The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released data. In the first half of the year, telecom business revenue totaled 887.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.1%. The total telecom business volume, calculated at constant prices for the previous year, increased 7.7% year over year. By the end of June, the total number of mobile phone users of the three basic telecom companies and China Radio and Television reached 1,844 million, a net increase of 17.04 million over the end of the previous year. Among them, 5G mobile phone users reached 1,288 million, a net increase of 84.34 million over the end of the previous year, accounting for 69.9% of mobile phone users. By the end of June, the total number of 5G base stations reached 5.102 million, a net increase of 263,000 over the end of the previous year, accounting for 39.1% of the total number of mobile base stations and an increase of 0.9 percentage points compared to the first quarter.

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