Shanghai Leads China with 90% 4G Penetration Among Mobile Subs in June 2019
MIIT, 7/24/19
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 June 2019. China finished the month with over 192 mln fixed-line subs and slightly under 1.586 bln mobile subs.
Southern China's Guangdong was the province with the greatest number of mobile subs at almost 167 mln, or approximately 10.5% of the total, followed by Shandong with 107 mln, or roughly 6.8%, Jiangsu (6.3%), Henan (6.0%), and Sichuan (6.0%).
The five provinces with the highest penetration of 4G users among their respective mobile subscriber bases were Shanghai with 90.2%, followed by Guangdong (84.5%), Beijing (82.3%), Zhejiang (82.0%), and Jiangsu (81.2%). The provinces with the lowest 4G penetration were Xinjiang (26.1%), Heilongjiang (72.5%), Jilin (72.7%), Sichuan (72.7%), and Chongqing (73.0%).
China's June 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 | 192.1 | 1,585.6 | 123.8 | 1,230.9 | 77.6% |
| Eastern China | 93.0 | 694.1 | 48.0 | 561.2 | 80.9% |
| Beijing | 5.6 | 40.5 | 2.8 | 33.3 | 82.3% |
| Tianjin | 3.4 | 16.8 | 1.3 | 13.4 | 79.7% |
| Hebei | 7.0 | 83.4 | 6.1 | 64.0 | 76.8% |
| Shanghai | 6.5 | 38.2 | 3.1 | 34.5 | 90.2% |
| Jiangsu | 13.7 | 99.5 | 6.2 | 80.7 | 81.2% |
| Zhejiang | 13.2 | 84.0 | 5.1 | 68.8 | 82.0% |
| Fujian | 7.7 | 46.9 | 2.8 | 37.9 | 80.7% |
| Shandong | 10.5 | 107.0 | 9.5 | 78.7 | 73.5% |
| Guangdong | 23.7 | 166.8 | 10.4 | 141.0 | 84.5% |
| Hainan | 1.7 | 11.1 | 0.6 | 8.9 | 80.8% |
| Central China | 32.8 | 353.6 | 23.6 | 276.4 | 78.2% |
| Shanxi | 2.7 | 39.5 | 3.1 | 30.9 | 78.2% |
| Anhui | 5.7 | 56.9 | 4.4 | 43.6 | 76.7% |
| Jiangxi | 4.6 | 40.0 | 2.4 | 31.2 | 78.2% |
| Henan | 7.8 | 95.8 | 6.1 | 77.1 | 80.5% |
| Hubei | 5.6 | 56.8 | 3.5 | 44.3 | 78.0% |
| Hunan | 6.5 | 64.7 | 4.1 | 49.2 | 76.1% |
| Western China | 51.7 | 421.7 | 42.4 | 306.1 | 72.6% |
| Inner Mongolia | 2.1 | 30.5 | 2.8 | 23.3 | 76.5% |
| Guangxi | 3.0 | 51.9 | 4.8 | 39.3 | 75.8% |
| Chongqing | 6.0 | 37.6 | 3.0 | 27.4 | 73.0% |
| Sichuan | 18.6 | 95.3 | 4.0 | 69.3 | 72.7% |
| Guizhou | 2.4 | 40.7 | 3.0 | 31.3 | 77.0% |
| Yunnan | 2.9 | 46.4 | 3.1 | 34.7 | 74.7% |
| Tibet | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 81.1% |
| Shaanxi | 6.5 | 45.8 | 3.2 | 37.1 | 81.0% |
| Gansu | 3.4 | 28.1 | 2.4 | 21.7 | 77.4% |
| Qinghai | 1.2 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 5.4 | 80.9% |
| Ningxia | 0.6 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 79.9% |
| Xinjiang | 4.3 | 27.0 | 14.5 | 7.0 | 26.1% |
| Northeast China | 14.7 | 116.3 | 9.8 | 87.2 | 75.0% |
| Liaoning | 6.6 | 48.3 | 3.7 | 37.9 | 78.4% |
| Jilin | 4.7 | 30.1 | 2.8 | 21.9 | 72.7% |
| Heilongjiang | 3.4 | 37.8 | 3.3 | 27.4 | 72.5% |
Keywords: national statistics wireless penetration telecom 4G MIIT mobile subscribers 3G fixed-line subscribers
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