Official announcement: the economic op≤↑eration of the commun✔ ications industry in the first half< ↔∞ of 2024
Release date：2024/07/23
On July 23, according to the Co<≈mmunication Industry Network, the ' ε Ministry of Industry and Informatio☆"n Technology released the economic operε×σ£ation of the communication indu>∞δstry in the first half of 2024. Datσ™±✔a shows that in the first hγΩ↔alf of the year, the telecommu nications industry operat✘π<ed steadily, with a cumulative revenue ↕βof 894.1 billion yuan, γ≤a year-on-year increas<÷e of 3%; The total number of mobil•₽♠δe phone users of the three basic teleα communications companies ↑ and China Radio and Television r&↔eached 1.777 billion, a π≈'net increase of 24.01 ♦↓↓&million from the end of last yea↓"₩¥r. Among them, the n←™☆∑umber of 5G mobile phone ≈±users reached 927 million, a net incr&™±®ease of 105 million from the♠♠₩® end of last year; The toε tal number of 5G base stations reach∏₽↑ed 3.917 million, a net ∑ ₩∞increase of 540000 from th∞₽∏↕e end of last year.
Overall operation statu≤∏≈s
The revenue from telecommunications ÷♠services has achieved positive growth,←£↕ and the total volume of telecommu≈'λnications services has maintaine™∑ d a double-digit growth rate. In t≠♥₹♦he first half of the year, the♣∏∑ cumulative revenue of tel©>ecommunications business reached 89ε☆4.1 billion yuan, a year-on-yearπ ↑ increase of 3%, with a ☆≈✘±growth rate 1.5 percentage point♠£λs lower than the first quarter§'♠. The total volume of teleco↑λ®×mmunications services, calcul<♦≠ated at unchanged prices from the pr♠∏evious year, increased by 11.1% year-Ωδ₽'on-year.
The revenue of fixed Internet bro♣>£adband business grew steadily. In ≥₽the first half of th♦ ↕¶e year, the three basic teleε≈≈com enterprises completed Int♣π$♦ernet broadband business revenue ofσ≥₹↓ 136.5 billion yuan, up 5.4% year on ®σyear, accounting for β®15.3% of telecom business rev≠® enue, 0.4 percentage points higherβ€♦ than that in the first quarter, drivi≥φ∑ng the growth of teleco£♣₩βm business revenue by 0.8 percentage >®πpoints.
The revenue from mob×↕εile data traffic business h÷↕©as slightly declined. In ¶∞ ₩the first half of the year, three ✔₹basic telecommunications compa€βεnies completed mobile data trafficαΩ'® business revenue of 328 billion yuan,↔↕✘ a year-on-year decrease •∞of 2.3%, accounting for 36.7% ÷→of telecommunications •business revenue.
The revenue from emergiσ♠ng businesses is grow♠®♥ing rapidly. The thr ←→→ee basic telecom enterprises actively d÷≠eveloped emerging businesses such as ®∏IPTV, Internet data ceΩ×nter, big data, cloud c←↕÷←omputing, and the Inε♦ternet of Things. In the fiδεrst half of the year, they≈€ achieved a total business income of 2Ω↑ε27.9 billion yuan, up 11.4% year$₹™β on year, accounting for 25.5% of "δ telecom business income, d$ →riving the growth of telecom buφα€®siness income by 2.7%. Amo≥λng them, cloud computing and♦★♣ big data revenue increaseφ©d by 13.2% and 58.6% year-on-year,↑≤ respectively, while ₹™®IoT business revenue increased by 12.5%♠σ year-on-year.
The revenue from voice ser&☆±vices continues to decline. I Ω€n the first half of the y↑$ear, three basic telec$≥ ommunications companies compl♣÷eted fixed voice and mobile voice b♣♦usiness revenues of 9.63¶φ billion yuan and 55.24 billion ∞yuan, an increase of 0.8% an§₩d a decrease of 3.4% year-on-yea©εr, respectively, accoun≈γπ&ting for 7.3% of telecommunicat₽←ions business revenue, a decrease of₩> 0.4 percentage points year-on-year.≈ '
Development of Telecommunications↓ε£ Users
The number of fixed broadband ac•§cess users is steadily increasin •g, and the scale of gigab← it users continues to e∞©xpand. By the end of June, t≤✘he total number of fixe©€★d Internet broadband a<'ccess users of the three basic teγ₹lecommunications ente÷✘rprises had reached 654 million, a net ¶ δincrease of 18.1 million$ over the end of the←"↑ previous year. Among the← <m, there are 620 million fixed Inter≈¶net broadband access use←✘rs with access rates of 100Mbps and a™σ' bove, accounting for 94☆γ.8% of the total number of users; The Ω®↑number of fixed Internet broadband ≤≠↑≠access users with access rate×®×>s of 1000 Mbps and a₽♣§bove reached 187 millio¥± n, a net increase of 24.₹✘←16 million over the end of↕←¶γ last year, accounting for 28.6•↕←♣% of the total number of use♠↔βrs, 1.2 percentage points higher™∑ than that of the first quarteλ≠≥δr. Driven by the continuλ'®ous growth of high-speed users, the§§ε≤ average access bandwidth÷ε per household reached 48≥ 7.6 Mbps, a year-on-year increase of 1≠≤≈π7.9%.
