PHS users below 40 million households

(reporter Giolikun) The growing decline of PHS and 3G users to thrive contrast strongly.　　The Ministry of Industry yesterday released the April Communications business operation data showed that PHS users have fallen below the 40 million mark, at the same time, the number of 3G users exceeded 20 million households. According to statistics, in January-April this year, the total number of fixed telephone users in the country to reduce 6.139 million households, reached 307.549 million households. Among them, PHS users reduce 6.794 million households, to 39.2 million households, the proportion of fixed telephone users from the end of the 14.7% down to 12.7%.　　In April, PHS users lost 1.275 million households. August 2006, China PHS users once climbed to the peak of 93 million, followed by a downward line. By November 2009 fell below 50 million households. According to the previous documents, PHS will be completely back at the end of next year net. Some regions have been trying to switch to the network, mainly through Low-cost packages to attract users, but it seems that the reaction is flat, more users are still watching. At present, Beijing can still handle PHS network, relevant people told reporters, the current minimum PHS package for 8 yuan, including 80 minutes local call time.　　The previous news showed that the Beijing area PHS User Transfer Network may start from the end of the two quarter. Compared with the decline of PHS, China's mobile phone users are still growing rapidly. The first four months of this year, the national mobile phone users accumulated net increase of 39.117 million households, the total reached 786.501 million households. In April, there was a net increase of 9.628 million households. According to the people's postal news, as of the end of April this year, China's 3G mobile phone households broke through 20 million households, to 20.022 million households.