Telecom Lead Asia: China Unicom says its 3G ARPU touched 78.2 yuan ($12.68 or Rs 690) in the first quarter of 2013.
By comparison, 48 yuan was ARPU from China Unicom’s mobile business in Q1.
The net addition of 3G subscribers was 11.360 million against net addition of mobile subscribers at 11.396 million for the first quarter.
The number of 3G subscribers reached 87.816 million as at 31 March 2013 against total number of mobile subscribers at 250.708 million.
Out of service revenue from the mobile business, service revenue from the 3G business was 19.23 billion yuan.
3G business, as a percentage of service revenue, decreased to 11.6 percent for the first quarter of 2013 from 15.8 percent for the first quarter of 2012, China Unicom said.
Mobile business, as a percentage of service revenue, rose from 42.8 percent for the first quarter of 2012 to 54.6 percent for the first quarter of 2013.
China Unicom, which competes with China Telecom and China Mobile, says its first quarter revenue rose 15.4 percent to 70.60 billion yuan.
Out of total revenue, service revenue was 57.06 billion yuan, up 14.2 percent.
For the first quarter of 2013, service revenue from the mobile business was RMB35.24 billion, up by 20.4 percent.
Services revenue from the fixed-line business was 21.66 billion yuan, up 5.4 percent. Out of service revenue from the fixed-line business, service revenue from broadband business was 11.21 billion yuan, up 11 percent.
As a percentage of service revenue from the fixed-line business, there was an increase from 49.1 percent for the first quarter of 2012 to 51.8 percent for the first quarter of 2013.
The net addition of broadband subscribers was 2.373 million for the first quarter of 2013 and the number of broadband subscribers reached 60.913 million as at 31 March 2013.
ARPU for broadband business was 62.4 yuan for the first quarter of 2013.
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