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Official announcement: the economic operation of the communications industry in the first half of 2024
Release date：2024/07/23
On July 23, according to the Communication Industry Network, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the economic operation of the communication industry in the first half of 2024. Data shows that in the first half of the year, the telecommunications industry operated steadily, with a cumulative revenue of 894.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3%; The total number of mobile phone users of the three basic telecommunications companies and China Radio and Television reached 1.777 billion, a net increase of 24.01 million from the end of last year. Among them, the number of 5G mobile phone users reached 927 million, a net increase of 105 million from the end of last year; The total number of 5G base stations reached 3.917 million, a net increase of 540000 from the end of last year.
Overall operation status
The revenue from telecommunications services has achieved positive growth, and the total volume of telecommunications services has maintained a double-digit growth rate. In the first half of the year, the cumulative revenue of telecommunications business reached 894.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3%, with a growth rate 1.5 percentage points lower than the first quarter. The total volume of telecommunications services, calculated at unchanged prices from the previous year, increased by 11.1% year-on-year.
The revenue of fixed Internet broadband business grew steadily. In the first half of the year, the three basic telecom enterprises completed Internet broadband business revenue of 136.5 billion yuan, up 5.4% year on year, accounting for 15.3% of telecom business revenue, 0.4 percentage points higher than that in the first quarter, driving the growth of telecom business revenue by 0.8 percentage points.
The revenue from mobile data traffic business has slightly declined. In the first half of the year, three basic telecommunications companies completed mobile data traffic business revenue of 328 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.3%, accounting for 36.7% of telecommunications business revenue.
The revenue from emerging businesses is growing rapidly. The three basic telecom enterprises actively developed emerging businesses such as IPTV, Internet data center, big data, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. In the first half of the year, they achieved a total business income of 227.9 billion yuan, up 11.4% year on year, accounting for 25.5% of telecom business income, driving the growth of telecom business income by 2.7%. Among them, cloud computing and big data revenue increased by 13.2% and 58.6% year-on-year, respectively, while IoT business revenue increased by 12.5% year-on-year.
The revenue from voice services continues to decline. In the first half of the year, three basic telecommunications companies completed fixed voice and mobile voice business revenues of 9.63 billion yuan and 55.24 billion yuan, an increase of 0.8% and a decrease of 3.4% year-on-year, respectively, accounting for 7.3% of telecommunications business revenue, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points year-on-year.
Development of Telecommunications Users
The number of fixed broadband access users is steadily increasing, and the scale of gigabit users continues to expand. By the end of June, the total number of fixed Internet broadband access users of the three basic telecommunications enterprises had reached 654 million, a net increase of 18.1 million over the end of the previous year. Among them, there are 620 million fixed Internet broadband access users with access rates of 100Mbps and above, accounting for 94.8% of the total number of users; The number of fixed Internet broadband access users with access rates of 1000 Mbps and above reached 187 million, a net increase of 24.16 million over the end of last year, accounting for 28.6% of the total number of users, 1.2 percentage points higher than that of the first quarter. Driven by the continuous growth of high-speed users, the average access bandwidth per household reached 487.6 Mbps, a year-on-year increase of 17.9%.
The scale of mobile phone users is steadily growing, and the number of 5G users is rapidly developing. As of the end of June, the total number of mobile phone users of the three basic telecommunications companies and China Radio and Television reached 1.777 billion, a net increase of 24.01 million from the end of the previous year. Among them, the number of 5G mobile phone users reached 927 million, a net increase of 105 million from the end of last year, accounting for 52.4% of mobile phone users and an increase of 2.6 percentage points compared to the first quarter.
The number of cellular IoT users is growing rapidly, and the number of IPTV users (network TV) is steadily increasing. As of the end of June, the three basic telecommunications companies had developed 2.529 billion cellular IoT terminal users, a net increase of 197 million from the end of the previous year, accounting for 58.9% of the total number of mobile network terminal connections (including mobile phone users and cellular IoT terminal users). The total number of IPTV (Internet Television) users reached 405 million, a net increase of 3.87 million from the end of last year.
