China Claims More than 50 million 3G Subs

China's mobile operators had almost 52 million 3G subscribers at the end of January, compared with 39 million at the end of October. China Mobile saw its total mobile subscriber base rise to about 589.3 million in January 2011, including 22.6 million 3G subscribers, while China Unicom's subs increased to 169.7 million during the month, including 15.5 million 3G subscribers and China Telecom’s customer base rose to about 94.1 million, including 13.6 million 3G subscribers.  source: Mobile Business Briefing