China
As of July 2011, China has 916.53 million subscribers in total. Another estimate made in March 2011 found a penetration rate of 65.506% over a population estimate of over 1.3 billion.
The country's telcom regulator is MIIT.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Mobile | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA TD-LTE |
621.85 (July 2011) | State-owned |
| 2 | China Unicom | PHS GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA |
183.74 (July 2011) | State-owned Telefonica (9.7%) |
| 3 | China Telecom | PHS CDMA, CDMA2000, EVDO |
110.94 (July 2011) | State-owned |
Read more about this topic: List Of Mobile Network Operators Of The Asia Pacific Region
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