Marbridge Consulting – China Telecommunications, Mobile and Internet Research

Marbridge Consulting, February 20, 2024

The listed units of China’s three major carriers have announced their total subscriber numbers for January 2024. This included a net increase of approximately 2.29 billion 5G package subscribers in China, increasing the total number of 5G package subscribers to more than 1.375 billion. As of the end of January, 5G package subscribers accounted for 79.6% and 78.7% of China Mobile and China Telecom’s total mobile subscriber base, respectively.

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China Mobile (0941.HK; 600941.SH) reported an increase of 580,000 mobile phone subscribers in the month, bringing the carrier’s total number of mobile phone users to 991.58 million. China Mobile’s 5G package subscribers decreased by 4.999 billion in January to 789.51 million.

China Mobile defines a 5G package customer as a mobile customer who subscribes to a 5G tariff plan. Customers who share her 5G rate plan without subscribing are not included in the carrier’s total number of her 5G subscribers.

China Mobile’s total number of fixed broadband subscribers (registered accounts) increased by 2.61 billion in January, reaching 386.6 million.

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China Telecom (0728.HK; 601728.SH) saw a net increase of 1.28 million mobile subscribers in January, bringing the total to 409.05 million, of which 321.74 million were 5G package subscribers . During this month, this carrier’s 5G user base increased by his 3.08 million subscribers.

China Telecom lost 130,000 landline subscribers in January, bringing the total down to 108.9 million.

China Telecom reported that fixed broadband subscribers (registered accounts) increased by 1.28 million during the month, bringing the total to 191.44 million.

china unicom

China Unicom (0762.HK; 600050.SH) reported that the total number of “Big Connectivity” subscribers as of the end of January 2024 reached 1.02 billion, an increase of 13.32 million from the previous month. China Unicom’s “Big Connectivity” category consists of the carrier’s total mobile billing subscribers, fixed-line telephone subscribers, fixed-line broadband subscribers, Internet of Things terminal connections, and networking leased line subscribers. Of this total, 263.84 million were his 5G package subscribers, a net increase of 4.2 billion yen month-on-month. The number of Internet of Things terminal connections was 505.68 million, an increase of 11.77 million from the previous month.

China Unicom also reported that the number of customers served by virtual 5G industry private networks in January was 9,185, an increase of 622 from the previous month.

Statistics on the number of mobile phone subscribers for China’s three major carriers (in millions)

The 5G user base of China Broadnet, China’s fourth largest 5G communications network operator, is expected to exceed 23 million by the end of 2023, according to statistics released today by the China National Broadcasting and Television Administration.

Broadnet officially launched its 5G network service on June 27, 2022, just 20 months ago. Broadnet does not yet regularly report its total 5G subscriber numbers on a monthly basis, so Marbridge has not yet combined that total with the total of three of China’s more established carriers. . On top of that.

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