China’s Mobile Carriers Lose 21 Million Users as Virus Bites
- China Mobile leads drop with 8 million decline in subscribers
- China Telecom, Unicom have also reported drops in users
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China’s wireless carriers are reporting drops in users as the coronavirus crisis cuts business activity, with China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest carrier, reporting its first net decline since starting to report monthly data in 2000.
China Mobile subscriptions fell by more than 8 million over January and February, data on the company’s website show. China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. subscribers fell by 7.8 million in the period, while China Telecom Corp. has said it lost 5.6 million users last month.