subject: Research Report Of Chinese Telecommunication Operation Industry, 2008-2009 [print this page] In 2008, the total volume of Chinese communication business reached RMB 2.38413 trillion, rising by 20.7% YOY. The communication business revenue remains steady increase. Chinese total communication business revenue was RMB 910.01 billion, increasing by 7.7% YOY. Among that, the revenue of telecommunication business and postal business were RMB 813.99 billion and RMB 96.02 billion, rising by 7.0% YOY and 14.0% YOY separately. The growth rate of the total communication business volume was 2.69 times that of the total communication business revenue.
By the end of December 2008, the quantity of Chinese telephone subscribers came up to 340.804 million households, falling by 24.832 million YOY with an average monthly reduction of 2.0693 million. The quantity of cell phone subscribers reached 641.230 million, growing by 93.924 million YOY with an average monthly increase of 7.827 million. The telephone penetration rate reached 25.8 per 100 persons while that of the home phone was 19.1. The administrative villages getting access to telephones took up 99.7%. The cell phone penetration rate was 48.5 per 100 persons.
By the end of 2008, the quantity of Chinese Internet dial-up subscribers came up to 14.377 million households, dropping by 5.033 million YOY. The quantity of Internet special line subscribers was 63,319, decreasing by 1,836 YOY. The quantity of Internet broadband subscribers reached 83.425 million, rising by 17.010 million YOY; among that, the quantity of xDSL subscribers was 67.026 million, increasing by 14.813 million YOY.
