China's Average Monthly Network Traffic per Household Reaches 24.01GB in First Five Months of 2026, 5G Users Account for Nearly 70%

en.Wedoany.com Reported - In the first five months, the total volume of telecommunications services grew steadily, the construction of new infrastructure progressed in an orderly manner, the scale of users for 5G, gigabit, and the Internet of Things continued to expand, and mobile internet access traffic maintained relatively rapid growth.

I. Overall Operation

In the first five months, cumulative telecommunications business revenue reached 735.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.9%. The total volume of telecommunications services, calculated at constant prices of the previous year, increased by 7.9% year-on-year.

II. Development of Telecommunications Users

The scale of fixed broadband access users steadily expanded, and the number of gigabit users continued to increase. As of the end of May, the total number of fixed internet broadband access users of the three basic telecommunications enterprises reached 699 million, a net increase of 8.613 million from the end of the previous year. Among them, fixed internet broadband access users with access rates of 100Mbps and above reached 667 million, accounting for 95.4% of total users; fixed internet broadband access users with access rates of 1000Mbps and above reached 255 million, a net increase of 16.85 million from the end of the previous year, accounting for 36.5% of total users, an increase of 2 percentage points from the end of the previous year.

The scale of mobile phone users increased steadily, with 5G users accounting for nearly 70%. As of the end of May, the total number of mobile phone users of the three basic telecommunications enterprises and China Broadcasting Network reached 1.841 billion, a net increase of 14.08 million from the end of the previous year. Among them, the number of 5G mobile phone users reached 1.275 billion, a net increase of 70.77 million from the end of the previous year, accounting for 69.3% of mobile phone users.

The number of mobile IoT terminal users grew rapidly. As of the end of May, the three basic telecommunications enterprises developed 2.98 billion mobile IoT terminal users, a net increase of 91.67 million from the end of the previous year. The number of internet TV (IPTV, OTT) users reached 409 million, a net increase of 1.243 million from the end of the previous year.

III. Usage of Telecommunications Services

Mobile internet traffic grew rapidly, and the DOU value hit a new high in May. In the first five months, cumulative mobile internet traffic reached 181.2 billion GB, a year-on-year increase of 17.9%. As of the end of May, the number of mobile internet users reached 1.634 billion, a net increase of 24.12 million from the end of the previous year. The average mobile internet access traffic per user (DOU) in May reached 24.01 GB per user per month, a year-on-year increase of 12.7%, and 0.97 GB per user per month higher than at the end of the previous year.

Telephone call volume continued its downward trend. In the first five months, the total duration of outgoing mobile phone calls was 789.7 billion minutes, a year-on-year decrease of 6.1%; the total duration of outgoing fixed-line calls was 23.05 billion minutes, a year-on-year decrease of 21.2%. In the first five months, the national volume of mobile SMS services decreased by 7.4% year-on-year; revenue from mobile SMS services decreased by 12.6% year-on-year.

IV. Communication Capacity

The construction of gigabit fiber broadband networks continued to advance. As of the end of May, the number of internet broadband access ports nationwide reached 1.267 billion, a net increase of 15.81 million from the end of the previous year. Among them, fiber access (FTTH/O) ports reached 1.224 billion, a net increase of 13.86 million from the end of the previous year, accounting for 96.7% of internet broadband access ports. As of the end of May, the number of 10G PON ports with gigabit network service capabilities reached 32.57 million, a net increase of 944,000 from the end of the previous year.

The construction of 5G networks progressed steadily. As of the end of May, the total number of 5G base stations reached 5.053 million, a net increase of 214,000 from the end of the previous year, accounting for 39% of the total mobile base stations, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the first four months.

V. Regional Development

All regions continued to promote the penetration of gigabit and 5G users. As of the end of May, the penetration rates of fixed broadband access users with 1000Mbps and above in the eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions were 35.9%, 37%, 38.1%, and 31.3%, respectively, an increase of 1.3, 3.1, 2, and 2.3 percentage points from the end of the previous year; the penetration rates of 5G mobile phone users were 68.7%, 70.1%, 69.2%, and 70%, respectively, an increase of 3.2, 3.6, 3.3, and 3.5 percentage points from the end of the previous year.

Mobile internet access traffic in all regions maintained double-digit growth. In the first five months, mobile internet access traffic in the eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions reached 76.82 billion GB, 42.3 billion GB, 51.3 billion GB, and 10.73 billion GB, respectively, with year-on-year growth of 19.5%, 16.3%, 16.5%, and 19.3%.

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