China to Surpass 1 Billion Mobile Connection Milestone by End of March

[xizhimen]

China to Surpass 1 Billion Mobile Connection Milestone by End of March
Erica Thinesen
20 January, 2012

A new study has revealed that China is on the verge of hitting the 1 billion mobile connection milestone.

According to the latest report by Wireless Intelligence, the country is likely to surpass the 1 billion magic figure by the end of March.

China has always been considered a global leader in wireless communication technology and infrastructure, however, this new milestone the country is going to achieve is primarily due to the massive Chinese population that is embracing mobile data services at a much faster rate.

In fact, from 2010 to 2011, the country witnessed an amazing 17 percent increase in mobile connection. The growth, according to many industry experts, has been primarily driven by the newly introduced 3G networks and a growing demand for smartphones in the market.

All three of the country's major carriers including China Unicom, China Telecom as well as China Mobile is now providing 3G networks.

"If China's huge rate of smartphone adoption continues, the U.S. will could wind up playing second fiddle to China on the wireless global stage," noted Kevin Fitchard of GigaOm in his report.

 

[prabhakar]

with billion mobile subscribers and 500 mn internet users.. that is simply great going by china.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

LOL, that is awesome.

One billion mobile customers, that is really something.

 

[xizhimen]

and many westerners still naively believe that Chinese government can block free information flow in China,China is not N.Korea,China is fully aware of the importance of the information technology,in this information age,that's simply utterly impossible to block imformation flow and China is at the frontline of information technology.

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the more the west demonizes China,the faster China develops.it's almost a certain pattern proved by history.

 

[Archie]

with billion mobile subscribers and 500 mn internet users.. that is simply great going by china.

Well , its not about the Number of connections , but the number of actual users
What the article points to is the number of active connections

If you look at it this way , then even India has about 840 Million wireless connections , but only 600 Million Different users
ie about 30% of users have more than 1 connection
One my colleague even has 5 active mobile connections

 

[below_freezing]

This is thanks to our world class telecom hardware companies.

Not every country gets to be a leader in telecom hardware. Only a select few like DoCoMo, Qualcomm, Cisco, Huawei, ZTE, Datang and Sony-Ericsson can compete. No Korean companies here, SK Telecom still uses DoCoMo gear.

 

[tryindiffdrugsNgirls]

1 billion Good job China 1st country in world with 1 billion subscribers number could very well soon be 2 billion hehe Any way when is we getting that number?