China Adds 390,000 Cellular Base Stations in Q3 2020
MIIT, 10/20/20
China's total number of deployed cellular base stations reached approximately 9.16 mln by the end of September 2020, according to key communications industry infrastructure indicators newly released by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The total represents an increase of approximately 390,000 base stations in Q3 2020, up from 8.77 mln as of the end of Q2 2020.
China's Q1-Q3 2020 Key Communications Industry Infrastructure Statistics
| Indicator | Measure | Total Deployed as of End of Q3 2020 | Increase Since End of 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber Optic Cable | Length (Km) | 49,834,708 | 2,422,265 |
| Long-distance Fiber Optic Cable | Length (Km) | 1,106,085 | 21,148 |
| Cellular Base Stations | Units (Mln) | 9.16 | 0.14 |
| Broadband Access Ports | Units (Mln) | 936.82 | 21.04 |
| xDSL Access Ports | Units (Mln) | 6.89 | -1.31 |
| FTTH/O Access Ports | Units (Mln) | 866.52 | 30.36 |
Starting from July 2020, MIIT began calculating net-increase-from-end-of-2019 figures based on data from its 2019 annual statistics report.
Keywords: wireless national statistics broadband telecom MIIT broadband access FTTH Q3 2020 fiber optics base station network construction mobile network equipment
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