The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced the "Economic Operation of the Communications Industry from January to July 2017."
Data shows that at the end of July, the number of optical fiber access users in the eastern, central and western regions reached 134.54 million, 69.31 million and 62.56 million respectively, with user penetration rates of 81.3%, 82.4% and 62.4% respectively. 82.2%, with users in the central region maintaining the leading penetration rate.
From January to July, calculated based on the constant unit price of telecommunications services in 2015, the telecommunications business revenue in each region can be calculated based on the 2016 annual report data.
Among them, the telecommunications business revenue in the east, central and west regions accounted for 53.5%, 22.9% and 23.6% respectively, with year-on-year growth of 6.3%, 5.9% and 7% respectively. The growth rate in the eastern region was higher than that of the same period last year. The growth rate increased by 0.7 percentage points, while the growth rates in the central and western regions fell by 0.6 and 1.3 percentage points respectively.
The Eastern Telecom business revenue accounted for more than half.
Distribution of the proportion of optical fiber access users in various provinces at the end of July 2017
It is worth noting that the difference in the proportion of optical fiber access users between provinces is shrinking Trend, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Ningxia and Beijing rank among the top four in the country, accounting for more than 90%.
