Number of Telephone and Internet Users in China

China is approaching the One Billion mark in the number of telephone subscribers. As of October end,

Total number of telephone users : 979 million
Number of cellphone users : 677 million
Number of landlines : 352 million
Number of Internet users : 300 million

Data Services (including SMS and broadband services) contributes to 33.4% of the total revenues in the telecommunications industry