China mobile phone user base increased to 624.05 million in September 2008

There were 624.05 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of September 2008, growing by 1.3% on month and 19.25% on year, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The number of subscribers at the end of September accounted for 47.3% of the country's population (user density).

Also at the end of September 2008 there were 353.15 million subscribers of fixed telecommunication networks in China, translating into a user density of 26.8%.

In September 2008, mobile phone subscribers in China sent 62.38 billion text messages, averaging 3.35 messages per subscription a day.