China's mobile phone users exceed 900 million: MIIT
18:01, 24 May 2011
BEIJING. May 24. KAZINFORM China's cell phone user grew by 41.39 million in the first four months of 2011 to 900.39 million in total, covering nearly two-thirds of the nation's population, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The number of telephone subscribers exceeded 1.19 billion by the end of April, with the number of fixed-line subscribers dropping by 2.93 million to 291.45 million, according to statistics released Tuesday by the MIIT on its website.
By the end of April, third generation (3G) mobile telecommunication users in China reached 67.57 million, 20.52 million more than that of the end of 2010. Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.xinhuanet.com for full version