MIIT: Telecom industry revenue totaled 1.327 trillion yuan in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%.

On October 24th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the economic performance of the telecommunications industry in the first three quarters of 2025. During the first three quarters, the overall operation of the telecommunications industry remained stable. The volume of telecommunications services saw steady growth, with the continuous advancement of network infrastructure construction for 5G, gigabit, IoT, etc. The user base continued to expand steadily, and mobile internet access traffic grew rapidly. In the first three quarters, the cumulative revenue from telecommunications services reached 1.327 trillion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 0.9%. The total volume of telecommunications services, calculated at constant prices from the previous year, grew by 9% year-on-year. As of the end of September, the total number of mobile phone users for the three basic telecommunications companies and China Broadcasting reached 1.828 billion, a net increase of 37.95 million from the end of the previous year. Among them, the number of 5G mobile phone users reached 1.167 billion, a net increase of 153 million from the end of the previous year, accounting for 63.9% of mobile phone users. Note: This is a translated summary of the original Mandarin text provided.