MIIT: China's Mobile Subscriber Base Up 470,000 in December 2023
MIIT, 1/24/24
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its national telecom industry statistics for the month of December 2023, during which China's total number of mobile service subscribers increased by just 470,000 to reach approximately 1.727 bln.
Other national totals as of the end of December 2023 were as follows:
| Category | Users / Accounts (Mln) | MoM Change | Change Since End of 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | 173.33 | -0.72 | -6.09 |
| Mobile Subscribers | 1,726.60 | 0.47 | 43.15 |
| Mobile Internet Users | 1,517.01 | 7.05 | 63.16 |
| Wireline Broadband Accounts | 636.31 | 0.45 | 46.66 |
| 100M or Faster | 601.36 | 1.41 | 47.56 |
| 1,000M or Faster | 163.28 | 6.70 | 71.53 |
| Urban | 444.41 | -0.11 | 31.09 |
| Rural | 191.89 | 0.55 | 15.57 |
| IPTV Users | 401.02 | 1.80 | 20.58 |
| Cellular IoT Terminal Users | 2,332.26 | 20.02 | 487.74 |
| Fixed-line Telephone Penetration | 12.3% | 0.0 | -0.4 |
| Mobile Sub Penetration | 122.5% | 0.2 | 3.3 |
China’s 5G mobile package subscriber base reached approximately 805 mln by the end of December 2023, up approximately 244 mln year-on-year, and representing a 5G penetration rate of 46.6%.
Note: In calculating the figures for change since the end of 2022, the MIIT used data from its 2022 Annual Telecom Statics Report. In calculating the figures for fixed-line telephone and mobile subscriber penetration, the MIIT used China's 2023 year-end national population figure.
Keywords: wireless national statistics fixed-line subscribers fixed-line Internet IPTV broadband penetration rural telecom MIIT mobile subscribers 5G Internet users mobile internet users cellular IoT IPTV subscribers
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