There were 461.08 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end December, an on year increase of 17.20% for the whole of 2006 by 67.68 million subscribers.

The number of mobile subscribers in China at the end of December grew by 6.05 million from a month earlier. Also at the end of December, there were there 367.81 million subscribers of fixed telecommunication networks in China.

Last month, mobile phone subscribers in China sent 40.55 billion short messages, averaging 2.86 short messages per phone number a day.

The number of xDSL subscribers expanded by 10.58 million in 2006, representing a growth of 25.6% from the end of 2005.

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