MIIT Announces January 2009 Telecom Statistics
MIIT, 3/06/09
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its January 2009 telecom industry statistics. The figures for the month were as follows:
Telecom revenues were RMB 647.3 bln (USD 9.5 bln), up 2.0% over the same period of 2008.
Mobile subscribers grew by approximately 8.5 mln in January to just under 650 mln. A total of nearly 69.7 bln SMS messages were sent during the month, a 27.6% increase YoY.
Fixed-line (including PHS) growth was negative for the eighteenth consecutive month, with total subscribers dropping by more than 1.0 mln to 339.8 mln. Broken down by traditional fixed line and PHS, the PHS subscriber base declined for the twentieth straight month, with a net loss of nearly 1.4 mln subs, dropping the total to less than 67.6 mln. Traditional (i.e. non-PHS) fixed-line subscribers increased by roughly 350,000 to reach 272.2 mln.
Broadband added 1.2 mln new registered users to reach over 84.6 mln, while dial-up Internet access lost over 2.5 mln users, dropping the total to 11.8 mln.
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Keywords: broadband subscribers PHS subscribers dial-up fixed-line subscribers Internet access January 2009 MIIT mobile subscribers registered users SMS statistics telecom
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