我國4G用戶總數已突破10億戶
The total number of Chinese 4G network users rose to 1.08 billion by the end of April as the country's mobile networks continued vigorous development.
隨着我國移動網絡持續迅猛發展，截至4月底，我國4G網絡用戶總數達10.8億。The figure was up from nearly 1 billion at the end of last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and 4G subscribers accounted for 72.9 percent of mobile phone users, up 2.6 percentage points from end 2017.
工業信息技術部稱，這一數字在去年底約爲10億戶，4G用戶佔移動電話用戶的72.9%，較去年底提高了2.6個百分點。In April, major telecom carriers China Telecom and China Unicom contributed a combined increase of nearly 10 million. However, China Mobile, with the largest group of 4G users, saw its first loss of 2.43 million in more than four years.
今年4月，中國主要的電信運營商中國電信和中國聯通共同貢獻了近1000萬的增長。但是擁有最大4G用戶羣體的中國移動則損失了約243萬客戶，這是4年多來的第一次。
China has the world's largest 4G network and is still striving for further expansion, with the goal of adding 450,000 new 4G base stations this year to improve signal coverage in buildings, elevators and other indoor spaces, as well as railroads and expressways.
中國擁有世界最大的4G網絡，且仍將努力進一步擴充其規模，今年的目標是新增45萬座基站，以提高建築、電梯等其他室內空間以及鐵路和高速公路的信號覆蓋率。The growth of 4G users has boosted data consumption. Chinese mobile network subscribers used 3.41 gigabytes of data on average last month, up 154 percent year on year.
4G用戶的增長提高了流量的使用。上個月，中國移動網絡用戶平均使用了3.41GB的流量，同比增長154%。The MIIT released guidelines to prompt mobile service operators to eliminate charges for domestic roaming data use starting July 1, and to reduce data prices by at least 30 percent within the year.
日前，工信部發布了指導方針，要求移動服務運營商從7月1日起取消國內流量漫遊費，並在年內將流量價格降低至少30%。
