There were 756.6 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of January 2010, growing by 1.23% on month and by 16.45% on year, according to statistics from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The number of subscribers accounted for 56.3% of the country's population (user density).

In January, mobile phone subscribers in China sent 66.53 billion short messages, averaging 2.85 short messages per phone number a day, the MIIT figures show.

As of the end of January there were 311.76 million subscribers of fixed telecommunication networks in China, translating into a user density of 23.6%, according to MIIT.

Source: MIIT, compiled by Digitimes, March 2010

 source:digitimes