Shanghai Leads China with 4G Penetration Rate of 88% in March 2020
MIIT, 4/21/20
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 2020. China finished the month with just under 190 mln fixed-line subs and nearly 1.590 bln mobile subs.
The five provinces with the highest penetration of 4G users among their respective mobile subscriber bases were Shanghai with 88.3%, followed by Guangdong (87.7%), Tibet (84.2%), Henan (83.9%), and Qinghai (83.0%). The provinces with the lowest 4G penetration were Xinjiang (55.6%), Shandong (75.5%), Yunnan (75.7%), Sichuan (77.1%), and Heilongjiang (77.2%). The MIIT did not break out figures for 5G subscriber totals or penetration rates.
China's March 2020 Total Fixed-line Telephone Accounts and Mobile Subs by Province (Mln)
| Province | Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | Mobile Subs | 4G Subs | 4G Penetration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | 189.5 | 1,589.5 | 1,275.5 | 80.2% |
| Eastern China | 91.9 | 692.3 | 566.5 | 81.8% |
| Beijing | 5.3 | 40.3 | 32.0 | 79.5% |
| Tianjin | 3.5 | 16.8 | 13.8 | 81.9% |
| Hebei | 7.0 | 82.1 | 65.8 | 80.1% |
| Shanghai | 6.4 | 40.2 | 35.5 | 88.3% |
| Jiangsu | 13.1 | 100.1 | 81.9 | 81.8% |
| Zhejiang | 13.0 | 86.7 | 68.1 | 78.5% |
| Fujian | 7.6 | 47.2 | 38.8 | 82.2% |
| Shandong | 11.7 | 107.3 | 81.0 | 75.5% |
| Guangdong | 22.6 | 160.1 | 140.4 | 87.7% |
| Hainan | 1.7 | 11.4 | 9.2 | 80.5% |
| Central China | 31.8 | 362.2 | 291.0 | 80.3% |
| Shanxi | 2.6 | 39.7 | 32.2 | 81.1% |
| Anhui | 5.6 | 59.5 | 46.2 | 77.7% |
| Jiangxi | 4.6 | 42.0 | 32.6 | 77.6% |
| Henan | 7.7 | 98.2 | 82.4 | 83.9% |
| Hubei | 5.1 | 56.3 | 44.5 | 79.0% |
| Hunan | 6.2 | 66.4 | 53.0 | 79.8% |
| Western China | 51.8 | 419.2 | 326.4 | 77.9% |
| Inner Mongolia | 2.1 | 29.7 | 23.7 | 79.7% |
| Guangxi | 3.3 | 51.7 | 42.8 | 82.8% |
| Chongqing | 6.1 | 36.5 | 28.6 | 78.4% |
| Sichuan | 18.9 | 93.3 | 71.9 | 77.1% |
| Guizhou | 2.3 | 40.6 | 32.8 | 80.7% |
| Yunnan | 2.8 | 49.2 | 37.2 | 75.7% |
| Tibet | 0.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 84.2% |
| Shaanxi | 6.4 | 46.2 | 37.6 | 81.5% |
| Gansu | 3.2 | 26.8 | 21.7 | 81.1% |
| Qinghai | 1.3 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 83.0% |
| Ningxia | 0.5 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 82.4% |
| Xinjiang | 4.2 | 27.4 | 15.2 | 55.6% |
| Northeast China | 14.0 | 115.8 | 91.6 | 79.1% |
| Liaoning | 6.1 | 48.7 | 39.8 | 81.6% |
| Jilin | 4.5 | 28.5 | 22.0 | 77.3% |
| Heilongjiang | 3.4 | 38.6 | 29.8 | 77.2% |
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