By the end of October, China has only 38.6 million 3G mobile phone users, accounting for a tiny proportion of the country's 800 million mobile base, the PCWorld reported on Thursday.
While more people in China are adopting 3G service on their mobile phones, the next generation network is still far from becoming mainstream among users, the report said.
China launched the 3G mobile network in January 2009, when its largest mobile operator China Mobile began offering 3G commercial services to retail users.
China Mobile said it would try to meet a government target of signing up 50 million 3G users by the end of the year, but so far has signed up only 16.9 million.
The country's two other mobile operators, China Unicom and China Telecom, have 11.6 million and 10 million 3G users respectively.
But even as more Chinese users are buying so-called smart-phones, some are choosing to stay with the older 2G networks, analysts say. When users look to upgrade to a 3G network, they ask if the pricing is right as more and more retail users are getting increasingly conscious of mobile expenditure.
People's Daily Online
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