The scramble for users of the three major carriers intensified

The August user data disclosed by the three major telecom operators showed that the loss of domestic fixed-line telephones was speeding up, with the cumulative loss of nearly 10 million households in the previous August, while mobile phone users continued to maintain a rapid growth momentum, with Unicom iPhone4 in the Saturday listing, The three major operators in the new user market competition will be more intense. Under the impetus of strong subsidy, 3G users showed rapid growth momentum, three companies added 3G users in August are more than million households.

China Telecom August operating data showed that the month of new mobile users 2.62 million households, slightly lower than the July 2.8 million households. As of the end of August, the number of mobile users rose to 79.94 million households.

China Mobile used 3G network services in August, the number of users of 1,341 90,000 households, July to 1,183 30,000 households, the chain last month increased 1.585 million households.

China Unicom August 3G Customer net growth of 1.01 million households, compared to last month's 941,000 yuan has increased. 2G added users also grew, up to 682,000, last month for 628,000 households. By the end of August, 2G and 3G users had risen to 151 million households and 9.511 million households respectively.

The first venture securities researcher Wenjie that, under the operator's big strength subsidy and the market promotion, 3G New user continues to increase, now has entered the steady growth stage.

However, in the local fixed telephone, the speed of the loss is accelerating. Unicom August Local telephone users, net loss of 424,000 households, the number of users to 100 million households, broadband users add 846,000, to 45.364 million households. China Telecom local telephone users to reduce the monthly net 1.04 million to 179 million households, compared with net reduction of 960,000 households last month, the cumulative net reduction of 9.49 million households.

User Scramble Intense

Industry insiders pointed out that, with the Unicom iPhone4 in the Saturday listing, three operators in the new user market competition will be more intense.

China Unicom announced September 20 that it will launch the iPhone4 in mainland China on September 25 9 o'clock and tailor the contract plan for iPhone4 users. China Unicom since September 17 to accept the reservation, the market response is enthusiastic, the same day the number of appointments reached 50,000.

"We are very pleased with the enthusiastic response from China Unicom since its first introduction to the iphone in October 2009," he said. Li Gang, senior vice president of China Unicom, said, "We hope that IPhone4 will continue its previous successes and allow more unicom users to better enjoy the perfect combination of high-speed broadband WCDMA networks and high-end iphone smart terminals."

The launch of the IPhone4, the contract to plan the way to sell, the user for China Unicom iPhone4 Contract Plan package, the commitment in the network two years, according to the selected package, the corresponding phone calls, you can get a certain amount of mobile subsidy. If users choose IPHONE4/16GB 286 yuan per month and more than the package, you can get a mobile phone, the choice of 96 yuan per month package, purchase price of 3899 yuan; users choose iphone4/32gb 386 yuan per month and more than the package can be free to obtain a mobile phone, users choose 96 yuan per month package, The purchase price is 4799 yuan.

Industry researchers believe that as the price of network equipment drops, telecom operators are expected to complete 3G network coverage of the funds will be lower than originally planned, which will allow operators to have more money to be used to subsidize users, thereby promoting the popularity of 3G services.