China Telecom's mobile subscribers in February decreased by 5.6 million to 330.4 million, of which 5G package subscribers totaled 10.73 million as of the end of February.
This is the first time that China Telecom has disclosed the number of 5G package users in its main operating data.
At the "China Telecom 2020 Terminal Ecological Cooperation Promotion Conference" in January this year, China Telecom had stated that its 5G subscribers had exceeded 8 million.
China Telecom pointed out that to cooperate with the company's mobile business development strategy and further enhance the accuracy of the disclosed information, after the company launched 5G services, it will only disclose the number of 5G package users and mobile users, and no longer disclose 4G user data.
China Telecom officially disclosed 5G operation data for the first time: 5G package users reached 10.73 million
In terms of wired broadband business, the number of wired broadband subscribers of China Telecom decreased by 810,000 in that month, and the accumulated number of wired broadband subscribers was 115.88 million.
In terms of fixed telephone business, the number of fixed-line subscribers of China Telecom decreased by 300,000 in the month, and the cumulative number of fixed-line subscribers was 110.47 million.