
| Jiangsu | 13.8 | 99.8 | 6.3 | 80.3 | 80.5% |
| Zhejiang | 13.2 | 84.6 | 5.3 | 68.0 | 80.4% |
| Fujian | 7.7 | 46.8 | 2.9 | 37.5 | 80.3% |
| Shandong | 10.5 | 107.1 | 9.9 | 77.5 | 72.4% |
| Guangdong | 23.7 | 167.5 | 14.3 | 140.3 | 83.8% |
| Hainan | 1.7 | 11.1 | 0.6 | 8.9 | 79.9% |
| Central China | 32.8 | 354.5 | 25.6 | 273.0 | 77.0% |
| Shanxi | 2.7 | 39.6 | 3.2 | 30.6 | 77.5% |
| Anhui | 5.7 | 57.1 | 5.8 | 43.0 | 75.3% |
| Jiangxi | 4.6 | 40.1 | 2.5 | 30.7 | 76.5% |
| Henan | 7.7 | 95.8 | 6.1 | 76.4 | 79.7% |
| Hubei | 5.6 | 57.0 | 3.6 | 44.0 | 77.2% |
| Hunan | 6.5 | 64.9 | 4.4 | 48.3 | 74.5% |
| Western China | 51.7 | 422.0 | 43.6 | 302.8 | 71.8% |
| Inner Mongolia | 2.1 | 30.5 | 2.9 | 22.9 | 75.2% |
| Guangxi | 3.0 | 51.8 | 4.9 | 39.1 | 75.4% |
| Chongqing | 6.0 | 37.4 | 3.1 | 27.1 | 72.5% |
| Sichuan | 18.6 | 94.9 | 4.3 | 68.5 | 72.1% |
| Guizhou | 2.4 | 40.9 | 3.2 | 31.1 | 76.0% |
| Yunnan | 3.0 | 46.8 | 3.2 | 34.5 | 73.7% |
| Tibet | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 80.2% |
| Shaanxi | 6.5 | 45.9 | 3.4 | 36.7 | 79.9% |
| Gansu | 3.4 | 28.2 | 2.5 | 21.5 | 76.5% |
| Qinghai | 1.2 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 79.9% |
| Ningxia | 0.6 | 8.6 | 0.7 | 6.8 | 79.0% |
| Xinjiang | 4.3 | 27.1 | 14.7 | 6.7 | 24.9% |
| Northeast China | 14.7 | 116.5 | 10.2 | 86.3 | 74.1% |
| Liaoning | 6.6 | 48.5 | 3.8 | 37.7 | 77.6% |
| Jilin | 4.7 | 30.2 | 2.9 | 21.8 | 72.0% |
| Heilongjiang | 3.4 | 37.7 | 3.5 | 26.9 | 71.3% |
Keywords: national statistics wireless penetration telecom 4G MIIT mobile subscribers 3G fixed-line subscribers
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