**: China Consumer Daily.
On February 21, the reporter learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that during the Spring Festival, the network operation of the communication industry was safe and stable, the communication services were stable and orderly, and the mobile data traffic, international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan roaming services grew rapidly.
5G traffic accounts for half, and ** apps continue to be active. During the Spring Festival, the cumulative access traffic of mobile Internet users reached 674 in 9 days (from 0:00 on February 9 to 24:00 on February 17).50,000 TB (1TB = 1,024GB), an increase of 21 compared with the Spring Festival in 2023 on a comparable basis7%, the growth rate accelerated by 15 year-on-year4 percentage points. Among them, on February 10 (the first day of the Lunar New Year), mobile Internet access traffic reached a peak (7810,000 TB), a year-on-year increase of 148%。
The access traffic of 5G mobile Internet users has increased significantly, with an increase of 72% compared with the Spring Festival in 2023 on a comparable basis7%, accounting for 49 percent of mobile Internet user access traffic9%。During the Spring Festival, the top 5 apps (mobile apps) in terms of traffic usage were Douyin, WeChat, Kuaishou, Tencent** and Toutiao, accounting for more than 75% of all app traffic.
International, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan roaming services doubled year-on-year, and call and SMS volumes stabilized. With the rapid recovery of outbound travel, the average daily active customers of international roaming and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan roaming reached 2.98 million during the Spring Festival, an increase of more than 100% compared with the Spring Festival in 2023 and an increase of 8% compared with the National Day holiday in 20237%。Among them, the number of daily active customers roaming in the three days from the fourth day to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year is at the peak level, with an average daily active customer number of 3.1 million or more.
During the Spring Festival, the total billing time of mobile ** nationwide was 697500 million minutes, a decrease of 013%。The number of mobile SMS sent nationwide was 318500 million, a decrease of 2 percent compared with the Spring Festival in 2023 on a comparable basis5%。Among them, on February 9 (Chinese New Year's Eve), the number of mobile SMS sent reached a peak (6 billion), a year-on-year increase of 188%, SMS service in reminders, verification and other aspects of the role of further play.