China First to Reach 900 Million Mobile Phone Users

According to the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China has become the first country to reach a mark of 900 million cell phone users. In April alone, the country added about 11 million mobile phone users, bringing the country’s mobile phone user base to 900.3 million.

China has shown steady growth in the mobile phone adoption over the past couple of years. In April 2009, China had around 679 million mobile phone users which increased to 787 million in April 2010.

India however is not far behind and in fact it is catching up real quick.

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