 
October 2004
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Executive Summary
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: MARKET SIZE
The market for telephone services in China grew by 39.6% over the previous year to 585.7 million subscribers in 2003.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: MARKET SECTORS
Mobile Phone Services had the largest number of subscribers in the telephone services market in 2003. The number of mobile phone service subscribers surged 521.4% over the review period to 268.7 million in 2003.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: SHARE OF MARKET
China Mobile was the largest provider of telephone services in China in 2003 with 36.9% of total subscriptions. China Mobile currently ranked as the number one largest mobile carriers in the world.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: INDUSTRY INVESTMENT
Investment in the telecommunications industry increased by 6.8% over the previous year to RMB221,520 million (US$26,721.3 million) in 2003.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: CORPORATE OVERVIEW
The market was dominated by four state-owned telecommunications companies with a combined market share of 98.4% in 2003.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: China Unicom
Turnover for China Unicom (CU) increased by 66% over the previous year to RMB67,636 million (US$8,158.7 million) in 2003.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: China Mobile
China Mobile’s (CM) turnover increased by 23.4% over the previous year to RMB158,604 million (US$19,132 million) in 2003.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: China Telecom Corp Ltd
China Telecom’s (CT) turnover grew by 8.1% over the previous year to RMB118,451 million (US$14,288.4 million) in 2003.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: China Netcom
Turnover for China Netcom (CN) increased by 11.2% over the previous year to RMB75,190 million (US$9,069.9 million) in 2003.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: DISTRIBUTION
This section is inapplicable.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: CONSUMER PROFILE
China’s 9.1% strong economic growth rate in 2003 led to a surge in telephone services consumption.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: MARKET FORECASTS
The market volume for telephone services is expected to grow by 118.6% over the forecast period to 1.28 billion subscriptions in 2008.
- TELEPHONE SERVICES: SECTOR FORECASTS
Mobile phone subscribers are expected to remain the largest user group of telephone services in China growing by 85.9% over the forecast period, or 614.4 million subscriptions by 2008.
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