The scale of mobile phone users isσ♥ steadily growing, and the number of 5↑♥G users is rapidly developi₹→ng. As of the end of June, th≤ e total number of mobile phone users ¥✔↓ of the three basic telecommunicati≤ ons companies and China Rλβ©adio and Television reach★♦ed 1.777 billion, a net increase of 2¶✔4.01 million from the end of€©↔ the previous year. Among them, the n>&₽umber of 5G mobile phone users rea→$÷€ched 927 million, a ne∏÷t increase of 105 million from th<•↓<e end of last year, ac∏ ↓counting for 52.4% of mobile phone use<λ↔rs and an increase of 2.6 perc™₹✔entage points compared •"to the first quarter♣λ∏.
The number of cellular IoT user↕ ∏↑s is growing rapidly, ↓δand the number of IPTV users εσ<∏(network TV) is steadily increε≥® asing. As of the end of June, th∑Ω™e three basic telecommunications§∑♦ companies had developed 2•♣.529 billion cellular IoT terminal u>₩sers, a net increase o↑∑βf 197 million from the end of &✔ the previous year, accountiσ£ng for 58.9% of the total numb©δ&er of mobile network terminal conneσ©ctions (including mobile phone u≠≠β↓sers and cellular IoT€γ£₹ terminal users). The total numb<γ™er of IPTV (Internet Televis∏↔β∞ion) users reached 405 ≥→Ω'million, a net increase ₩$of 3.87 million from the enφ d of last year.
Usage of Telecommunications Servi♠®®ces
Mobile Internet traffic mai★♥"&ntained a rapid growth trend, with th™ e DOU value exceeding 18GB/u•$≥ ser in June. In the ↕™first half of the year, the a' ≥•ccumulated mobile Internet trδaffic reached 160.4 billion GB, ←βup 12.6% year on year, and the growth r↑λ"ate fell 2 percentage poin'♥™ts year on year. By the end of Ju±≈∑γne, the number of mobile Intπ÷★↕ernet users had reached 1.54≤γ∑σ9 billion, a net increase of 24✘←∞.6 million over the end of the ₽→πprevious year. In June, the av♦ ₽≤erage household mobile Internetγ★™ access traffic (DOU) reached 18 '♠.15GB/household · month,∞∏₩± up 8.1% year on year, 1.37GBφε/household · month higher ♠•$σthan the same period ofδ★ the previous year.
The volume of mobil♣&e phone calls has sliγ↓₩¥ghtly declined, while the rev•≈'enue growth rate of mobi≈le SMS services has tuγ φrned positive. In the firs←$÷t half of the year, the ¶≠•duration of mobile phone calls∑©€ reached 106.88 billion minutes, a y ₹♥ear-on-year decrease of 4.6%&σ; The calling duration of landline¶÷₩¥ phones reached 37.97 billionα•♥ minutes, a year-on-year decre₽•ase of 3.4%. In the fir$§&♣st half of the year, the nati<♠αonal mobile SMS business volume in£₽creased by 0.5% yearλ∑≥-on-year; The revenuδ§e from mobile SMS services increas✘₩™λed by 2% year-on-year.
Communication capability situation
The total length of™® optical cable lines isΩ™ steadily increasing. As of th→'±e end of June, the total length of ♦Ω↑optical cable lines in ∞♦"China reached 67.12 million kil★§ometers, a net increase of 2.799 millio£•§$n kilometers from the end of the prev☆ious year. The proportion of access ne"≤↓twork fiber optic cables, local →•πnetwork relay fiber optic ca₹<bles, and long-distance fi¶απber optic cable lines were 62.7%, ₹ 35.6%, and 1.7%, respectively, whα©÷ile the proportion of£∞₹ local network relay fib≈≠er optic cables decreased by 0.1™↑β percentage points year-on↓♦§-year.
