Telephone users in China number 472 million
( 2003-07-24 09:40) (China Daily)
The number of telephone users in China rose to 472 million by the end of
June,according to statistics from the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry
on Wednesday.
To date, the number of fixed phone users is 237.6 million while the number of
mobile phone users has reached 234.47 million.
According to the ministry, every 100 Chinese have 19.4 fixed telephones and
18.3 mobile phones on average.
The total income of China's post and telecommunications sector during the
first six months of 2003 reached 246.4 billion yuan ( about US$29.7b), an
increase of 11.5 percent.
The income of the country's postal service in the first half year was 26.42
billion yuan (nearly US$3.2b), up 6. 8 percent, and that for the
telecommunications service was 219.97 billion yuan (US$26.5b), up 12.1 percent.
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