Facts about China’s cellphone users

by ka edong on November 23, 2006

  • China has 431 million users, making it the largest cellphone market in the world.
  • The number of cellphone users increased by a monthly average of 5.5 million during the first seven months of 2006.
  • The average cellphone user spends about 6 yuan per month on music including for different types of ring tones.
  • Ring tones took off in 2005, with revenue from them more than quadrupling from 2004.
    Sources: BDA China; China Ministry of Information Industry
    Quoted from: Asian Walstreet Journal, Nov10-12, 2006 issue

5.5 Million additional cellphone users per month?!

Why aren’t our Filipino Technopreneurs penetrating the China market, what with our expertise in mobile app and content development?!

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Kates November 23, 2006 at 7:26 am

Language barrier?

Miguel November 23, 2006 at 9:09 am

They are. Chikka is going there. Probably the other top CP’s like Information Gateway as well.

Me? I might have something to say as wel!

jhay November 24, 2006 at 6:52 am

Wouldn’t it be nice to sell prepaid credits in China? Imagine the scale and number of customers per day…

ka edong November 24, 2006 at 3:01 pm

Yup. Or electronic load ala-Autoloadmax or e-load!

ugly January 18, 2007 at 3:01 am

its so cool !!!!!!!!!!

tsinaboy March 8, 2007 at 3:31 pm

i am not sure… but I have the feeling that “ang gobyerno nila” is not so so much open to really allow the communication free… they are still kinda controlling … though they seem to deny it … you know what I mean?

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