通信业整体运行平稳 面临税收调整及监管转型挑战

Communication industry in stable growth, facing taxation and regulation reform

上半年，电信行业运行总体平稳，用户规模保持较快速度增长，互联网设施投资加快，流量业务对传统通信、业务替代性进一步凸显。新产品、新服务不断涌现，推动居民用于数据流量服务、互联网应用服务、手机等智能终端等信息产品、信息服务和内容消费规模的扩犬，信息技术与传统产业的融合加速，新型信息服务改变用户消费行为习惯，激发居民消费潜在需求。

China's communication industry is in stable growth which has got total revenue of RMB564.26 billion for H1 of 2013 with an increase of 8.9%.The number of telecom subscribers has maintained rapid increase;investment in internet infrastructure has been accelerated;data traffic services continue taking the place of traditional services.With the convergence between information technology and traditional industries,new products and services such as data services,internet applications and smart devices are emerging,which has triggered the demand for ICT products,services and contents.Consumer habits have been changed and the scale of consumer spending is increasing.The sector should make efforts on further regulation transformation while avoiding the market fluctuation after business tax replaced by value-added tax.It is forecasted that the total revenue for H2 will reach 600 billion as the national economy maintains growth.