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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (4235)	1/21/2005 1:04:51 AM
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China's mobile subscribers rise 27% in 2004 Reuters Hong Kong, January 20, 2005\|12:18 IST China's mobile phone market grew 27 per cent in 2004 on strong gains among low-end users, but expansion is expected to slow this year as penetration rates rise in the fast maturing market. The country's two dominant carriers, China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd and smaller rival China Unicom Ltd, both saw steady declines in their average revenue per user (ARPU) last year, reflecting strong competition and their focus on growth by signing up lower-spending users. China Mobile, the world's largest carrier by subscribers, added 62.67 million users last year and Unicom added 31.25 million, based on data released on Wednesday and Thursday. China Mobile controls about two-thirds of China's cellular market, the world's biggest with more than 300 million subscribers, while Unicom controls most of the rest. Excluding an acquisition from its state-owned parent, China Mobile added 35.56 million subscribers last year, up 49 per cent from 23.94 million in 2003. Discounting for a similar acquisition, Unicom added 20.32 million subscribers last year, virtually unchanged from 20.53 the previous year. China Mobile's strong subscriber gains stemmed from its push last year into the lower-end of the market, said UBS analyst Dylan Tinker. By comparison, Unicom, which traditionally focusses on the low-end, posted some of its weakest gains ever in the second half of the year as it faced stiff competition from China Mobile and a cheap wireless service offered by the nation's two fixed-line carriers, China Telecom Corp and China Netcom Group Corp. China had 330 million mobile phone subscribers and 313 million fixed-line subscribers at the end of November, equating to service for nearly half the nation's 1.3 billion people, according to state data. hindustantimes.com