Usage of Telecommunications Services
Mobile Internet traffic maintained a rapid growth trend, with the DOU value exceeding 18GB/user in June. In the first half of the year, the accumulated mobile Internet traffic reached 160.4 billion GB, up 12.6% year on year, and the growth rate fell 2 percentage points year on year. By the end of June, the number of mobile Internet users had reached 1.549 billion, a net increase of 24.6 million over the end of the previous year. In June, the average household mobile Internet access traffic (DOU) reached 18.15GB/household · month, up 8.1% year on year, 1.37GB/household · month higher than the same period of the previous year.
The volume of mobile phone calls has slightly declined, while the revenue growth rate of mobile SMS services has turned positive. In the first half of the year, the duration of mobile phone calls reached 106.88 billion minutes, a year-on-year decrease of 4.6%; The calling duration of landline phones reached 37.97 billion minutes, a year-on-year decrease of 3.4%. In the first half of the year, the national mobile SMS business volume increased by 0.5% year-on-year; The revenue from mobile SMS services increased by 2% year-on-year.
Communication capability situation
The total length of optical cable lines is steadily increasing. As of the end of June, the total length of optical cable lines in China reached 67.12 million kilometers, a net increase of 2.799 million kilometers from the end of the previous year. The proportion of access network fiber optic cables, local network relay fiber optic cables, and long-distance fiber optic cable lines were 62.7%, 35.6%, and 1.7%, respectively, while the proportion of local network relay fiber optic cables decreased by 0.1 percentage points year-on-year.
The construction of gigabit fiber optic broadband network is steadily advancing. By the end of June, the number of broadband Internet access ports nationwide had reached 1.17 billion, a net increase of 33.54 million over the end of the previous year. Among them, the number of FTTH/O ports reached 1.13 billion, a net increase of 35.42 million over the end of last year, accounting for 96.6% of Internet broadband access ports. As of the end of June, the number of 10G PON ports with gigabit network service capabilities reached 25.97 million, a net increase of 2.951 million from the end of the previous year.
The construction of 5G networks continues to advance. As of the end of June, the total number of mobile phone base stations in China reached 11.88 million, a net increase of 265000 from the end of the previous year. Among them, the total number of 5G base stations reached 3.917 million, a net increase of 540000 from the end of last year, accounting for 33% of the total number of mobile base stations. Compared to the first quarter, it increased by 2.4 percentage points.
Regional development situation
The gap in penetration rate of gigabit users among different regions has narrowed. As of the end of June, the penetration rates of fixed broadband access users with 1000Mbps and above in the eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions were 29.4%, 29.3%, 28.6%, and 20.2%, respectively. The difference between the highest and lowest penetration rates in each region was 9.2%, a decrease of 1 percentage point from the first quarter. The penetration rate of broadband access users with access speeds of 1000Mbps and above in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region is 29.8%, which is the same as the first quarter; The penetration rate of broadband access users with access speeds of 1000Mbps and above in the Yangtze River Delta region is 28.3%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from the first quarter.
The construction and application of 5G in the central region are leading. As of the end of June, the number of 5G base stations in the eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions reached 1.741 million, 887000, 1.043 million, and 245000 respectively, accounting for 34%, 34.6%, 30.5%, and 31.6% of the total number of mobile phone base stations in the region; The number of 5G mobile phone users reached 406 million, 219 million, 241 million, and 61 million respectively, accounting for 52.9%, 52.9%, 52%, and 49.5% of the total number of mobile phone users in this region. As of the end of June, the number of 5G base stations in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei and Yangtze River Delta regions reached 367000 and 767000 respectively, accounting for 35.4% and 34.5% of the total number of mobile phone base stations in the region; The number of 5G mobile phone users reached 81.05 million and 166.89 million respectively, accounting for 54% and 51.8% of the total number of mobile phone users in the region.
The highest DOU value for each province has exceeded 30GB per household per month. In the first half of the year, mobile Internet access traffic in the eastern, central, western and northeastern regions reached 67.44 billion GB, 37.85 billion GB, 46.32 billion GB and 8.77 billion GB respectively, up 8.8%, 18%, 12.7% and 20.1% year on year. Mobile Internet access traffic in Beijing Tianjin Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta reached 12.13 billion GB and 27.88 billion GB respectively, up 17.8% and 6.1% year on year. The average mobile Internet access traffic (DOU) of 8 provinces in Xizang, Qinghai, Ningxia, Hainan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Hunan and Guizhou in June exceeded 20GB/household/month; The difference between the highest and lowest DOU values in each province is 16.3GB/household/month, an increase of 2GB/household/month compared to the same period last year.
