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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (86274)	11/5/2000 10:19:45 AM
From: JohnG	Respond to of 152472

China expects 73.7 MM subs by . technology.scmp.com Saturday, November 4, 2000 TELECOMS China forecasts significant increase in mobile phone users JAMILA ZHOU China is expected to have 73.7 million mobile phone users by the end of the year, People's Daily reported on Friday, citing the latest government forecast. China Mobile, the largest mobile communications operators on the mainland, expects 60 million users by the end of year, up from the 48.16 million it had in June. China Unicom, the only other operator in this sector in China, expects 13.7 million mobile phone users, up from the 11.13 million it had in June. The capacity of the country's mobile communication network is also expected to grow to 125.72 million lines by year-end, up from June's 96.02 million lines. China Mobile anticipates 99.95 million lines; China Unicom, 25.77 million lines. Mobile communication is developing very fast in China. The country only had 41.82 million users in 1999. In the first half of this year, the number soared to 60 million, allowing China to bypass Japan as the Asian country with the largest number of mobile phone users.