到2001年年9月份，国内长途光缆130万公里，全国电话用户总数3亿。全国电话普及率超过24%，其中移动电话普及率超过9.2%。中国电信体制改革也取得重大突破。从1998年以来，中国加快了电信体制改革步伐，打破独家垄断的格局。
By September 2001, there were 1.3 million km of long distance fiber optic cables, and 300 million telephone users. China has telephone penetration of over 24%, of which mobile phones make up over 9.2%. There has been a major breakthrough in the reform of the telecommunications system. After 1998, China accelerated the pace of its reform, breaking up the monopoly.