China's Three Main Telcos Report July 2024 Subscriber Totals
Marbridge Consulting, 8/20/24
The listed arms of China's three main telecom operators have announced their subscriber totals for the month of July 2024.
China Mobile
China Mobile (0941.HK; 600941.SH) reported a net gain of 0.56 mln mobile subscribers during the month, increasing the telecom operator's total mobile user base to nearly 1.001 bln.
Starting from the May iteration, China Mobile shifted from reporting monthly 5G package customer totals to reporting monthly 5G network customer totals, explaining that the latter better reflects the company's 5G development. China Mobile defines a 5G network customer as a mobile customer who has used the company's 5G network in the given month. In contrast, a 5G package customer is a mobile customer who has simply subscribed to a 5G tariff plan (i.e. "5G network customers" is a subset of "5G package customers").
During the month of July, China Mobile's total number of 5G network customers increased by 13.74 mln to reach 527.96 mln.
China Mobile's total number of fixed-line broadband subscribers (registered accounts) rose to 309.21 mln in July, up just 33,000 month-on-month and up 10.96 mln since the end of 2023.
China Telecom
China Telecom (0728.HK; 601728.SH) saw a net increase of 2.21 mln mobile subscribers in July, raising its total to 419.06 mln, of which 339.75 mln were 5G package subscribers. During the month, the operator's 5G package subscriber base rose by 3.12 mln subscribers.
China Telecom lost 0.42 mln fixed-line telephone subs in July, reducing its total to 98.74 mln.
China Telecom reported a net increase of 0.96 mln fixed-line broadband subscribers (registered accounts) during the month, raising its total to 194.31 mln.
China Unicom
China Unicom (0762.HK; 600050.SH) reported that as of the end of July 2024, its aggregate number of "Big Connectivity" subscribers reached nearly 1.078 bln, up 12.11 mln month-on-month. China Unicom's "Big Connectivity" category is comprised of the operator's combined total aggregate mobile billing subscribers, fixed-line telephone subscribers, fixed-line broadband subscribers, Internet-of-things terminal connections, and networking leased line subscribers. Of this total, 279.03 mln were 5G package subscribers, representing a net gain of 2.88 mln month-on-month; and 572.77 mln were Internet-of-things terminal connections, up 10.39 mln month-on-month.
China Unicom also reported that its number of customers served by virtual 5G industry private network for the month of July was 12,769, up 753 month-on-month.
China Broadnet
China's fourth 5G telecom network operator, China Broadnet, saw its 5G user base reach 25.23 mln by the end of June 2024, according to statistics published on August 1 by China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA).
Broadnet officially launched 5G network services just 26 months ago, on June 27, 2022, and is not yet reporting its 5G subscriber totals on a regular, monthly basis.
Keywords: broadband subscribers wireless national statistics China Telecom China Mobile China Unicom fixed-line Internet broadband telecom mobile subscribers 5G 0728.HK 0762.HK 0941.HK 600050.SH 601728.SH 600941.SH National Radio and Television Administration Broadnet fixed-line subscribers
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