Tuesday, June 3, 2008

China - 600 million mobile subscribers in June 2008


China's mobile-phone users at the end of April rose to 583.5 million, up by 8.9 million from end-March, data issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information showed.

The growth in the number of mobile users slowed in April compared with the net additions of 9.4 million in March, according to statistics issued on the ministry's Web site Wednesday.

China's mobile-phone users grew by a record 9.5 million in February, the statistics showed.
The mobile-phone users are customers of the two state-owned mobile service providers, China Mobile Communications Corp. and China United Telecommunications Corp.

Its mind boggling figures that are constantly being cranked out in China. The figures continue to grow bigger and bigger by the day.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Thanx for the news. Much helpful to an Indian.

Unknown said...

Can someone tell me this - What are the main drivers behind such a phenomenal (mobile susbscribers) growth?