The total number of cell phone subscribers of the three major telecommunication companies reached 1.707 billion, with 634 million 5G cell phone subscribers
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website released in January-April 2023, the economic operation of the communications industry, January-April this year, the overall operation of the information and communications industry is stable, telecommunications business revenue increased by 7.2% year-on-year, the total amount of telecommunications services increased by 17.6% year-on-year.
The scale of fixed broadband access users has steadily increased, with gigabit users accounting for nearly 20%. By the end of April, the total number of fixed Internet broadband access users of the three basic telecommunications enterprises reached 608 million, a net increase of 18.11 million over the end of the previous year. Among them, 100Mbps and above access rate of fixed Internet broadband access users reached 572 million, accounting for 94.1% of the total number of users; 1000Mbps and above access rate of fixed Internet broadband access users reached 115 million, accounting for 19% of the total number of users, a net increase of 23.54 million over the end of the previous year. Driven by the continuous growth of high-speed rate users, the average household access bandwidth reached 397.2Mbps/household, an increase of 28.6% year-on-year.
Fixed Internet broadband access users above 100M rate and above 1000M rate
The scale of cell phone users increased steadily, and the number of 5G users developed rapidly. By the end of April, the total number of cell phone subscribers of the three basic telecommunications enterprises reached 1.707 billion, a net increase of 23.36 million over the end of the previous year. Among them, 5G cell phone users reached 634 million, a net increase of 73.08 million over the end of the previous year, accounting for 37.1% of cell phone users, accounting for 3.8 percentage points higher than the end of the previous year.
5G cell phone users
The number of cellular IoT users exceeded 2 billion, and IPTV users increased steadily. By the end of April, the three basic telecommunication enterprises developed 2.011 billion cellular IoT terminal users, a net increase of 167 million over the end of the previous year, accounting for 54.1% of mobile network terminal connections (including cell phone users and cellular IoT terminal users). 389 million total IPTV (Internet TV) users, a net increase of 8.308 million over the end of the previous year.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website released in January-April 2023, the economic operation of the communications industry, January-April this year, the overall operation of the information and communications industry is stable, telecommunications business revenue increased by 7.2% year-on-year, the total amount of telecommunications services increased by 17.6% year-on-year.
The scale of fixed broadband access users has steadily increased, with gigabit users accounting for nearly 20%. By the end of April, the total number of fixed Internet broadband access users of the three basic telecommunications enterprises reached 608 million, a net increase of 18.11 million over the end of the previous year. Among them, 100Mbps and above access rate of fixed Internet broadband access users reached 572 million, accounting for 94.1% of the total number of users; 1000Mbps and above access rate of fixed Internet broadband access users reached 115 million, accounting for 19% of the total number of users, a net increase of 23.54 million over the end of the previous year. Driven by the continuous growth of high-speed rate users, the average household access bandwidth reached 397.2Mbps/household, an increase of 28.6% year-on-year.
Fixed Internet broadband access users above 100M rate and above 1000M rate
The scale of cell phone users increased steadily, and the number of 5G users developed rapidly. By the end of April, the total number of cell phone subscribers of the three basic telecommunications enterprises reached 1.707 billion, a net increase of 23.36 million over the end of the previous year. Among them, 5G cell phone users reached 634 million, a net increase of 73.08 million over the end of the previous year, accounting for 37.1% of cell phone users, accounting for 3.8 percentage points higher than the end of the previous year.
5G cell phone users
The number of cellular IoT users exceeded 2 billion, and IPTV users increased steadily. By the end of April, the three basic telecommunication enterprises developed 2.011 billion cellular IoT terminal users, a net increase of 167 million over the end of the previous year, accounting for 54.1% of mobile network terminal connections (including cell phone users and cellular IoT terminal users). 389 million total IPTV (Internet TV) users, a net increase of 8.308 million over the end of the previous year.