By the end of 2005, China has had 743.86 million telephone subscribers, 350.43 million fixed lines and 393.43 million mobile phone subscribers, constituting the world's largest telephone network. Since China started mobile telecommunication business in 1987, the mobile network now has covered all urban and rural areas, and international roaming service exists with over 200 countries and regions all over the world.
Now, the public data telecommunications network has taken initial shape, with group data exchange, digital data, computer Internet, multimedia telecoms, and frame relay networks as the mainstay. Covering over 90 percent of counties and cities in China, it is among largest public data telecommunications networks in the world. Radio and TV networks continue to develop rapidly, and the number of radio and TV users exceeded 200 million by the end of 2005, almost all villages in China having access to radio and TV broadcasting.
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