China's mobile users top 600 million: govt (AFP)
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BEIJING (AFP) - The number of mobile users in China, the world's biggest cellphone market, now tops 600 million, the government said, as subscribers increasingly abandon fixed lines. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object(); window.yzq_d['CjlwAULEYro-']='&U=13f1vovrh%2fN%3dCjlwAULEYro-%2fC%3d675501.12801418.13099430.2498248%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d5415229%2fV%3d1';
Mobile phone users in the country increased to 601 million at the end of June, up by 8.6 million from the end of May, the Ministry of Information Industry said in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday.
From January to June, the nation of 1.3 billion recorded 53.5 million new cellphone users, it said.
By contrast, fixed-line subscribers fell by 9.3 million in the first six months to 356 million, it said.
Mobile service is becoming more popular in the country after operators lowered tolls in March for making phone calls outside a user's registered local service area and cancelled charges for answering calls in some cities.
China has been leapfrogging into the age of mobile telephony because of the huge costs associated with installing fixed lines across a nation the size of the United States.
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