China Unicom (SHA:600050, HKG:0762) said that it had a net addition of 3.485 million 3G mobile-phone service subscribers in December, up 2.98% from November. The total number 3G subscribers increased to 40.019 million at the end of December.

The company had a net addition of 0.202 million 2G mobile-phone service subscribers in December, down 5.61% from November. The total number 2G subscribers increased to 159.641 million at the end of December.

Net addition of broadband subscribers dropped 75.62% to 0.118 million in December from November. The total number of broadband subscribers rose to 55.651 million at the end of December.

The company had a larger - 0.853 million - net loss of local access subscribers in December, compared to November's net loss of 0.593 million, reducing the subscriber number at the end of December to 92.851 million.