Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: By 2025, China's telecommunications service revenue will reach a cumulative total of 1.75 trillion yuan, a growth of 0.7% compared to the previous year.

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14:30 28/01/2026
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In 2025, China's telecommunications industry achieved steady growth, the industry structure continued to optimize, the scale of users increased in both quantity and quality, and the construction of new information infrastructure such as 5G and gigabit accelerated deployment, promoting high-quality development in depth.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), it is preliminarily estimated that by 2025, China's telecommunications service revenue will accumulate to 1.75 trillion yuan, a 0.7% increase from the previous year. The total volume of telecommunications services calculated at the previous year's prices increased by 9.1% year-on-year. In 2025, the revenue from fixed broadband internet access services reached 289.6 billion yuan, a 5.9% increase from the previous year, accounting for 16.5% of the total telecommunications service revenue, up from 15.9% in the previous year, contributing 0.9 percentage points to the growth of telecommunications service revenue. The revenue from mobile data traffic services in 2025 was 609.7 billion yuan, a decrease of 3.1% from the previous year, accounting for 34.8% of the total telecommunications service revenue, down from 36.2% in the previous year. Revenue from emerging businesses showed a slight increase. In 2025, revenue from emerging businesses such as cloud computing, big data, mobile IoT, and data centers reached 450.8 billion yuan, a 4.7% increase from the previous year, accounting for 25.7% of the total telecommunications service revenue, up from 25% in the previous year, contributing 1.2 percentage points to the growth of telecommunications service revenue. Among them, revenue from cloud computing, big data, and mobile IoT increased by 2.9%, 7.8%, and 4.9% respectively from the previous year. In addition, the report provides detailed information on the overall situation of the telecommunications industry in 2025, user development, telecommunications service volume, network infrastructure, and regional development.