China says mobile phone users top 431 million

The country's total number of telephone users surpassed 798 million at the same time, the report said.

The number of mobile phone users in China, already the world's biggest telecoms market, has grown to more than 431 million, a government news agency reported on Tuesday. The number, as of the end of July, was a 44.9 per cent increase over the same time last year, the

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Xinhua News Agency

said, citing the Ministry of Information Industry.

The country's total number of telephone users surpassed 798 million at the same time, the report said.