Mobile Subscribers (Unit: Million)
  Mobile Subscribers
(Including: 4G Users)
Net Increase
for the Month
(Including: 4G Users
Net Increase)
Cumulative Net Increase for the Year
(Including: 4G Users
Cumulative Net Increase)
Dec 2018 303.00 (242.43) 3.22 (4.63) 53.04 (60.39)
Nov 2018 299.78 (237.80) 2.92 (4.09) 49.82 (55.76)
Oct 2018 296.86 (233.71) 2.83 (3.26) 46.90 (51.67)
Sep 2018 294.03 (230.45) 3.09 (3.32) 44.07 (48.41)
Aug 2018 290.94 (227.13) 4.04 (4.47) 40.98 (45.09)
Jul 2018 286.90 (222.66) 5.28 (5.35) 36.94 (40.62)
Jun 2018 281.62 (217.31) 5.49 (5.67) 31.66 (35.27)
May 2018 276.13 (211.64) 5.26 (5.52) 26.17 (29.60)
Apr 2018 270.87 (206.12) 5.57 (5.86) 20.91 (24.08)
Mar 2018 265.30 (200.26) 6.02 (6.93) 15.34 (18.22)
Feb 2018 259.28 (193.33) 4.26 (5.56) 9.32 (11.29)
Jan 2018 255.02 (187.77) 5.06 (5.73) 5.06 (5.73)
Dec 2017 249.96 (182.04) 2.12 (4.74) 34.96 (60.17)

Wireline Broadband Subscribers (Unit: Million)
  Wireline Broadband
Subscribers
Net Increase
for the Month
Cumulative Net Increase
for the Year
Dec 2018 145.79 0.55 12.26
Nov 2018 145.24 0.62 11.71
Oct 2018 144.62 0.78 11.09
Sep 2018 143.84 1.14 10.31
Aug 2018 142.70 0.81 9.17
Jul 2018 141.89 1.27 8.36
Jun 2018 140.62 1.34 7.09
May 2018 139.28 0.99 5.75
Apr 2018 138.29 1.00 4.76
Mar 2018 137.29 1.75 3.76
Feb 2018 135.54 0.98 2.01
Jan 2018 134.56 1.03 1.03
Dec 2017 133.53 0.66 10.41

By end-Dec 2018, the Company had about 140.66 million Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) users, with a net addition of about 14.49 million in 2018.

In order to facilitate a more comprehensive understanding of China Telecom’s development of wireline broadband services in the PRC, the aggregate wireline broadband subscriber number of China Telecom Corporation Limited (“the Company”) and China Telecommunications Corporation (“CTC”), the parent company of the Company, in its wireline broadband service regions (i.e. provinces in the PRC except those in which the Company has wireline broadband operations) is provided for reference. As of the end of Dec 2018, the aggregate number of wireline broadband subscribers of the Company and CTC was 170 million. Except the wireline broadband subscribers data as disclosed in this footnote, all other subscribers data as disclosed in this website do NOT include any other operating data of CTC. All financial data disclosed in this website also do NOT include any financial data of CTC. Please refer to the Company’s Articles of Association for details of the business scope of the Company’s wireline broadband service. The Company takes no responsibility and makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the wireline broadband subscribers data of CTC and expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon these data.

Access Lines in Service (Unit: Million)
  Access Lines
in Service
Net Increase / Decrease
for the Month
Cumulative Net Increase / Decrease for the Year
Dec 2018 116.48 -0.64 -5.32
Nov 2018 117.12 -0.60 -4.68
Oct 2018 117.72 -0.55 -4.08
Sep 2018 118.27 -0.49 -3.53
Aug 2018 118.76 -0.39 -3.04
Jul 2018 119.15 -0.35 -2.65
Jun 2018 119.50 -0.30 -2.30
May 2018 119.80 -0.41 -2.00
Apr 2018 120.21 -0.67 -1.59
Mar 2018 120.88 -0.42 -0.92
Feb 2018 121.30 -0.25 -0.50
Jan 2018 121.55 -0.25 -0.25
Dec 2017 121.80 -0.53 -5.06