The number of mobile phone users in China continues to expand at over 3 million new subscribers per month, hitting 372.8 million
as of the end of August, the government said.
In July, China reported 368 million users, meaning the figure increased by 4.8 million during August, according to statistics
from China's Ministry of Information Industry. There were 342.3 million fixed-line telephone users in China as of the end
of August.
The numbers compare to just 57.4 million mobile phone subscribers in India as of the end of June, 2005, according to the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India.
Both countries boast populations of over 1 billion people.
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd., the world's largest mobile phone service provider, added 3.6 million subscribers in August,
bringing its total to 231 million handset users, according to the company's Web site.
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