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Profile of China's telecom industry in 2009
BEIJING, Feb 23, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
The following is a profile of Chin
a's telecom industry from January to December in 2009:
-- Overview
China's telecom industry realized 2.57 trillion yuan of busines
s volume in 2009, up 14.4 percent year on year. Its main business reve
nue totaled 842.43 billion yuan, up 3.9 percent. The fixed asset inves
tment reached 372.49 billion yuan, up 26.1 percent on year. The indust
ry's added value meanwhile climbed 7 percent to 501.22 billion yuan.
The composite price of China's telecom industry decreased 9 per
cent below that of 2008. The following Chart 1 displays the growth rat
es of the industry's composite price from 2005 to 2009:
-- Telecom users
The industry reported 79.47 million new phone subscribers in 20
09, bringing the total number up to 1.06 billion. The number of mobile
phone users made up 70.4 percent of total phone users. There were 400
million more mobile phone users than fixed phone users in 2009.
Table 1 below shows the total number and growth of phone users
from 2005 to 2009:
Table 1: Total number and growth of phone users in 2005-2009
Unit
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Total
million
743.85
828.84
912.73
981.60
1061.07
Growth
million
97.27
84.99
83.89
68.66
79.47
Below, Chart 2 graphs the proportion of mobile phone users to t
he total from 2005 to 2009:
The number of mobile phone subscribers increased 106.14 million
in 2009, boosting the total number to 747.38 million. That year witne
ssed the largest expansion of mobile phone users in history. The incre
mental monthly growth of new mobile phone users in March 2009 reached
10.55 million, more than in any other month ever. The coverage of mobi
le phones reached 56.3 percent of the total population, up 7.8 percent
since the end of 2008.
The following Chart 3 shows the figures of newly added mobile p
hone users from 2006 to 2009:
The number of mobile packet data users increased 129.24 million
to 384.56 million in 2009. The proportion of mobile packet data busin
esses climbed to 51.5 percent from 39.8 percent at the end of 2008.
The total number of fixed phone users reached 313.69 million in
2009, down 26.67 million. The figure of urban fixed phone users reach
ed 211.78 million, losing 19.78 million. Further, that of rural fixed
phone users climbed to 101.91 million, fallen by 6.89 million. The cov
erage of fixed phone users topped 23.6 per hundred people, down 2.2 pe
r hundred than the end of 2008.
The following Chart 4 shows the number of newly added fixed pho
ne users from 2007 to 2009:
The number of traditional fixed phone users hit 267.69 million,
down 3.73 million. The number of subscribers to the Personal Handypho
ne System (PHS) shrank 22.94 million to 45.99 million during 2009, wit
h its proportion to fixed phone users dropping to 14.7 percent from 20
.3 percent by the end of 2008.
The following Chart 5 indicates the proportion of PHS users to
fixed phone users from 2005 to 2009:
Household phone users account for the vast majority of the fixe
d phone users in China. Due to plunging PHS users, the proportion of h
ousehold phone users decreased 4.6 percentage points in 2009. Governme
nt and company phone users saw continued growth over this period. Thei
r proportion to the total also went up year on year. The proportion of
public phone users saw a slight rise to 8.6 percent.
The following Chart 6 presents the proportions of household pho
ne users, government and company phone users, and public phone users t
o total fixed phone users from 2005 to 2009:
The number of netizens in China totalled 384 million in 2009, u
p 86 million. Internet coverage topped 28.9 percent in that same perio
d. The figure of broadband netizens hit 346 million, up 76 million, an
d accounted for 90.1 percent of the total. That of mobile phone netize
ns reached 233 million, up 120 million, or 60.8 percent of the total.
The figure of rural netizens saw an increase of 22 million to 107 mill
ion, taking 27.8 percent of the total.
The following Chart 7 indicates the number of netizens and Inte
rnet coverage in China from 2005 to 2009:
In 2009, the number of Internet broadband users rose 20.35 mill
ion to 103.23 million, while that of dial up Internet service users de
clined by 3.57 million to 8.71 million.
