It's no secret that mobile phones are pretty much a staple for most people on the planet. It is fitting that the nation with the largest population has just become the first country to have over a billion mobile phone subscribers.
At the end of 2011, the population of mainland China was 1,347,350,000. At the end of February the official count of mobile phone subscribers was 1,006,923,000, which means almost 75% of people in China have a cell phone. China has seen growth of up to 10 million subscribers per month. It could very well find itself at 100% penetration relatively soon.
While it is definitely the largest phone market, China is also on pace to become the biggest smartphone market. While no one knows for sure how long we will continue to see this kind of growth, it doesn't seem like the plateau is in sight.
The average salary in china is 88,340 CNY (14,000 USD) and yet 75% of the country can afford cellphone service? Their plans must be super cheap or they just love to talk over there.
its scary when 75% of a country's population is 1 billion so who's the other carriers that account for the 1 million left over?
Go China!! show the world who's the boss!!