1 Authorized Release China Mobile Phone Market Report March , 2018 Published by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology April, 2018 2 Part 1 . Overall Mobile Phone M arket in China March domestic mobile phone shipments reached 30.2 million units, down 27.9 percent year over year. 80 new models were released in the month, down 37.5 percent year-over-year (y/y). Over the past 3 months, d omestic mobile phone shipments reached 87.4 million units and number of new model release reached 206 down 26.1 percent and 8.4 percent y/y respectively. Chart 1: Domestic mobile phone shipment s from March 2017 to March 2018 Part 2 . Development of 4G Mobile Phone s March domestic 4G mobile phone shipments were 28.1 million units, down 28.7 percent y/y, and represented 93.0 percent of the total shipments. 67 new 4G models were released in the month, down 40.2 percent y/y, accounting for 83.8 percent of the total new models this month. Over the past 3 months , domestic 4G mobile phone shipments were 82.0 million units, down 27.1 percent y/y, and represented 93.8 percent of the total shipments. The total number of new model release reached 156, down 17.5 percent y/y, accounting for 75.7 percent of the total new model release. Of the total 4G mobile phone shipments this month, 94.0 percent of which were all networks supported, and 98.8%, 99.5%, 98.4%, 94.1% of the 4G mobile phones shipped supported FDD LTE, TD -SCDMA, WCDMA , cdma2000 network, respectively. 42 41 37 42 43 41 44 38 43 43 39 18 30 5.6% 5.4% 4.9% 5.1% 5.1% 10.3% 5.9% 6.2% 6.6% 5.1% 6.9% 3.2% 6.9% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 94.1% 94.3% 94.9% 94.8% 94.8% 89.6% 94.1% 93.8% 93.4% 94.8% 93.0% 96.8% 93.0% 0%50%100%150% 01020304050 17M3 17M4 17M5 17M6 17M7 17M8 17M9 17M10 17M11 17M12 18M1 18M2 18M3 Shipments(Unit: Million) 2G Share 3G Share 4G Share3 Part 3 . Local and MNC Brands of Mobile Phones March mobile phone shipments by the local brands reached 27.0 million units, down 29.0 percent y/y, accounting for 89.4 percent of the domestic mobile phone shipments. Number of new model s release d by the local brands (78 units) decreased by 36.6 percent y/y, and represented 97.5 percent of the total number of new model release in the month. Mobile phone shipment volume for year 201 8 by the local brands reached 75.9 million units, down 27.8 percent y/y, and accounted for 86.8 percent of the domestic mobile phone shipments. Number of new models released by the local brands ( 190 units) decreased by 10.8 percent y/y, and represented 92.2 percent of the total number of new model release in the domestic market. Chart 2: March 2018 mobile phone shipments by local and MNC brands Part 4 . Development of Smart Phones March smart phone shipments were 28.1 million units, down 28.6 percent y/y, and accounted for 93.0 percent of the domestic mobile phone shipments in the month. Over the past 3 months, smart phone shipments were 81.9 million units, down 27.0 percent y/y, and represented 93.7 percent of domestic mobile phone shipments. In March , 68 new smart phone models were released, down 37.0 percent y/y, and accounted for 85.0 percent of the number of new release. Over the past 3 months, 158 new smart phone models were released, down 15.1 percent y/y, and accounted for 76.7 percent of the number of new release. Local Brands 89.4% MNC Brands 10.6%