China Telcos Added 9.523 Million Customers in October

China, Dec 6, 2010 (IRG) – China’s three major communications firms added a combined 9.523 million mobile customers in October, ending the month with a total of 824.327 million mobile users. China Mobile added 5.259 million new customers in the period to bring its customer base to 575.016 million. Of the total, 16.981 million are 3G customers.
China Telecom signed up 2.53 million new mobile subscribers in the month to bring its total to 85.51 million. However, the carrier continued shedding fixed-line customers and saw its customer base fall by 850,000 to end the month with a total of 177.43 million local access lines in service.
China Telecom gained 840,000 broadband subscribers in October to hit a total of 61.91 million. China Unicom ended September with a total of 163.801 million mobile customers, which comprises 152.145 million 2G subscribers and 11.656 million 3G customers, including 167,500 3G data card users.
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