China's three major communications firms added a combined 11.025 million mobile customers in January, ending the month with a total of 852.988 million mobile users, according to figures from the operators.
China Mobile attracted 5.263 million new customers during January to bring its total customer base to 589.280 million. Of the total, 22.633 million are 3G customers.
China Telecom signed up 3.53 million new mobile subscribers in January to bring its total to 94.05 million. Of the total, 13.64 million are 3G customers.
However, the carrier continued shedding fixed-line customers and saw its customer base fall by 420,000 to end the month with a total of 174.63 million local access lines in service.
China Telecom gained 1.03 million broadband subscribers in the month to hit a total of 64.51 million.
China Unicom ended January with a total of 169.658 million mobile customers, which comprises 154.191 million 2G subscribers and 15.467 million 3G customers. Unicom gained a total of 2.232 million new mobile subscribers in the month. The company also added 292,000 fixed-line customers to bring its total to 96.927 million local access subscribers in January and 973,000 broadband customers to reach a total of 48.197 million.
