China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released its February 2012 telecom industry statistics. The figures for the month were as follows:

Telecom operating revenues were RMB 90.26 bln (USD 14.33 bln), bringing the cumulative year-to-date total to RMB 182.78 bln (USD 29.01 bln), up 16.4% over the same 2-month period of 2011. Core services accounted for RMB 160.55 bln (USD 25.48 bln) of the cumulative total, up 11.3% YoY.

Total telephone subscribers saw a net increase of 9.91 mln in February to reach 1.291 bln. Mobile subscribers grew by 10.33 mln to 1.007 bln, and fixed-line subscribers dropped by 419,000 to 284.29 mln. Broken down by traditional fixed-line and PHS, the PHS subscriber base declined by 595,000 subcribers to 16.34 mln, while traditional (i.e. non-PHS) fixed-line subscribers increased by 176,000 to 267.95 mln. 7.32 mln new 3G subscribers were added in February to reach a total of 143.92 mln.

A total of 71.03 bln SMS messages were sent during the month of February, bringing the total for the first 2 months of 2012 to 156.59 bln, a 7.6% increase over the figure during the same period of 2011.

Broadband added 2.45 mln new registered users in February to reach a total of 154.96 mln. Dial-up increased by 12,000 users, raising the total dial-up user base to 5.51 mln.

Keywords: national statistics, PHS subscribers, broadband, telecom, MIIT, mobile subscribers, SMS, 3G, dial-up, fixed-line subscribers, registered users, telephone subscribers, revenue

Source:marbridgeconsulting