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China Mobile adds 6.7 million users in January
BEIJING, Feb 20, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
China Mobile (0941.HK; CHL.NYSE),
the leading telecom operator in China, added 6.67 million new cell
phone users in the first month of this year, boosting the total to
463.92 million
Included were 226,000 TD-SCDMA users transferred to the
carrier on a one-off basis, as it started to lease the TD networks
from its parent company and commenced 3G business operation since
this year.
Net addition of China Telecom's (0728.HK; CHA.NYSE) mobile
subscribers increased 1.02 million in January, with the total number
hitting 28.93 million.
Meanwhile, the telecom operator's fixed-line users dropped
970,000 to 207.38 million, and its broadband subscribers grew 760,000
to 45.03 million.
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