China - Telecoms Infrastructure, Operators, Regulations - Statistics and Analyses

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Last updated: 23 Aug 2019 Update History

Report Status: Archived

Report Pages: 67

Analyst: Sebastien De Rosbo

Synopsis

The Chinese telecom market is the largest in the world in terms of subscribers and is undergoing transition. China's telecommunications development has generally been driven by investments from government-allied entities and features a strong industrial policy.

As the market approaches saturation, there has been a shift of emphasis in China's broadband policy from infrastructure build-up and service provision to application creation and user demand stimulation.

The Chinese telecommunications market is undergoing a rapid transition, and this is driving a fast-developing data centre market. The Chinese data market has been driven by multinational enterprises and international service providers seeking to establish a presence there. However, the country remains largely untapped by private operators and external hyper-scale providers such as Google and AWS.

China’s fixed-line market is in decline due to voice to mobile substitution. Fixed line penetration has dropped significantly over the past five years from 18% in 2014 to 12% in 2019. This trend is predicted to continue over the next five years to 2024 driven by the growing adoption of mobile broadband.

China is projected to lead spending on Internet of Things technologies in the Asia Pacific, driven by the agriculture and healthcare sectors.

This report presents key aspects of the China telecom market as it enters 2020. It includes an overview of the regulatory environment, market highlights and comprehensive statistics.

Key developments:

  • The Chinese data centre market is undergoing a rapid transition.
  • Fixed line penetration has dropped significantly over the past five years from 18% in 2014 to 12% in 2019.
  • China's government strengthens IOT policies to boost economic growth.

Companies covered in this report include:

China Mobile; China Telecom; China Unicom

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