Zheng Quan Shi Bao Wang·2025-10-27 11:40Core Insights - The telecommunications industry in China has shown stable performance in the first three quarters of 2023, with a steady growth in telecom business revenue, reaching CNY 13,270 billion, a year-on-year increase of 0.9% [1] - The growth in telecom business revenue is closely linked to the increase in telecom business volume, which has grown by 9% year-on-year when adjusted for last year's prices [1] - The rapid development of 5G users is a significant highlight, with 5G mobile phone users reaching 1.167 billion, accounting for 63.9% of total mobile phone users [1] Group 1 - The total number of fixed internet broadband access users reached 695 million, with a net increase of 24.86 million compared to the end of last year [1] - Users with fixed internet broadband access speeds of 100 Mbps and above reached 661 million, making up 95.2% of total users [1] - Users with fixed internet broadband access speeds of 1000 Mbps and above reached 235 million, with a net increase of 28.39 million, accounting for 33.9% of total users, an increase of 3 percentage points compared to the end of last year [1] Group 2 - The total number of 5G base stations reached 4.705 million, with a net increase of 455,000, accounting for 36.6% of total mobile base stations [2] - The penetration rates for fixed broadband users with speeds of 1000 Mbps and above in different regions are 33.9% in the East, 33.3% in the Central, 35.8% in the West, and 27.4% in the Northeast, showing increases compared to the end of last year [2] - Mobile internet access traffic in the first three quarters reached 1,206.5 billion GB in the East, 676 billion GB in the Central, 820.1 billion GB in the West, and 171.6 billion GB in the Northeast, with year-on-year growth rates of 16.8%, 16.2%, 15.1%, and 25.3% respectively [2]