MIIT: China's Mobile Subscriber Base Drops by 880,000 in December 2022
MIIT, 2/14/22
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its national telecom industry statistics for the month of December 2022. China's total number of mobile service subscribers decreased by 0.88 mln during the period to 1.683 bln, the first monthly decline in all 2022.
Other national totals as of the end of December 2022 were as follows:
Category | Users / Accounts (Mln) | Change Since End of 2021 | MoM Change |
---|---|---|---|
Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | 179.41 | -1.29 | -0.65 |
Mobile Subscribers | 1,683.44 | 40.62 | -0.88 |
Mobile Internet Users | 1,453.85 | 38.20 | -8.82 |
Wireline Broadband Accounts | 589.65 | 53.86 | 2.69 |
100M or Faster | 553.80 | 55.13 | 2.93 |
1,000M or Faster | 91.75 | 57.16 | 4.68 |
Urban | 413.33 | 35.24 | -1.07 |
Rural | 176.32 | 18.62 | 3.76 |
IPTV Users | 380.44 | 31.92 | 4.88 |
Cellular IoT Terminal Users | 1,844.52 | 446.74 | 26.21 |
Fixed-line Telephone Penetration | 12.7% | -0.1 | -0.1 |
Mobile Sub Penetration | 119.2% | 2.9 | 0.0 |
Note: In calculating the figures for change since the end of 2021, the MIIT used data from its 2021 Year-End Annual Telecom Statics Report. In calculating fixed-line telephone and mobile subscriber penetration rates, the MIIT used China's 2022 year-end population figure.
Editor's Note: The accounting methods used by the MIIT in calculating China's telecom industry statistics differ from those used by China's telecom operators. As a result, the figures reported by the MIIT for any given month typically do not match the aggregate totals reported by China's three main telecom operators for the same month. Also, while the MIIT's monthly telecom statistics report normally includes data on total 5G subscribers, the MIIT's December 2022 report omitted 5G subscriber figures.
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