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01/11/2012

TelecoWorld: China

Official Name: Republic of China

Capital: Beijing

Population: 1.33 billions

(Census Bureau - 2010)

Currency: Iuan Renmimbi

Calling Code: +68

Regulator Entity:

MII - Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China

CMCA - China Mobile Communication Association

The following figure presents the nº of fixed and cellular telephones in China (Source: UIT).

Month Performance

Millions	Jul/11	Aug/11	Sep/11	Oct/11	Nov/11	∆Month	∆Year
Cellular	930	940	952	964	975	1.2%	14.7%
Fixed tel.	289	289	288	288	286	(0.4%)	(4.0%)
Broadband	143	147	150	153	155	1.7%	24.2%
3G	87	94	102	106	119	12.5%	-
SMS/month	78.8	78.0	82.3	-	-	-	-

Millions	Jan/11	Feb/11	Mar/11	Apr/11	May/11	Jun/11
Cellular	870	879	890	900	910	921
Fixed tel.	294	293	293	291	291	290
Broadband	128	130	134	136	139	142
3G	52	56	62	68	74	81
SMS/month	79.5	86.9	79.3	76.1	77.7	79.4

Note: 3G statistics started to be reported in 2011.

Source: MII

Density

2011	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov
Cellular	65.4	66.1	66.9	67.7	68.4	69.2	69.9	70.7	71.6	72.5	73.3
Fixed tel.	22.1	22.1	22.0	21.9	21.9	21.8	21.8	21.7	21.7	21.6	21.5
Broadband	9.6	9.8	10.1	10.2	10.4	10.7	10.8	11.0	11.3	11.5	11.7
3G	3.9	4.2	4.7	5.1	5.5	6.1	6.6	7.1	7.7	7.9	8.9

Source MII

Quarter Performance

Millions	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Mobile Accesses	777	805	833	859	890	921	952	3.5%	14.3%
Fixed Accesses	309	305	301	294	293	290	288	(0.6%)	(4.3%)
Broadband	109	115	121	125	134	142	150	5.7%	23.8%
3G	-	-	-	-	62	81	102	27.3%	-
SMS per cell/month	87.5	85.6	87.5	96.8	79.3	79.4	82.3	3.7%	(5.9%)

Source MII

Densities

/100 inhab.	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11
Mobile Accesses	58.4	60.5	62.6	64.6	66.9	69.2	71.6
Fixed Accesses	23.2	22.9	22.6	22.1	22.0	21.8	21.7
Broadband	8.2	8.7	9.1	9.4	10.1	10.7	11.3
3G	-	-	-	-	4.7	6.1	7.7

Source MII

* Estimated by Teleco

Millions	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
Mobile Accesses	393	461	547	641	747	859	14.9%
Fixed Accesses	331	368	365	341	314	294	(6.1%)
Broadband	38	52	66	83	103	125	21.1%
SMS by cell/month	-	-	-	109	90	97	-

Source MII

Densities

For each 100 inhabitants	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Mobile Accesses	30.1	35.1	41.4	48.5	56.3	64.6
Fixed Accesses	25.3	28.0	27.7	25.8	23.6	22.1
Broadband	2.9	4.0	5.0	6.3	7.8	9.4

Mobile Operators

China Mobile and China Unicom are both the main cellular operators of China.

China Mobile

Millions	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Mobile Accesses	538.9	554.0	569.8	584.0	600.8	616.8	633.5	2.7%	11.2%
Prepaid (%)	16.6	15.2	15.7	14.3	16.8	15.9	16.7	4.9%	6.4%

GSM is China's Mobile Technology.

China Unicom

Millions	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Mobile Accesses	147.3	149.4	162	167	175	182	189.0	4.1%	16.6%
Lines in service	101.8	100.9	99.7	96.6	96.6	95.5	94.6	(1.0%)	(5.1%)
Broadband subscribers	41.5	43.8	46.0	47.2	49.8	52.3	54.5	4.3%	18.6%

Note: On Novermber 1st, China Unicorn's CDMA cellulars were transfered to China Telecom.

Millions	Technology	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
China Mobile	GSM	369	457.3	522.3	584.0	11.8%
China Unicom	GSM/CDMA	160	133	145	167	15.5%

China Mobile

China Mobile LTDA

China Unicom

Fixed Telephony Operators

In 2002 China divided the main operator, China Telecom, into two groups: China Telecom (South) and China Netcom (North)

China Telecom

Millions	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	3Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Mobile Accesses (CDMA)*	65.45	74.52	82.98	90.52	100.25	108.37	116.95	7.9%	40.9%
Lines in Service	184.23	181.07	178.28	175.05	173.36	172.22	170.96	(0.7%)	(4.1%)
Broadband Subscribers	55.84	58.33	61.07	63.48	66.85	70.09	73.69	5.1%	20.7%

Note: On November 1st, China Unicorn's CDMA cellulars were transfered to China Telecom.

Millions	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
Mobile Accesses (CDMA)	-	27.9	56.1	90.5	61.4%
Lines in Service	220.3	208.4	188.6	175.1	(7.2%)
Broadband Subscribers	35.7	44.3	53.5	63.5	18.7%