Shanghai Leads China with 91% 4G Penetration Among Mobile Subs in August 2019
MIIT, 9/19/19
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 August 2019. China finished the month with just under 192 mln fixed-line subs and nearly 1.596 bln mobile subs.
Southern China's Guangdong was the province with the greatest number of mobile subs at over 167 mln, or approximately 10.5% of the total, followed by Shandong with nearly 108 mln, or roughly 6.8%, Jiangsu (6.3%), Henan (6.1%), and Sichuan (6.0%).
The five provinces with the highest penetration of 4G users among their respective mobile subscriber bases were Shanghai with 90.7%, followed by Guangdong (85.6%), Tibet (82.8%), Qinghai (82.5%), and Zhejiang (82.4%). The provinces with the lowest 4G penetration were Xinjiang (27.5%), Heilongjiang (74.3%), Sichuan (74.4%), Chongqing (74.4%), and Jilin (74.6%).
China's August 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 | 191.7 | 1,595.8 | 119.3 | 1,257.0 | 78.8% |
| Eastern China | 93.1 | 698.9 | 46.1 | 571.5 | 81.8% |
| Beijing | 5.5 | 41.0 | 2.7 | 33.5 | 81.5% |
| Tianjin | 3.5 | 17.0 | 1.3 | 13.7 | 81.0% |
| Hebei | 6.9 | 84.2 | 5.8 | 65.8 | 78.1% |
| Shanghai | 6.5 | 39.2 | 3.0 | 35.5 | 90.7% |
| Jiangsu | 13.5 | 99.9 | 5.8 | 82.0 | 82.1% |
| Zhejiang | 13.2 | 84.5 | 4.9 | 69.6 | 82.4% |
| Fujian | 7.7 | 47.1 | 2.6 | 38.4 | 81.5% |
| Shandong | 11.0 | 107.7 | 9.1 | 80.7 | 74.9% |
| Guangdong | 23.6 | 167.3 | 10.3 | 143.2 | 85.6% |
| Hainan | 1.7 | 11.1 | 0.6 | 9.1 | 81.9% |
| Central China | 32.5 | 356.1 | 22.4 | 282.6 | 79.4% |
| Shanxi | 2.7 | 39.8 | 2.9 | 31.7 | 79.8% |
| Anhui | 5.7 | 57.4 | 4.2 | 44.5 | 77.5% |
| Jiangxi | 4.6 | 40.5 | 2.2 | 31.9 | 78.8% |
| Henan | 7.7 | 96.6 | 6.0 | 79.0 | 81.8% |
| Hubei | 5.5 | 57.0 | 3.3 | 44.9 | 78.7% |
| Hunan | 6.4 | 64.9 | 3.7 | 50.6 | 78.0% |
| Western China | 51.6 | 423.3 | 41.3 | 313.1 | 74.0% |
| Inner Mongolia | 2.1 | 30.4 | 2.5 | 23.7 | 78.1% |
| Guangxi | 3.0 | 52.3 | 4.7 | 40.5 | 77.4% |
| Chongqing | 6.1 | 37.6 | 2.9 | 28.0 | 74.4% |
| Sichuan | 18.7 | 95.2 | 4.0 | 70.8 | 74.4% |
| Guizhou | 2.3 | 40.9 | 2.7 | 32.0 | 78.3% |
| Yunnan | 2.9 | 47.0 | 3.0 | 35.7 | 75.9% |
| Tibet | 0.7 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 82.8% |
| Shaanxi | 6.5 | 46.2 | 3.1 | 37.8 | 81.8% |
| Gansu | 3.3 | 28.0 | 2.3 | 22.0 | 78.7% |
| Qinghai | 1.2 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 82.5% |
| Ningxia | 0.6 | 8.4 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 81.2% |
| Xinjiang | 4.3 | 27.3 | 14.7 | 7.5 | 27.5% |
| Northeast China | 14.5 | 117.4 | 9.4 | 89.8 | 76.5% |
| Liaoning | 6.5 | 48.6 | 3.6 | 38.6 | 79.4% |
| Jilin | 4.7 | 30.5 | 2.8 | 22.7 | 74.6% |
| Heilongjiang | 3.4 | 38.3 | 3.1 | 28.5 | 74.3% |
Keywords: national statistics wireless penetration telecom 4G MIIT mobile subscribers 3G fixed-line subscribers
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