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China mobile phone user base hits 574 million in March 2008

Mon, 05 May 2008 16:16:07 +0000

China keeps growing like crazy and it still manages to surprise us with its numbers. According to statistics published by China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII), there were 574.63 million mobile subscribers as of the end of March 2008. Number of subscriptions grew 1.66% on month, 19.55% on year, and the total number of subscribers [...]

China to lift licensing control on handset sales soon?

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:53:50 +0000

According to sources close to Taiwan handset makers, China is expected to soon announce a set of enforcement rules to liberalize its licensing controls on manufacturing and sale of handsets. Earlier in October 2007, China's State Council decided to lift the licensing control, but the ban is still in force due to a lack of enforcement [...]

Chinese mobile phone users sent 429 billion text messages last year

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:04:56 +0000

Don’t you just love the stories involving numbers from China and India? For one thing I love them — they show us just how much mobile industry is growing. Last year, Chinese mobile phone users send 429 billion text messages! Or to put it in a perspective, an average of 967 SMS were sent per user. And while that’s quite an impressive number, let’s not forget that it’s India whose mobile industry is growing at the fastest rate . During 2006, mobile operators in the “world’s largest democracy” doubled subscriptions reaching a total of 150 million users. In comparison, whole Britain has 70 million mobile phone users. Like it or not, the new superpowers are emerging… [Via: Reuters ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:U.S. spending on mobile content set for growth1 Million Chinese protest chemical plant with text messgeChina phone industry in numbers; 487 million mobile phone users in the countryNumbers: China has more than 600 million mobile phone usersUsers in the UK are biggest texters in Europe