The number of Internet users in China increased more than 23 percent in 2006, topping out at 137 million with an estimated 104 million of those having some level of access to a broadband connection. The China Internet Network Information Center, a government agency that has been tracking online usage since 1997, reported the number of Internet users rose by 23.4 percent last year, accounting for 10.5 percent of the country’s total population. Another 17 million Chinese went online via mobile phones, accounting for 12.4 percent of the total Internet population.
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Internet Use in China Soars
Posted by: Tim Gray January 24, 2007 03:24 PMThe number of Internet users in China increased more than 23 percent in 2006, topping out at 137 million with an estimated 104 million of those having some level of access to a broadband connection. The China Internet Network Information Center, a government agency that has been tracking online usage since 1997, reported the number of Internet users rose by 23.4 percent last year, accounting for 10.5 percent of the country’s total population. Another 17 million Chinese went online via mobile phones, accounting for 12.4 percent of the total Internet population.