The following Chart 8 shows the number of newly added Internet
broadband users from 2006 to 2009:
-- Short and long distance calls and SMS
The following Table 2 indicates the traffic volume and year on
year growth rates of local fixed phone calls and mobile phone calls in
2009:
Table 2: Traffic volume and growth rates of local fixed phone calls a
nd mobile phone calls in 2009
Index
Units
2009
Growth rate (%)
Local fixed phone calls
Billion times
539.82
-12.7
--Between different telecom networks
Billion times
66.37
-11.0
-- In the same telecom network
Billion times
464.55
-12.8
--Dial up Internet calls
Billion times
8.91
-22.7
--Traditional fixed phone calls
Billion times
422.23
-9.0
--PHS calls
Billion times
117.59
-23.9
Local mobile phone calls
Billion minutes
3,296.45
19.5
Chart 9 below reveals the traffic volume of local fixed phone c
alls in China from 2005 to 2009:
Chart 10 shows the call duration and year on year growth rates
of local mobile phone calls from 2005 to 2009:
The total call duration of long distance calls in 2009 amounted
to 438.76 billion minutes, up 7.5 percent year on year. The call dura
tion of domestic long distance calls reached 434.6 billion minutes, up
7.8 percent year on year. That of international long distance calls t
opped 2.14 billion minutes, down 14.2 percent. Long distance calls to
Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan amounted to 2.02 billion minutes, down 9
percent.
The duration of fixed phone long distance calls and IP calls dr
opped 6.3 percent and 15.1 percent, respectively, to 82.56 billion min
utes and 118.56 billion minutes, and that of mobile phone long distanc
e calls went up 31.8 percent to 237.64 billion minutes.
The following Table 3 shows the call duration of long distance
call services in 2009:
Table 3: Call duration of long distance call services in 2009
Fixed phone calls
Mobile phone calls
IP calls
Call duration (bln min)
Growth rate (%)
Call duration (bln min)
Growth rate (%)
Call duration (bln min)
Growth rate (%)
Domestic
81.74
-6.0
235.75
32.0
117.11
-15.0
International
0.43
-25.4
0.83
7.5
0.87
-23.3
HK, Macao & Taiwan
0.38
-26.2
1.06
10.3
0.57
-22.0
The following Chart 11 indicates the market sizes of IP calls,
mobile phone calls and fixed phone calls from 2005 to 2009:
Of all IP calls, the call duration of those calling from fixed
phones reached 49.17 billion minutes, down 27.6 percent year on year.
Calls from mobile phones amounted to 69.39 billion minutes, down 3.3 p
ercent year on year. The proportion of IP calls made from mobile phone
s rose to 58.5 percent in 2009 from 51 percent at the end of 2008.
Chart 12 compares the traffic volume of IP calls from both fixe
d phones and mobile phones from 2007 to 2009:
The traffic volume of short messages topped 784.04 billion arti
cles in 2009, up 8.4 percent year on year. That of PHS short messages
and mobile phone short messages reached 12.74 billion and 771.3 billio
n articles, respectively, down 45.6 percent and up 10.2 percent.
The following Chart 13 indicates the traffic volume of mobile p
hone short messages and PHS short messages from 2005 to 2009:
-- Business structure
China's telecommunications business revenues topped 870.73 bill
ion yuan in 2009, up 4.1 percent year on year. Its main business reven
ues totaled 842.43 billion yuan, up 3.9 percent.
Table 4 below indicates the revenue structure of China's main t
elecom businesses in 2009:
Table 4: Revenue structure of China's main telecom businesses in 2009
Revenue (bln yuan)
Growth rate (y-o-y)
Proportion
Mobile communications
509.09
13.2%
60.4%
Local fixed phone calls
135.68
-14.4%
16.1%
Long distance calls
98.26
-5.3%
11.7%
Data communications
99.40
0.3%
11.8%
Revenues of non-voice services topped 313.55 billion yuan, up 8
.8 percent year on year. Its proportion to the total main business rev
enues reached 37.2 percent in 2009 from 34.5 percent at the end of 200
8.
The fixed asset investment in China's telecom industry reached
372.49 billion yuan, up 26.1 percent on year.