The construction of gigabit fiberφ™→ optic broadband network is stead€↓ily advancing. By the end of June, the¶¶© number of broadband Intern∞♦et access ports nationwide had reac"↕'₩hed 1.17 billion, a net increas≤<•e of 33.54 million over ♠÷α₩the end of the previous year. Am♠™ong them, the number of FTTH/O ¶σports reached 1.13 billion, a net♥÷↑♦ increase of 35.42 million ov&£er the end of last year, accounting f&εγ"or 96.6% of Internet broadband access©§ ports. As of the end of Jun→↕e, the number of 10G PON portγσ→Ωs with gigabit network s✘✔₹≥ervice capabilities reached 25.✘<↕™97 million, a net increase of 2.9←<₩51 million from the end of the previ✔₩ous year.
The construction of± 5G networks continu↔≠§es to advance. As of tλ§he end of June, the total n≠♠umber of mobile phone bas÷€e stations in China reached 11.'±88 million, a net increase€γ∏σ of 265000 from the end of the pr≠♠evious year. Among them, the total numε<↑∞ber of 5G base stations reac ÷hed 3.917 million, a net €®>increase of 540000 from the end✘ of last year, accountin→£¥g for 33% of the total number of m€₽★obile base stations. Compared to ★ >the first quarter, it incr±↕eased by 2.4 percentage points.
Regional development situation
The gap in penetration rate o"±f gigabit users amonα→g different regions has na"©'rrowed. As of the end of J₽↔une, the penetration rates of fixed br©™oadband access users with <₹ 1000Mbps and above in the噣✘ eastern, central, western, and£∑☆ northeastern regions were↑λ 29.4%, 29.3%, 28.6%, and 20.2%,₹σ respectively. The dif♦Ωεεference between the highest and lowest ±✘×penetration rates in each re¶♣★gion was 9.2%, a decrease of 1 percen"¶tage point from the first qua♥ε≈rter. The penetration rate α÷€of broadband access users with acc↑∞©ess speeds of 1000Mbps and abov★¥←★e in the Beijing Tian≠®jin Hebei region is 29.8%, wh €βich is the same as the first quarter; § €The penetration rate of broadband £₽ access users with access©¶ speeds of 1000Mbps a©"£™nd above in the Yangtze River Delta reg÷₩ ion is 28.3%, an increase of &↕$1.2 percentage points from ₩$ ₩the first quarter.
The construction and applic∑∞♠£ation of 5G in the central regio§€n are leading. As of∑¶♣← the end of June, the number of 5G base↕♣☆ stations in the eastern, cen∑£tral, western, and northeastern re✘αΩgions reached 1.741 million, 887000,✘↓≤ 1.043 million, and 245000 resp✘®↑ectively, accounting for 34¶→%, 34.6%, 30.5%, and 31.6§±% of the total number γ∞×of mobile phone base stat←♦• ions in the region; The numbδ±÷ er of 5G mobile phone user≈×>∏s reached 406 million, 219 millio€∑±n, 241 million, and 6"←λ÷1 million respectively™, accounting for 52.9%, 52.9%, 52%, anγ★∑d 49.5% of the total num↔★←ber of mobile phone users in thi₽♣×↑s region. As of the end of June, the nuφ>mber of 5G base stations in the Beijingα≠ Tianjin Hebei and Yangtze Riv®↑er Delta regions reached 367000 ←§and 767000 respectively, a₹'ε≥ccounting for 35.4% and 34.5%<★₽ of the total number of mobile phone ba₽≤©§se stations in the reg>×'ion; The number of 5G mob✘ ₩≤ile phone users reache>↓d 81.05 million and 166.89 million resp¥≠∏ectively, accounting for 54×↑≠<% and 51.8% of the toγ↔©≤tal number of mobile≈ε∑ phone users in the region.
The highest DOU value fo∑ ≤r each province has ex ♦✔δceeded 30GB per household per month. In">≤ the first half of the year, mobile>₽ Internet access traffic in the eastern ®, central, western and ♦©northeastern regions reached 67✘±ε.44 billion GB, 37.85&¶¥ billion GB, 46.32 billion GB and> 8.77 billion GB respectively, up 8.8%,€>≠≈ 18%, 12.7% and 20.1% year on yeaβ§r. Mobile Internet access traffic ±×in Beijing Tianjin Hφ♣¶±ebei and the Yangtze River∞∏♥ Delta reached 12.13 billion G☆γγB and 27.88 billion GB respectivel♦¶y, up 17.8% and 6.1% year on≤ year. The average mobile Inter€¶>net access traffic (DOU) of 8 provinc∞™₩es in Xizang, Qinghai, Ningxi"→✘©a, Hainan, Xinjiang, Yun'♦"nan, Hunan and Guizhou in₽♥ ± June exceeded 20GB/houseβ∏×hold/month; The difference betw♦αeen the highest and lowest DOUε♣ values in each province is 16&↕.3GB/household/month, an in' crease of 2GB/household/month ← compared to the same period last ye Ωar.
