November 7, 2005
China tops the world with 376 million mobile phone subscribers
The number of mobile phone subscribers in China reached 376 million at the end of September, state media in Beijing have revealed, according to the AP
At the end of 2004 there were 25.7 mobile phones for every 100 Chinese, which exceeded the world's average figure.
The number of mobile phone subscribers in China is predicted to top 380 million by the end of this year and rise to 520 million by 2008 and 600 million by 2010, according to Xinhua.
China has also seen fast income growth in the mobile telecommunications market, with annual revenue from market operation services reaching 250 billion yuan (30.86 billion dollars), a year-on-year increase of more than 20 percent.
Mobile phone sales reached 100 billion yuan, an increase of 30 percent over the previous year."
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