The following Chart 14 shows fixed asset investment in China's
telecom industry from 2005 to 2009:
Table 5 lists the total business volume, main business revenues
, and fixed asset investment (FAI) of the telecom industry in China's
provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in 2009:
Table 5: Total business volume, main business revenues and FAI of the
telecom industry in China in 2009
Total Business volume
Main business revenue
FAI
2009 (bln yuan)
Growth rate (y-o-y)
2009 (bln yuan)
Growth rate (y-o-y)
2009 (bln yuan)
Growth rate (y-o-y)
Beijing
88.31
15.8%
40.40
-1.2%
13.76
21.3%
Tianjin
36.25
9.1%
12.45
3.7%
5.86
33.5%
Hebei
115.22
11.3%
35.57
0.7%
16.07
25.8%
Shanxi
60.12
13.2%
20.43
3.4%
10.37
22.2%
Inner Mongolia
54.10
19.9%
14.74
12.1%
9.30
53.6%
Liaoning
90.89
15.7%
34.95
1.8%
15.52
43.3%
Jilin
51.20
15.9%
14.44
6.2%
8.91
55.8%
Heilongjiang
66.37
15.5%
20.15
4.8%
10.52
45.1%
Shanghai
83.91
5.0%
41.84
0.2%
15.20
19.7%
Jiangsu
165.88
13.9%
64.13
5.2%
22.88
21.9%
Zhejiang
162.34
8.4%
58.46
1.5%
22.71
30.5%
Anhui
66.67
25.2%
24.00
9.6%
11.53
42.7%
Fujian
96.01
12.4%
32.53
3.5%
12.59
20.4%
Jiangxi
58.86
25.8%
17.07
8.9%
7.12
11.2%
Shandong
160.40
12.8%
50.96
3.1%
19.78
33.1%
Henan
122.61
13.8%
35.17
2.7%
16.80
29.3%
Hubei
79.79
17.7%
28.21
9.6%
12.56
20.2%
Hunan
86.16
16.8%
29.24
10.9%
13.00
34.6%
Guangdong
384.90
9.2%
121.19
0.2%
39.96
31.8%
Guangxi
67.34
18.4%
20.14
8.3%
9.69
42.4%
Hainan
18.46
19.8%
5.99
9.9%
3.62
79.0%
Chongqing
46.43
13.8%
14.78
6.8%
7.27
38.3%
Sichuan
112.35
25.9%
35.72
9.5%
18.38
24.4%
Guizhou
47.35
31.4%
13.76
12.3%
6.61
0.0%
Yunnan
66.42
17.4%
19.31
9.3%
8.92
23.5%
Tibet
5.09
28.1%
2.23
19.6%
1.55
26.5%
Shaanxi
71.81
16.7%
21.01
10.5%
9.09
14.8%
Gansu
35.51
26.9%
10.35
12.6%
6.63
33.4%
Qinghai
8.75
27.0%
3.05
8.7%
2.45
65.7%
Ningxia
11.71
24.4%
3.62
12.9%
2.21
57.9%
Xinjiang
46.63
26.4%
12.65
4.4%
8.00
33.5%
-- China's telecom capacity
China's fiber-optic cables extended 1.49 million km to 8.27 mil
lion km in 2009. The length of long distance fiber-optic cable increas
ed 39,000 km to 837,000 km. The capacity of fixed long distance phone
switchboards expanded 151,000 terminals year on year to 17.06 million
terminals in 2009. The capacity of telephone central offices (includin
g access facilities) dropped 16.44 million gates to 492.19 million gat
es. That of mobile phone switchboards meanwhile went up 275.8 million
to 1421.11 million. The number of broadband Internet access ports of b
asic telecom companies increased by 27.02 million to 135.92 million.
-- Telecom value-added business revenues
Value-added business revenues of basic telecom companies reache
d 192.3 billion yuan in 2009, up 12.8 percent year on year, and its pr
oportion to the main business revenues rose to 22.8 percent from 21.3
percent at the end of 2008.
The following Chart 15 shows the value-added business revenues
and their proportions to main business revenues of China's basic telec
om companies from 2005 to 2009:
-- Prospect of China's telecom industry
The main business revenues of China's telecom industry are expe
cted to top 880 billion yuan in 2010, up 4.5 percent year on year. The
total business volume is expected to reach 2876.2 billion yuan, up 12
percent year on year and the number of fixed phone users is expected
to drop 28 million to 285 million. Those of mobile phone users and Int
ernet broadband users see forecasted increases of 108 million and 20 m
illion, respectively, to 855 million and 123 million.
The comprehensive charges of China's telecom industry are expec
ted to decrease 9 percent in 2010.
(Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology)
(Edited by Zheng Qingyi)
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