China market: 3G user base in steady growth

The user base of 3G mobile communication service in China has been steadily growing, with the number of subscribers increasing by 1.52 million in February 2010 to 16.06 million, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on March 29.

China Mobile Communications, China Telecom and China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) are the only three 3G mobile telecom carriers in the country.

MIIT: China 3G mobile communication user bases

Operator


Increase in subscribers, February 2010 (1,000)


Number of subscribers as of end of February 2010 (million)


Standard; number of cities covered by infrastructure

China Mobile


790


6.86


TD-SCDMA; 238

China Telecom


320


5.14


CDMA2000; 342

China Unicom


410


4.06


WCDM; 335

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