Over 850 million 5G users in China

Maggie March 27, 2024

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology disclosed that China's telecommunications business steadily increased in the first two months. As of the end of February, the number of 5G mobile phone users reached 851 million, accounting for nearly 50% of the total mobile phone users; The total number of 5G base stations reached 3.509 million, a net increase of 132000 compared to the end of last year.

The revenue from telecommunications services has steadily increased. In the first two months, the cumulative revenue from telecommunications services reached 292.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%; In the first two months, the three basic telecom enterprises completed Internet broadband business revenue of 44.06 billion yuan, up 6.7% year on year.

Emerging business revenue has achieved significant growth, becoming a major highlight. In the first two months, three basic telecommunications companies completed mobile data traffic business revenue of 106.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.6%. Three basic telecommunications companies are actively developing emerging businesses such as big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. In the first two months, they achieved a total business revenue of 75.76 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.3%, accounting for 25.9% of telecommunications business revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data revenue increased by 17.3% and 30.3% year-on-year, respectively, and IoT business revenue increased by 8.5% year-on-year.

5G users continue to grow. As of the end of February, the total number of mobile phone users of three basic telecommunications companies and China Broadcasting and Television reached 1.746 billion, a net increase of 2.409 million compared to the end of the previous year. Among them, the number of 5G mobile phone users reached 851 million, a net increase of 29.22 million compared to the end of the previous year; 48.8% of mobile phone users. The proportion of 5G base stations is nearly 30%, and as of the end of February, the total number of 5G base stations reached 3.509 million.