3G user Super 200 million behind: mobile penetration high market growth slowdown

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released 24th the information shows that in September this year, the number of 3G users in China broke through 200 million households, mobile phone user penetration rate of more than 80%, reached 80.6%.

3G users accounted for the incremental market 80%

By the end of September 2012, the total number of mobile users in China reached 1,084,744,000, of which 3G users reached 202.639 million households, the proportion of mobile users 18.68%. Among them, September China's mobile phone users added 12.502 million, of which 3G users net increase of 10.082 million households, 3G users accounted for the proportion of new users reached 80.64%.

The proportion of 3G users to new mobile users in China this year is 86.11% (August), 79.69% (July), 72.18 (May), 61.54 (April), 68.4% (March), 70.89% (February), 79.03% (January).

We can see that China's mobile phone penetration rate has reached 80.6%, in the new market, 3G users have become an absolute "main force", since this year, the average 3G users accounted for the new user market 75.35%, of which August is reached 86.11%.

From a user breaking billion to 200 million a year

January 7, 2009, China officially issued 3G licences to the end of September 2011 3G used billion, China spent more than 2 years, and from 100 million households to 200 million households, only about 1 years of time. China's 3G development has gradually produced a scale effect.

According to the statistics of three operators, by the end of September, China Mobile has accumulated 3G users to 75.595 million, the total number of Chinese Unicom 3G users reached 66.863 million, the total number of 3G users of Telecom to 60.181 million households (not officially announced), accounting for the total number of 3G users in China 37.3%, 33% And 29.7%, basically realize the pattern of three three-point world.

In the 3G user ratio, as at the end of September 2012, the total number of China Mobile users more than 698 million households, 3G users accounted for 10.83%, China Unicom total number of users reached 229.48 million, 3G users accounted for 29.13%; The total number of Chinese telecom users reached 157.25 million, 3G users accounted for 38.27%.

Previous September 3G mobile phone shipments rose 86.7%

In the terminal, according to the Ministry of Information published in September, 2012 1-September, the country's 3G mobile phone shipments reached 180 million, a year earlier than the same period of growth of 86.7%. The 2G handset shipments were 155 million, down 25.2% from a year earlier.

In April this year, the national handset market shipments were 35.287 million, up 16.6% from a year earlier. One smartphone shipments of 18.114 million, the first time over the non-intelligent machine.

2012 1-September, the listing of new smartphone models 1570, smartphone shipments of 172 million, a year earlier than the same period of 183.4%, the market share of 51.3%,android mobile phone shipments accounted for the same period of intelligence 83.2%.

Telecom Total and main business income growth slows down

Overall, 2012 1-September, the national mobile phone users Cumulative net increase of 98.491 million households, compared to the same period last year, 93.302 million households increased 5.56%, at the same time, with mobile penetration over 80%, China's mobile phone market has gradually become saturated.

In terms of business income, 2012 1-September, the total number of national telecommunications business completed 966.15 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.9%; and 2011 1-September, the total number of national telecommunications business completed 870.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%; In the business income, whether the total business or the main business income growth slowed down.