China Mobile subscriber base at 777 mn in May

HONG KONG: China Mobile, China's largest mobile carrier, said its total number of mobile subscribers in May rose to about 549 million, including 9.3 million 3G subscribers.

China Unicom, the country's No. 2 mobile carrier, said its total number of mobile subscribers increased to 155.3 million for the month, including 6.5 million 3G subscribers. And China Telecom's total number of mobile subscribers rose to 71.5 million.