China mobile subscriber total rises to 863 mln in Feb

March 22 (Reuters) - China Mobile , China's largest mobile carrier, said its total mobile subscribers in February rose to 594.9 million, including 24.5 million 3G subscribers.

China Unicom , the country's No. 2 mobile carrier, said its total mobile subscribers increased to 171.6 million for the month, including about 16.7 million 3G subscribers.

China Telecom said its total mobile subscribers rose to about 96.5 million in February, including 14.8 million for 3G subscribers.

(Reporting by Christina Lo; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)