600m mobile users in China in 2009

ROA Group forecasts that the number of mobile subscribers in China could reach about 595m in 2009, with a CAGR of 9.7% . Penetration should be about 44%. GSM technology will continue to grow until 2008 to 380m users, then decline. CDMA users would account for about 74m in 2009. and 3G could have some 130m users in 2009.