[ET Net News Agency, 10 August 2017] China Mobile (00941) said its profit attributable
to equity shareholders for the six months ended 30 June 2017 rose 3.5% year-on-year to
Rmb62,675 million.
Basic and diluted earnings per share were Rmb3.06.
Operating revenue amounted to Rmb388,871 million, an increase of 5% from a year earlier,
of which revenue from telecommunications services was Rmb347,950 million, up 6.9%.
EBITDA amounted to Rmb140,710 million, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year.
Total number of mobile customers was 867 million, representing a net addition of 17.61
million. Total number of wireline broadband customers was 93.04 million, representing a
net addition of 15.42 million. With a net addition of 58.62 million 4G customers, the
total number of 4G customers has reached 594 million and the 4G penetration rate of our
mobile customers has achieved 69% in the first half of 2017.
Broadband ARPU recorded a heartening growth of 4.6% to Rmb34.9 in the first half of
2017, driven by the rapid expansion of the customer base and widening application
adoption.
The Board declared an interim dividend of HK$1.623 (2016: HK$1.489) and a special
dividend of HK$3.2 (2016: Nil) per share celebrating the 20th listing anniversary, payable
on or about 28 September. (HL)