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Telecom revenue up 3.6% in Jan-Nov

According to statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology the core business revenue of China’s telecom industry climbed 3.6% year on year in the first 11 months of this year.

Fixed line userDuring the period from January to November, the number of phone users in the China increased by 75.25 million to 1.06 billion and the revenue increased 3.6%.
 
And, a continuing story, fixed-line subscribers dropped 22.07 million in total in the first 11 months while mobile phone users increased 9.03 million in November to 738.57 million.

Our illustration shows an user with a fixed line. Following the figures for 40 years on their current downward trend they will be rare reminders of a nearly forgotten past.

The net addition of mobile phone subscribers in the first 11 months was 97.32 million.

China Knowledge adds that the country’s internet broadband subscribers added 19.17 million in the first 11 months to reach 102.05 million.
 

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