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Monday, July 19, 2010 10:33:39 PM

China 3G phone-user total up sharply to 25 million
By Owen Fletcher
BEIJING (MarketWatch) -- China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Tuesday the country had 25.2 million users of third-generation mobile wireless technology at the end of June, up from 18.08 million at the end of March.

China's three telecommunications giants are in a race to recruit users of their 3G services, which allow faster data downloads and attract higher fees. Each of the three companies uses its own 3G standard, with China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE:CHL) , the country's largest mobile company by subscribers, promoting a locally developed standard.

Earlier Tuesday, China Mobile said it had 10.46 million 3G users at the end of June. On Monday, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (NYSE:CHU) said it had 7.56 million 3G users.

The data imply that China Telecom Corp. (NYSE:CHA) , which doesn't publicly disclose the figure, had 7.18 million 3G users at the end of June. But government data can vary slightly from the figures provided by the carriers.