September operating data of the three major operators: 5G enters the harvest period after entering the "warming up" mode

Unconsciously, the third quarter of 2020 has come to an end. As economic life order across the country is recovering rapidly, people are working hard to make up for the time lost due to the epidemic, and my country's economy is showing sustained recovery growth. In the communications industry, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently released the economic operation of the communications industry in the first three quarters. In the first three quarters, the total revenue of telecommunications business reached 1,022.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%, and the growth rate was the same as that in the first half of the year.

At the same time, telecom users have also started to "warm up". Recently, the three major operators released their operating data for September. The data shows that the user development of operators has improved significantly compared with the previous months. Especially for 5G package users, after a year of hard work, my country's 5G has entered a harvest period. China Mobile's 5G packages have exceeded 100 million for the first time, becoming the operator with the most 5G package users in the world.

Data shows that in September, China Mobile's mobile customer base increased by 279,000, with a total of 946.181 million users. The number of 4G customers increased by 2.49 million, reaching a total of 769.515 million. In terms of wired broadband, China Mobile's wired customers increased by 3.354 million, reaching a total of 204.213 million. 5G package customers continued to grow rapidly. In that month, China Mobile's 5G package customers increased by 15.435 million, reaching a total of 113.592 million.

In the same month, China Telecom's mobile user base increased by 1.66 million, with a total of 349.35 million mobile users. In terms of wired broadband business, China Telecom's wired broadband user base increased by 1.27 million, with a total of 156.75 million wired broadband users. In the same month, the net increase in 5G package users was 7.66 million, with a total of 64.8 million 5G package users.

China Unicom's mobile billing users increased by 514,000 in September, totaling 309 million. Among them, the net increase of 4G users this month was 2.468 million, totaling 266 million. The net increase of fixed-line broadband users this month was 738,000, totaling 86.558 million.

Overall, the user data of the three operators have increased, but each has its own advantages. For China Mobile, 5G business is the current focus. The network is the lifeline of operators and the foundation of China Mobile's services. China Mobile is vigorously developing 5G users with the support of the world's largest 5G network. As of now, China Mobile has opened more than 350,000 5G base stations, and has achieved 5G network commercial use in all prefecture-level cities and some key county towns across the country, completing the annual 5G construction target ahead of schedule.

China Telecom's user development is relatively stable. The net increase in mobile users is still the highest in the industry. Compared with August, the increase in broadband users is obvious, and the net increase in 5G package users has slightly decreased. In terms of mobile business, China Telecom actively carries out 5G network co-construction and sharing, and accelerates the scale of commercial use of 5G business. In terms of broadband business, China Telecom accelerates the integration and mutual promotion of broadband and smart home, and promotes the reshaping of broadband business value.

China Unicom's user base is relatively weak in all aspects. Therefore, in terms of mobile business, China Unicom has been guided by value management since the second half of last year, actively adjusted its mobile business development strategy, adhered to self-discipline, rational and standardized competition, strictly controlled user development costs, and improved user development quality. In terms of fixed-line broadband business, the normalization of epidemic prevention and control has driven a significant increase in demand for broadband networking and speed increase. China Unicom insists on rational and standardized competition, actively plays the comprehensive advantages of high broadband speed, rich content and excellent service, accelerates the promotion of smart home series products, and promotes the growth of broadband access business.