Financial Performance - Operating revenue accelerated, reaching RMB 191833 million, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year[6,11] - Net profit increased by 13.1% year-on-year to RMB 12391 million, marking the 7th consecutive year of double-digit growth[6,11] - Industry Internet revenue grew by 16.3% year-on-year to RMB 42977 million, contributing over 25% of revenue[7,11] - Interim dividend per share (DPS) increased by 23% year-on-year to RMB 0.203[11,46] Network and Infrastructure - The company has deployed over 1.15 million 5G mid-band base transceiver stations (BTS)[13] - Capital expenditure (CAPEX) allocation includes 33% for mobile network, 23% for government and enterprise & innovative business, 16% for home Internet & fixed-line, and 28% for carrier network, infrastructure, and others[13] - Net addition of 5G co-build co-share BTS reached 150,000[15] Business Growth - "Big Connectivity" subscribers reached 928 million, with a net increase of 66.18 million in 1H2023[17] - Mobile basic business subscribers reached 328 million, with 5G package subscribers penetration at 71%, a 13 percentage point year-on-year increase[17] - IoT business connections reached 443 million, with over 90% being high-value 5G & 4G connections[17] - Unicom Cloud revenue increased by 36%[23] - Big Data revenue increased by 54%[26] - International business revenue increased by 21% to RMB 5500 million[35]

Financial Performance - Operating revenue increased by 50% to RMB 372.6 billion[4] - Net profit increased by 11.8% to RMB 18.7 billion[4] - ROE reached a record high in recent years at 5.4%[4] Subscriber Growth - Mobile subscribers increased by 10.60 million[11] - 5G subscriber penetration rate reached 78%[11] - Fixed-line broadband subscribers increased by 9.79 million[13] - Broadband-mobile integration penetration rate reached 76%[13] Information Services - Information services revenue increased by 16.2% to RMB 10.7 billion[16] Computing and Digital Smart Applications (CDSA) - Unicom Cloud revenue increased by 41.6%[22] - Digital Smart Applications revenue increased by 17.5% to RMB 5.6 billion[26] - Cybersecurity revenue increased by 120% to RMB 0.8 billion[30] International Business - International business revenue increased by 15% to RMB 10.8 billion[32] CAPEX and Savings - Accumulated CAPEX savings reached RMB 340 billion[34] - Annual OPEX savings reached RMB 39 billion[34] Dividend - Dividend per share increased to RMB 0.3366[42] 2024 Outlook - The company expects steady revenue growth and double-digit profit growth[47] - CAPEX is projected to be RMB 65.0 billion[47] Cost Analysis - Employee benefit expenses increased by 4.4%[50]

China Unicom (00762) H2 2022 Earnings Call March 08, 2023 03:30 AM ET Speaker0 Ladies and gentlemen, and also our friends from Beijing who are joining online, good afternoon. I'm Meng Shu Seng. I'm delighted to get here with you again so that we can have face to face interactions. I'm also very grateful for your long term support and concern towards China Unicom. On behalf of the management of the company, I would like to welcome all of you to 2022 results announcement by China Unicom. Today, we have Hong K ...