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Number of mobile phone subscribers in China rises to 443.15 million at end of September

here were 443.15 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of September, increasing by 5.68 million from a month earlier, according to statistics published on October 24 by China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) on its Chinese-language web site.

Beijing and Shanghai had the highest mobile communication user densities of 106.1% and 88.2%, respectively, according to the information.

Also at the end of September were there 369.31 million subscribers of fixed telecommunication networks in China.

In September, mobile phone subscribers in China sent 36.73 billion short messages, averaging 2.78 short messages per phone number a day.

Press release, October 25; Adam Hwang, DigiTimes.com

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