There were 963.99 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of October 2011, growing 1.23% on month and 14.48% on year. 110.51 million (11.46%) were 3G users, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The number of subscribers at the end of October accounted for 71.1% of the country's population (user density).

Also at the end of October there were 287.69 million subscribers of fixed telecommunication networks in China, translating to a user density of 21.5%.

Mobile subscribers sent 73.61 billion text messages, averaging 2.48 per phone number a day in October.

Source:digitimes