China Mobile reported its annual results for 2012. Key highlights included:
- Maintained over 700 million customers while voice usage grew 7.8%
- Data services revenue increased 53.6% and accounted for 29.7% of total revenue driven by rapid growth in wireless data traffic
- Operating revenue increased 6.1% while net profit grew 2.7%
- EBITDA margin was 45.3% and net profit margin was 23.1% reflecting stable and industry-leading profitability