China Unicom reported a
23.5 percent increase in revenue at RMB 156 billion for the first nine months
of 2011 as compared with RMB 126 billion in the same period in 2010.
Out of the total revenue,
service revenue was RMB 138 billion, showing an increase of 13 percent as
compared to the same period of last year.
In the first three quarters
of 2011, revenue from the mobile business was RMB 94 billion, clocking 44.8
percent growth.
Out of the revenue from the
mobile business, service revenue was RMB 76 billion.
China Unicom’s value-added
service revenue from the mobile business was RMB 27 billion. As a percentage of
service revenue from mobile business, there was an increase from 31.4 percent
in the first three quarters of 2010 to 36 percent in the first three quarters
of 2011.
The net addition of mobile
subscribers was 21.608 million. Total number of mobile subscribers reached
189.034 million. The net addition of GSM subscribers was 5.438 million in the
first three quarters of 2011.
China Unicom’s ARPU of
mobile business was RMB 47.4, representing an increase of 9 percent from the
same period of last year.
The ARPU of GSM business
was RMB 38.1, and the average minutes of usage per subscriber per month was
258.8 minutes.
China Unicom’s ARPU of 3G
mobile business was RMB 115, the MOU was 658 minutes and the average monthly
data usage per subscriber was 270M.
Service revenue from 3G
mobile business was RMB 22 billion, and as a percentage of service revenue from
the mobile business, there was an increase from 12 percent in the first three
quarters of 2010 to 29.2 percent in the first three quarters of 2011.
China Unicom 16 million 3G
mobile subscribers in the first three quarters of 2011, and the total number of
3G mobile subscribers reached 30 million as at 30 September 2011.
Non-voice revenue from the
fixed-line business was RMB 39 billion, and as a percentage of service revenue
from the fixed-line business, there was an increase from 54.6 percent in the
first three quarters of 2010 to 63.0 percent in the first three quarters of
2011.
Service revenue from
broadband business was RMB 26 billion, up by 18.1 percent from the
same period of last year.
The net addition of
broadband subscribers was 7.313 million in the first three quarters of 2011,
and the total number of broadband service subscribers reached 54.537 million as
at 30 September 2011.
The ARPU of broadband
business was RMB56.9.
Service revenue from local
telephone business was RMB26.129 billion, down by 14.8 percent from the same
period of last year. The net reduction in local telephone subscribers was 2.060
million
in the first three quarters
of 2011, and the total number of local telephone service subscribers
reached 94.575 million as
at 30 September 2011.
The ARPU of local telephone
business was RMB 26.2.
In the first three quarters
of 2011, total costs and expenses of China Unicom were RMB 150 billion,up by 24.3 percent from the
same period of last year. The company further optimized network coverage and
enhanced network quality.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
