[ET Net News Agency, 9 August 2018] China Mobile (00941) said its profit attributable
to equity shareholders for the six months ended 30 June 2018 rose 4.7% year-on-year to
RMB65,641 million.
Basic and diluted earnings per share were RMB3.21.
Operating revenue amounted to RMB391,832 million, an increase of 0.76% from a year
earlier, of which revenue from telecommunications services was RMB356,120 million, up
2.35%.
EBITDA amounted to RMB145,886 million, an increase of 3.7% year-on-year.
Total number of mobile customers was 906 million, representing a net addition of 18.61
million. Total number of wireline broadband customers was 135 million, representing a net
addition of 22.39 million. With a net addition of 27.32 million 4G customers, the total
number of 4G customers has reached 680 million and the 4G penetration rate of mobile
customers has achieved 74.7% in the first half of 2018.
Household broadband blended ARPU rose 7.3% to RMB34.8.
The board declared an interim dividend of HK$1.826 (2017: HK$1.623) per share, payable
on or about 27 September. (SC)