[ET Net News Agency, 15 August 2018] China Unicom (00762) said its profit attributable
to the equity shareholders for the six months ended 30 June 2018 rose 145% year-on-year to
RMB5,912 million.
Basic and diluted earnings per share were RMB0.19.
Revenue amounted to RMB149,105 million, an increase of 7.9% from a year earlier.
Total service revenue was RMB134,423 million, up 8.3% year-on-year. EBITDA amounted to
RMB45.7 billion, up 4.9% year-on-year.
Mobile service revenue reached RMB84.3 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of
9.7% which exceeded the industry average. Mobile billing subscribers achieved a net
increase of 17.86 million to a total of 302 million. The average revenue per user (ARPU)
of mobile billing subscribers amounted to RMB47.9, which was largely stable compared to
the full year of 2017.
In the first half of 2018, 4G subscriber saw a net increase of 28.23 million to a total
of 203 million. The proportion of 4G subscribers in total mobile billing subscribers
increased by 16 percentage points year-on-year to over 67%.
No interim dividend will be distributed. (SC)