[ISN] China nears 800 million mobile phone subscribers

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:49:01 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.mis-asia.com/news/articles/china-nears-800-million-mobile-phone-subscribers

By Dan Nystedt
MIS ASIA
30 June 2010

TAIPEI - The number of mobile phone subscribers in China reached 796 
million as of the end of May, while 3G subscriber numbers have almost 
doubled, the government said Tuesday.

Over 9.4 million new Chinese subscribers signed up for mobile phone 
service in May, for an official total of 48.5 million new users so far 
this year, according to China's Ministry of Information Industry.

The number of people signing up for 3G service, new to China as of last 
year, hit 22.6 million at the end of May, up 10.3 million so far this 
year.

But while China remains the world's largest mobile phone market by 
subscribers, India's subscriber numbers are growing faster.

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