MIIT Announces June 2012 Telecom Statistics
MIIT, 7/24/12
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its June 2012 telecom industry statistics. The figures for the month were as follows:
Telecom operating revenues were RMB 100.81 bln (USD 15.85 bln), bringing the cumulative year-to-date total to RMB 578.04 bln (USD 90.89 bln), up 12.1% over the same 6-month period of 2011. Core services accounted for RMB 517.53 bln (USD 81.37 bln) of the cumulative total, up 9.2% YoY. Year-to-date capital expenditure came to RMB 148.56 bln (USD 23.36 bln), a 3.8% year-on-year increase.
Total telephone subscribers saw a net increase of 11.01 mln in June to reach 1.335 bln. Mobile subscribers grew by 11.26 mln to 1.052 bln, and fixed-line subscribers dropped by 249,000 to 283.31 mln. Broken down by traditional fixed-line and PHS, the traditional (i.e. non-PHS) fixed-line subscriber base increased by 180,000 to 268.75 mln, while the PHS subscriber base declined by 429,000 subs to 14.56 mln. 9.08 mln new 3G subscribers were added in June to reach a total 3G user base of 175.75 mln.
A total of 75.21 bln SMS messages were sent during the month of June, bringing the total for the first 6 months of 2012 to 450.76 bln, a 5.2% increase over the figure during the same period of 2011.
Broadband added 2.50 mln new registered users in June to reach a total of 164.03 mln. Dial-up decreased by 9,000 users, reducing the total dial-up user base to 5.74 mln.
Keywords: national statistics PHS subscribers broadband telecom MIIT mobile subscribers SMS 3G dial-up fixed-line subscribers registered users telephone subscribers capex revenue
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