In 2019, there was a net increase of 34.2 million telephone users in China, with a total of 1.79 billion, an increase of 2.5% over the end of the previous year, according to data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China today.
As peopleโs demand for a second SIM card was basically released, the number of mobile phone users increased from 149 million in the previous year to 35.25 million, bringing the total to 1.6 billion.
The penetration rate of mobile phone users reached 114.4 units/100 people, an increase of 2.2 units / 100 people compared with the end of last year.
The mobile phone penetration rate in 26 provinces and cities in China has exceeded 100/100 people. The total number of fixed-line telephone users was 191 million, a decrease of 1.05 million from the end of the previous year, and the penetration rate dropped to 13.6 units per 100 people.
As of the end of December, the total number of fixed Internet broadband access users of the three basic telecommunications companies reached 449 million, with a net increase of 41.9 million.
Among them, 870,000 users have access speeds of 1000 Mbps and above, and the total number of fixed Internet broadband access users with access speeds of 100 Mbps and above reaches 384 million, accounting for 85.4% of the total fixed broadband users, an increase of 15.1 compared with the end of the previous year percentage point.
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