China's post and telecommunications sector posted 169.2 billion yuan (21.1 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue growth in the first quarter, up 11.8 percent year on year.

A Ministry of Information Industry statement said postal revenues totaled 15.83 billion yuan (1.98 billion U.S. dollars) for the quarter, up 13.7 percent, while telecommunications revenues stood at 153.43 billion yuan (19.18 billion U.S. dollars), up 11.6 percent.

The country registered another 8.33 million fixed telephone subscribers over the end of last year, bringing the total to 358.77 million.

The figure indicated there were 27 fixed telephone subscribers per 100 people and mobile phone penetration is 30.3 percent.

The total number of mobile phone subscribers was 409.69 million, up 16.26 million from the previous quarter.

Mobile phone users sent 98.82 billion text messages during the first quarter, up 47 percent year on year, the statement said.

Source: Xinhua