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SigEx Telecom : Online record numbers in China
by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

162 millions Chinese people are using the Internet,the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said Wednesday. The number was growing at the fastest rate since 2004.CNNIC said in a report that the number of Chinese Internet users increased 31.7 percent since June 2006.The number of Chinese Internet users oversees the top-level domain and tracks Internet usage in China with its increasing of 31.7 percent since June 2006, said CNNIC. That was the fastest growth seen in China since mid-2004,thanks in part to a change in CNNIC's definition of an Internet user.In 2004 the number of Internet users grew 34.5 percent to reach 79.5 million.In the middle of 2005 and 2006,numbers released by CNNIC showed annual growth of 18.2 percent and 18.1 percent, respectively. The previous definition has been in use for 10 years, but now CNNIC changed the definition of an Internet user from someone who spends at least one hour online each week to someone who accessed the Internet at least once during the previous six months,in its latest report. CNNIC said that most Chinese Internet users, 122.4 million people,get online using wired broadband and 55.6 million use Wireless Internet access.Moreover, there are 44.3 million people who access the Internet from mobile phones, CNNIC said, noting that some users access the Internet with more than one type of connection. China`s Internet penetration was bought slightly below the global penetration rate of 17.6 percent.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

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