China's telecom sector posts steady growth in January-April

China's telecommunications sector posted steady expansion in the first four months of the year, with emerging businesses such as cloud computing growing rapidly, official data showed. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency.

The sector posted ¥529.2 bln (about $78.5 bln) in aggregate revenue during the period, up 8.8 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Emerging businesses, including big data, cloud computing, and internet data centers, expanded notably during the period. The emerging business revenue of China's three telecom giants – China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom, surged 35% year on year to ¥103.9 bln.

Revenue for cloud computing services and big data expanded by 132.6% and 57.3% year on year, respectively.

Data also demonstrated China's steady progress in 5G base station construction. By the end of April, China had 1.615 mln 5G base stations, with 190,000 built during the first four months of the year.