On April 21, China Mobile released unaudited operating data for the first quarter of 2018. Its operating income was RMB 185.5 billion, an increase of 0.8% over the same period of the previous year. Among them, communication service revenue was RMB 166.7 billion, up 3.6% over the same period of last year; EBITDA was RMB 69.7 billion, up 3.9% over the same period of last year; profit attributable to shareholders was RMB 25.8 billion, up 4.1 from the same period of the previous year. %.
As of March 31, 2018, the Group's total number of mobile customers was approximately 899 million, of which the total number of 4G customers reached 672 million, the net increase of 4G customers in the first quarter was 22.24 million; the mobile customer ARPU was RMB 55.7.
As of March 31, 2018, mobile Internet traffic increased by 139% compared with the same period of the previous year. The mobile Internet customer DOU reached 2234MB, an increase of 123% over the same period of last year; the total number of minutes dropped by 7.6% compared with the same period of last year; It increased by 6.3% in the same period last year.
As of March 31, 2018, the total number of cable broadband customers reached 124 million, with a net increase of 11.23 million in the first quarter and a cable broadband ARPU of 33.8.
In the first quarter, China Mobile's sales revenue was RMB 18.8 billion, down 18.7% from the same period of the previous year.