Beijing - China's mobile phone shipments jumped 22.1 percent year-on-year (yoy) in December 2024, reaching nearly 34.53 million units, according to data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT ) on Friday (14/2).
5G mobile phones accounted for 88.1 percent of shipments in December, totaling 30.43 million units, marking a 25.8 percent year-on-year increase, said CAICT, a research institute under China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.In 2024, total mobile phone shipments are expected to grow 8.7 percent year-on-year to 314 million units, of which 272 million will be 5G mobile phones, up 13.4 percent year-on-year, CAICT data showed.According to the data, 5G mobile phone shipments accounted for the largest share of the mobile phone market last year.The number of 5G mobile phone users in China has surpassed 1 billion, with a population penetration rate of over 71 percent, and the number of 5G base transceiver stations (BTS) has reached 4.25 million, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed last month.