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Date posted: 22/07/2012 Mobile phones are now the most common way for people to connect to the internet in China, a report from the China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC) has said. For the first time, desktop computers are no longer the leading method for the country's 538 million connected citizens to get online. Mobile internet users now number 388 million, up almost 10% since the start of the year. Over 50% of the year's new internet users were from rural areas. "Mobile phones are a cheaper and more convenient way to access the internet for [residents in] China's vast rural areas and for the enormous migrant population," said the report from the state-linked CINIC. "The emergence of smartphones under 1,000 yuan [$157, £100] sharply lowered the threshold for using the devices and encouraged average mobile phone users to become mobile web surfers." The total number of those online has risen 5% since the end of last year, many of whom are very active in cyberspace. See the full Story via external site: www.bbc.co.uk Most recent stories in this category (Connectivity): 22/05/2013: New World Record in Wireless Data Transmission |
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