26 Oct, 2007
There were 523.32 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of September 2007, growing by 1.48% on month and by 18.09% on year, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) on its Chinese-language web site on October 26.
The number of subscribers at the end of September accounted for 39.9% of the country's population (user density), according to the MII. In contrast, Beijing had the largest user density of 101.6% and Shanghai posted the second largest one of 96.2% among major cities in China in September.
Also at the end of September, there were 371.66 million subscribers of fixed telecommunication networks in China, translating into a user density of 28.3%.
In September, mobile phone subscribers in China sent 52.65 billion short messages, averaging 3.38 short messages per phone number a day.
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Number of subscribers at end of September 2007
Dial-up (narrow band) 20.73 million
Dedicated lines 69,802
Broadband
xDSL 48.77 million (Y/Y 39.61%)
Aggregate 63.05 million (Y/Y 29.80%)
Source: MII, October 2007
