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This article is about Communications in Mainland China . For Hong Kong and Macau , see Communications In Hong Kong and Communications In Macau . For the Republic Of China (Taiwan) , see Communications In The Republic Of China . TELEPHONE Telephones - main lines in use: 350 million (2005) Telephones - mobile cellular: 393 million (2005) - expected to hit 520 million by 2008 and 600 million by 2010 Telephone system: domestic and international services are increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and many towns. In early 2004 China overtook the U.S. as the largest communication country in the world. According to the Ministry Of Information Industry ( MII ), as of December 2005, its combined main lines and mobile lines exceeded 743 million. On average, China's mobile subscribers increased by 4.78 million each month. ''domestic:'' interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have been installed; a domestic satellite system with 55 earth stations is in place ''international:'' satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions); several international fiber-optic links to Japan , South Korea , Hong Kong , Russia , and Germany (2000) Operators include: See also: RADIO Radio broadcast stations: AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998) Radios: 428 million (2000) TELEVISION Television broadcast stations: 3,240 (of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations and nearly 3,000 are local city stations) (1997) Televisions: 448 million (2000) See also: INTERNET ''Main article: Internet In The People's Republic Of China '' Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 3 (2000) Internet users: 111 million (December, 2005) Internet: China's internet user or netizens topped 111 million at the end of 2005, making China the second largest internet user after the United States, according to China's Ministry Of Information Industry ( MII ). As of 2004, the largest concentration of internet users are from Guangdong , Zhejiang , Fujian , Jiangsu , Liaoning , Shandong and Hubei . Beijing , Shanghai and Tianjin also have a high concentration of internet users, with 28% of Beijing's population having access to internet. Also, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre ( CNNIC ), at the end of 2005, China's broadband users have reached 64.3 million, up 50.2% from a year ago. There exists a wide gap between Internet use in cities and rural areas, the statistics show. There are 19.31 million netizens in the rural areas, making up only 2.6 percent of the rural population. There are around 91.69 million netizens in cities, making up 16.9 percent of the urban population, according to the CNNIC. Country Codes : CN See also: SEE ALSO
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