China’s SMS Volume Reaches 897.31 Billion, An Increase Of About Mere 2.1%

According to the recent statistics provided by the Ministry of Industry 2012, the mobile SMS Volume in the China has reached 897.31 billion, an increase of about 2.1% while the country’s mobile phone users increased by 11% last year calculating the country’s 2012 per capita sent down by about 9%, Sina Tech reports.

The statistics states that SMS amount reached last year 897.31 billion, but MMS volume reached 69.67 billion, an increase of 16.2% with the net increase of 64 million people in 2012 the number of mobile phone users reached 420 million, accounting for 74.5% of the total number of internet users, the rural netizens net increase of 20 million people, 156 million people.

Online shopping a net increase of 48 million users, with a total size of 242 million while the microblogging users a net increase of 059 million, with a total size of 309 million. The statistics further revealed that the non-voice revenue was 532.21 billion yuan, an increase of 16.9% while the voice business revenues of 544.09 billion yuan.

Source: By Karan Chopra on 28th January 2013