China Mobile reported 2015 operating revenue or RMB668.3 billion (approximately US$103.3 billion), up by 2.6%; of which, revenue from telecommunications services was RMB584.1 billion, down by 1.3%. Profit attributable to equity shareholders was RMB108.5 billion, down by 0.6%.
Some highlights from the company’s financial report:
- Total mobile customers was 826 million, up by 2.4%
- For the first time, revenue from data services exceeded its revenue from voice services, accounting for 52.0% of revenue from telecommunications services.
- Approximately 1.1 million base stations in service, providing coverage for China’s over 1.2 billion people.
- 2015 net addition of over 200 million 4G subscriber, bringing its total 4G customer base to over 300 million.
- Mobile data traffic increased 143.7% compared to the previous year.
- The total number of wireline broadband customers exceeded 55 million