MIIT website has announced the January 2014 economic operation of the communications industry. Data show that, as of January 2014, the total number of mobile Internet users reached 838 million, penetration rate of mobile phone users reached 67.8%; mobile Internet traffic 133,000,000 G, an increase of 46.9%, the average mobile Internet access flow reached 165.1M, which enhance the mobile Internet traffic accounted to 80.8%, the monthly household mobile Internet traffic reached 139.3M.
In addition, under the double impact of the popularity of OTT applications and spam messages governance, value-added telecommunications companies and enterprises, sending SMS text messages sent sharply, including value-added enterprise messaging volume fell by 26.4%, resulting in total national SMS services only in January 73.56 billion, representing a decrease of 4.5%.
The total number of mobile Internet users reached 838 million 2G number 528 million Internet users
According to the Ministry of Statistics, in January 2014, the national telephone subscribers increased by 4,976,000, the total number of breakthrough 1.5 billion mark, reaching 1.501 billion. Fixed broadband Internet subscribers increased 2.264 million, nearly nine months to one month the highest monthly net total of $ 191 million.
Fixed telephone subscribers continued to decline. January, the national fixed-line telephone users reduce 1,181,000, reached 266 million, accounting for the proportion of telephone users fell 17.7%, down 0.1 percentage points over the previous year. PHS back speed exceeds fixed telephone subscribers, reduce 1.332 million, down 7.376 million, accounting for fixed telephone subscribers increased from the previous year's 3.3% to 2.8%.
Mobile phone users to maintain growth in the 3G drive. January, a net increase of 6.157 million mobile phone users reached 1.235 billion. Which, 3G mobile phone subscribers increased by 17.627 million, a record monthly high of net additions, 3G total number of subscribers reached 419 million, accounting for the proportion of mobile phone users upgrade 2.3 percentage points over the previous year, reaching 33.9%. Which, TD subscribers increased by 14,226,000, the total number of subscribers reached 205 million, accounting for the proportion of 3G users reached 49.0%, compared with the previous year by 1.4 percentage points.
4M broadband users accounted for more than 79.9%. In January, three basic telecom business broadband Internet access subscribers increased by 2.264 million, a total of 191 million, an increase of 10.8%. Enhancing the overall rate of broadband access, 2M or more, 4M and 8M more than broadband users accounted for 96.3%, respectively, 79.9%, 23.9%, an increase 0.1,1.1,1.3 percentage points respectively over the previous year. FTTH steadily, FTTH / 0 subscribers increased by 2.314 million, total users reached 43.137 million, accounting for the proportion of broadband subscribers increased from the previous year's 21.6% to 22.6%.
2G downsizing of Internet users, wireless users by the increased turn-off. In January, the total number of mobile Internet users reached 838 million, an increase of 6.4% penetration of mobile phone users reached 67.8%. With the migration of 2G users to 3G, 2G Internet users continued to decline to 528 million, accounting for the proportion of mobile Internet users has decreased from the previous year's 44.8% to 42.8%. Even by the advent of wireless LAN users last four months after the fall inflection point, a decrease of 9.0 million, reached 16.482 million, accounting for 2% of mobile Internet users, with the end of year.
In addition, in January, China's regional IPTV users eastern, central and western 1729.2,500.7,684.4 million respectively, accounting for 59.3%, 17.2% and 23.5%. National IPTV subscribers are concentrated in three provinces in the eastern region, namely, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and the provinces of users accounted for 43.7%. Things basic telecom business development companies more balanced regional material eastern, central and western end users reached 2035.4,497.3,763.5 networking million, a net increase over the previous year, respectively, 43.7, 17.1,35.1 million. Things Guangdong end users over the previous year net 145,000, is the fastest growing provinces, the total number of user 3572000, ranked second in the country after the ranks of Jiangsu.
Household up to 165M mobile Internet access traffic accounted for over eighty percent of mobile Internet traffic
According to the Ministry data show that household landline phone call volume decline. January, fixed local call duration was 22.91 billion minutes, down 17.4%. Fixed local telephone MOU reached 86.0 minutes / month households, down 13.7 percent year on year. Length of 4.27 billion minutes fixed long-distance telephone calls, down 19.0%. Fixed calls MOU fell 15.4%, to 16.0 minutes / month households.
Weak growth in mobile voice services, local and long distance moving MOU synchronized decline. By the strong impact of OTT applications, mobile voice call volume growth further slowed down. January, the national mobile phone calls long time to 246.58 billion minutes, an increase of 3.8%, 7.5 percentage points lower than the growth rate of the previous year. Among them, the mobile phone and the local time to move long distance calls, respectively, an increase of 3.8% and 3.5%, 5.7,14.5 percentage points lower than the growth rate of the previous year. As mobile voice services is significantly lower than the growth rate of subscriber growth, average household monthly mobile voice traffic continued to decline.January, mobile local outgoing MOU was 155.6 minutes / month households, moving long distance outgoing MOU was 44.6 minutes / month households, down 5.9%, 6.2%.
Mobile SMS traffic continues to decline, MMS traffic growth fell. And New Year's Eve at the end of a substantial increase in the amount of text messages, prompting the national peer SMS volume in January 43.67 billion, an increase of 11.8%. However, under the double impact of the popularity of OTT applications and spam messages governance, value-added telecommunications companies and enterprises, sending SMS text messages sent sharply, including value-added enterprise messaging volume fell by 26.4%, resulting in total in January nationwide SMS service only 735.6 one hundred million, representing a decrease of 4.5%. MMS traffic growth slowed down, reached a total of 4.98 billion, representing a growth rate decreased from 49.6% to 37.1% over the same period last year.Among them, the amount of 410 million MMS point, representing a decrease of 7.7%, down 14.3 percentage points from the previous month.
Mobile Internet access traffic to maintain rapid growth, accounting for over eighty percent of mobile Internet traffic. January, 133 million mobile Internet access traffic G, an increase of 46.9%, down 6.9 percentage points lower than the growth rate of the previous year, the average mobile Internet traffic reached 165.1M, an increase of 38.6%. Among them, the proportion of mobile Internet traffic increased to 80.8%, average household monthly mobile Internet traffic reached 139.3M. January, the national fixed broadband Internet access length 3.12 trillion minutes, an increase of 26.7%.
