Recently China Telecom announced key operational data for June. With a net increase of 3.07 million in the month, the carrier's mobile users totaled 384.22 million. 5G plan subscribers shot up 7.18 million in the corresponding period to 231.65 million, suggesting penetration of over 60%.
For the cable broadband business, China Telecom embraced 720 thousand new cable broadband users in the month, building up a user base of 175.44 million. For landline business, China Telecom saw a decline of 220 thousand in the number of landline users to 106.03 million.