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Mobile phone industry in China

Mobile phone industry in China is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mobile phone industry in China rather than just read about it. In short: China's mobile phone industry or cell phone industry has high growth rate, raising its share on the global mobile phone market. During 2007, 600 million mobile phones were made in China which accounted for over 25 percent of the global production.

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Reference excerpt

China's mobile phone industry or cell phone industry has high growth rate, raising its share on the global mobile phone market. During 2007, 600 million mobile phones were made in China which accounted for over 25 percent of the global production. China is the largest market in terms of mobile phone subscribers.

History In 1987, wireless telephone communication in the modern sense started by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of China, using TACS technology. A nationwide network was completed in the following year. In 1994, the fixed telephone company (China Telecom) and two mobile phone telephone companies (China Mobile and China Unicom) were spun off from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. In 2002, the fixed telephone company was split into two: China Netcom for North China and China Telecom for South China Until 2008, China's mobile phone service was provided by the three companies: GSM service from China Mobile GSM and CDMA service (begun in 2002) from China Unicom. PHS service from the two fixed phone companies: China Netcom and China Telecom In 2008, another reorganization of the telecommunications industry was made a year before the 3G service was granted. In 2015, China recorded 1.3 billion mobile subscribers in its domestic market. Nearly everyone in the country has a mobile phone. Nearly 29.6 percent of mobile consumers or 386 million users are on the LTE 4G network.

Mobile phone service providers After the 2008 reorganization of China's telecommunication industry, there are now four mobile phone service providers.

China Mobile China Mobile (Chinese: 中国移动) continues the old China Mobile's service, absorbed China Railway Communications, and began 3G service using TD-SCDMA, China's disputed own technology.

China Unicom China Unicom (Chinese: 中国联通) continues the old China Unicom's GSM service, absorbed the old China Netcom's network of fixed telephones in the north of the Yangtze River in China, and started 3G service using W-CDMA technology.

China Telecom China Telecom (Chinese: 中国电信) continues PHS service of the old China Netcom and China Telecom, continues the old China Telecom's network of fixed telephones in the south of the Yangtze River, and began 3G service using CDMA2000 technology.

China Broadnet China Broadnet (Chinese: 中国广电) On March 3, 2022, China Broadcasting Network Corp Ltd invested 20 billion yuan to establish China Broadnet. It will subsequently launch its 5G network services and issue mobile phone numbers in the 192 segment to the public, marking the official announcement of China Broadnet as the fourth largest telecommunications operator in China. Now China Broadnet is providing 5G and LTE network by China Mobile's base station.

Mobile Phone Industry Wireless communication is regulated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The mobile phone industry in China has grown to become a large industry, including research of new technology, manufacturing of mobile phones and building of communications networks, contributed by the domestic companies and also foreign companies, such as:

Huawei Technologies is expected to surpass Nokia-Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent to become the second largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, after Ericsson, in 2009. ZTE and China Mobile have done turnkey mobile phone network projects in Pakistan, Ethiopia, etc.

Mobile Phones

Major mobile phone manufacturers

Mainland China-based companies

International companies Asus HTC Motorola Mobility (subsidiary of Lenovo) Foxconn Samsung LG Apple Google

Domestics sales The domestic sales of mobile phone made a breakthrough of 100 million in China in 2006. In 2007, the domestic sales of mobile phone in china were 190 million, increased by 74 percent as compared with 2007. The impetus mainly came from the rapid growth of new mobile phone users and old customers' upgrading demands. Of 190 million mobile phones, 140 million were made through formal channels, while the rest were made through informal channels such as smuggling, counterfeiting and renovating.

Export volume The export volume of China's mobile phones added up to a record high of 385 million in 2006, increased by 69.3 percent as compared with 2005. In 2007, this figure reached 483 million, increased by 125.45 percent as compared with 2006. As far as 2006, the export volume had reached US$31.214 billion, increased by 52.47 percent as compared with 2005. The export volume of 2007 was 35.6 billion dollars, increased by 114.01 percent as compared with 2006.

Development trend Since 2011 smartphones, especially running the open source Android operating system, have become increasingly popular in the Chinese mobile market. By 2016 smart-phones have become the dominant seller in the Chinese market. This is due to the Android system providing the possibility for factories to produce smartphones with increasing ease, which in turn has allowed prices to decrease even to below RMB 1,000 Yuan. These cheap smartphones are also exported to every corner of the world thanks to Chinese internet sales platforms such as aliexpresss.com and DHGate.com, and overseas online sales platforms such as eBay.com and Amazon.com.

Pricing China's mobile phone market is dominated by products with price under 2000 RMB yuan (about 300 dollars). Products at this price have accounted for 60 percent of the whole mobile phone market, competing with China's local brands, informal mobile phones and international brands.

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Example 1 — a first encounter with Mobile phone industry in China

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mobile phone industry in China ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mobile phone industry in China

In research: Mobile phone industry in China appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mobile phone industry in China in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mobile phone industry in China is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Electronics industry in China, Manufacturing in China, Mobile phone industry by country, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mobile phone industry in China outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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