Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: 5G mobile phone terminal connections reached 419 million

2021.09.23

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced the economic operation of the communications industry from January to August 2021, showing that the scale of 5G users is rapidly expanding, and the number of 5G mobile phone terminal connections reached 419 million.

 

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced the economic operation of the communications industry from January to August 2021, showing that the scale of 5G users is rapidly expanding, and the number of 5G mobile phone terminal connections reached 419 million.


From January to August, the total revenue of telecommunications business was 991.9 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate increased by 5.3% year-on-year. The total telecommunications business calculated at the constant price of the previous year was 1093.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.5%.

 

Among them, in terms of emerging businesses. From January to August, the three basic telecommunications companies actively developed emerging businesses such as IPTV, Internet data centers, big data, and cloud computing. They completed a total of 149.1 billion yuan in revenue from emerging businesses, a year-on-year increase of 28.1%, and the growth rate increased by 0.6% from January to July. , Accounting for 15% of telecom business revenue, driving a 3.6% growth in telecom business revenue. Among them, cloud computing and big data revenue grew at 98% and 34.8% year-on-year respectively.

 

In addition, in terms of 5G users. The scale of mobile phone users has increased steadily, and the scale of 5G users has expanded rapidly. As of the end of August, the mobile phone users of the three basic telecommunications companies reached 1.626 billion, a net increase of 32.05 million from the end of the previous year. Among them, the number of 5G mobile phone terminal connections reached 419 million, a net increase of 220 million from the end of the previous year.