China's mobile subscribers up 1 pct in July at 1.06 bln

HONG KONG, Aug 22 (Reuters) - China, the world's largest
mobile phone market by subscribers, posted a 1.05 percent
monthly increase in the number of mobile subscribers to 1.06
billion in July, data from the country's three
telecommunications operators showed.
Following is the breakdown of mobile subscriber statistics
for July provided by the three carriers:

China Mobile China Unicom China Telecom

Mobile subscribers
(including 3G):
-cumulative no.
of users 687.96 222.66 146.91
-net addition 4.88 3.41 2.73
-m/m growth (pct) 0.71 1.56 1.89

3G subscribers:
-cumulative no.
of users 68.98 60.62 53.81
-net addition 1.90 3.09 2.85
-m/m growth (pct) 2.83 5.37 5.59

Note: All numbers are in millions, otherwise stated.