All the latest mobile subscriber numbers are in for China's big three operators and each one of them saw significant falls (see chart).
Both China Mobile and China Unicom shed around 7 million customers during February, while China Telecom saw its subscriber base shrink by about 5.5 million.
In total, then, nearly 20 million people in China – roughly the population size of New York – failed to renew their mobile subscriptions in the space of four weeks.
Table 1: Mobile subscribers in China: 5G arrival doesn't prevent dip in overall subs
COVID-19 is clearly taking its toll, although the wireline broadband segment is holding up: Each of China's big three reported little movement here compared with January.
China Mobile still hovers around the 188 million subscriber mark in the fixed broadband space, while China Telecom and China Unicom remain steady at 152 million and 84 million respectively.
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