[Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: 5G users reached 1.32 billion in the first three quarters, and the total number of 5G base stations reached 5.254 million] On October 28, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the economic performance of the communications industry in the first three quarters of 2026. In the first three quarters, telecommunications business revenue totaled 130 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.5%. The total telecommunications business volume calculated at constant prices in the previous year increased by 7.3% year-on-year. As of the end of September, the total number of fixed Internet broadband access users of the three basic telecommunications companies reached 709 million, a net increase of 18.25 million from the end of the previous year. As of the end of September, the total number of mobile phone users of the three basic telecommunications companies and China Radio and Television reached 1.854 billion, a net increase of 26.67 million from the end of the previous year. In the first three quarters, the cumulative access traffic of mobile Internet reached 336.2 billion GB, a year-on-year increase of 17%. As of the end of September, the total number of 5G base stations reached 5.254 million, a net increase of 416,000 from the end of the previous year, accounting for 40% of the total number of mobile base stations, and an increase of 2.4 percentage points from the end of the previous year.