China's Telecom Market Expands 13% in 1H 04

China's telecommunication and post service revenue reached US$35 billion (RMB 289 billion) as of the end of June 2004, an increase of 13% compared with 2003, according to China's Ministry of Information Industry.


Total fixed-line users now total 295 million, up by 68 million over a year earlier.


Total cell phone users reached 305 million, up by 35.3 million. http://www.mii.gov.cn