Shanghai Leads China with 89% 4G Penetration Among Mobile Subs in February 2019
MIIT, 3/26/19
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 February 2019. China finished the month with more than 182 mln fixed-line subs and over 1.583 bln mobile subs.
Southern China's Guangdong was the province with the greatest number of mobile subs at almost 169 mln, or approximately 10.7% of the total, followed by Shandong with over 106 mln, or roughly 6.7%.
Nationwide 4G penetration, the percentage of China's total mobile subscribers using 4G services, surpassed 75% in February. The five provinces with the highest 4G penetration rates were Shanghai with 88.8%, followed by Guangdong (80.7%), Fujian (80.2%), Beijing (80.0%), and Hainan (78.8%). The five provinces with the lowest 4G penetration rates were Xinjiang (41.3%), Heilongjiang (68.5%), Jilin (69.9%), Shandong (70.2%), and Chongqing (71.1%).
China's February 2019 Total Fixed-line Telephone Accounts and Mobile Subs by Province (Mln)
| Province | Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | Mobile Subs | 3G Subs | 4G Subs | 4G Penetration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | 190.1 | 1,583.5 | 136.3 | 1,188.8 | 75.1% |
| Beijing | 5.7 | 40.4 | 3.7 | 32.3 | 80.0% |
| Tianjin | 3.4 | 16.5 | 1.5 | 12.6 | 76.1% |
| Hebei | 6.9 | 82.6 | 7.3 | 60.7 | 73.5% |
| Shanxi | 2.7 | 39.9 | 3.7 | 29.5 | 73.9% |
| Inner Mongolia | 2.1 | 30.8 | 3.2 | 22.2 | 71.9% |
| Liaoning | 6.8 | 48.8 | 4.2 | 36.4 | 74.6% |
| Jilin | 4.8 | 30.2 | 3.2 | 21.1 | 69.9% |
| Heilongjiang | 3.5 | 38.5 | 3.9 | 26.3 | 68.5% |
| Shanghai | 6.6 | 37.0 | 3.7 | 32.9 | 88.8% |
| Jiangsu | 14.0 | 99.7 | 7.6 | 78.5 | 78.8% |
| Zhejiang | 11.3 | 83.8 | 5.7 | 65.4 | 78.1% |
| Anhui | 5.7 | 55.9 | 6.0 | 42.2 | 75.6% |
| Fujian | 7.8 | 45.8 | 3.1 | 36.7 | 80.2% |
| Jiangxi | 4.6 | 41.1 | 3.0 | 30.5 | 74.1% |
| Shandong | 10.4 | 106.5 | 10.8 | 74.7 | 70.2% |
| Henan | 7.7 | 94.6 | 6.5 | 73.2 | 77.4% |
| Hubei | 5.8 | 56.8 | 4.0 | 43.1 | 75.8% |
| Hunan | 6.5 | 65.6 | 5.1 | 48.3 | 73.6% |
| Guangdong | 22.5 | 169.0 | 11.9 | 136.4 | 80.7% |
| Guangxi | 3.2 | 51.8 | 4.8 | 37.7 | 72.9% |
| Hainan | 1.7 | 11.0 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 78.8% |
| Chongqing | 6.0 | 37.1 | 3.3 | 26.4 | 71.1% |
| Sichuan | 18.5 | 92.3 | 5.7 | 66.4 | 71.9% |
| Guizhou | 2.4 | 40.5 | 3.3 | 30.8 | 76.1% |
| Yunnan | 3.0 | 46.8 | 3.2 | 33.9 | 72.5% |
| Tibet | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 75.8% |
| Shaanxi | 6.5 | 46.6 | 3.7 | 35.8 | 76.8% |
| Gansu | 3.3 | 28.1 | 2.8 | 20.7 | 73.7% |
| Qinghai | 1.2 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 76.4% |
| Ningxia | 0.6 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 75.2% |
| Xinjiang | 4.4 | 27.1 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 41.3% |
Keywords: wireless national statistics penetration telecom 4G MIIT mobile subscribers 3G fixed-line subscribers
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