As you may know, China has around 20% of the world's population. It is also one of the countries where huge numbers of people use the internet on their cell phones. More and more people in the country are using cell phones to surf the web. This information was released by the government on Monday. Read on to find out more.
By January 2014, the number of mobile phone users had reached 1.24 billion, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reported.
As a result of more and more people using the internet on cell phones, cell phone internet traffic has risen sharply. By January, traffic usage had hit 133 million GB, having doubled in just one year.
The total revenue earned by mobile companies reached 69.52 billion yuan ($11.36 billion) in January. Last year, revenue was 11% lower than this amount.
These figures show that cell phone use will continue to rise as 3G and 4G technologies are introduced around the world. According to reports, even in Pakistan both of these latest technologies are being launched within the next month or so. Let us see what happens down the road.