On November 20, China Telecom released the operation statistics in October 2017.
China Telecom mobile subscribers increase 4.22 million, accumulatively hitting 244.78 million; 4G subscribers add 5.15 million and reach 172.67 million.
In the fixed-line business, China Telecom loses 650,000 fixed-line telephone users, reaching 122.66 million; the increase of fixed-broadband users was 830,000, hitting 132.14 million.