Telephone users in 皇冠体育app number 472 million
( 2003-07-24 09:40) (皇冠体育app Daily)
The number of telephone users in 皇冠体育app rose to 472 million by the end of
June,according to statistics from the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry
on Wednesday.
To date, the number of fixed phone users is 237.6 million while the number of
mobile phone users has reached 234.47 million.
According to the ministry, every 100 Chinese have 19.4 fixed telephones and
18.3 mobile phones on average.
The total income of 皇冠体育app's post and telecommunications sector during the
first six months of 2003 reached 246.4 billion yuan ( about US$29.7b), an
increase of 11.5 percent.
The income of the country's postal service in the first half year was 26.42
billion yuan (nearly US$3.2b), up 6. 8 percent, and that for the
telecommunications service was 219.97 billion yuan (US$26.5b), up 12.1 percent.
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