China Unicom released its performance for the first three quarters, with a profit attributable to shareholders of 20 billion yuan, an increase of 5.1% year-on-year

According to the Zhitong Finance APP, China Unicom (00762) released its performance for the first three quarters of 2025, achieving operating revenue of RMB 292.985 billion (same unit below), a year-on-year increase of 1%; service revenue of RMB 261.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 1.1%; and profit attributable to equity holders of the company of RMB 20 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%.

China Unicom is fully promoting integrated innovation, cultivating and expanding new quality productivity, maintaining a good momentum in operational development, with a more stable foundation for high-quality development, stronger momentum, and better quality. In the first three quarters of 2025, the group's operating revenue was RMB 293 billion, a year-on-year increase of 1.0%; pre-tax profit was RMB 24.7 billion, and profit attributable to equity holders of the company was RMB 20 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%.

Connected communication is steadily advancing. The scale of connections continues to expand, with mobile users reaching 356 million, a net increase of 12.48 million; fixed broadband users reaching 129 million, a net increase of 6.79 million, with the net increase in broadband and mobile users reaching a record high for the same period in recent years; the number of IoT connections has exceeded 700 million. Continuous deepening of integrated development, filling in new business elements, and expanding user scale value, with the ARPU of integrated package users maintaining above RMB 100.

Computing network intelligence enhancement and upgrade. The computing power business has achieved a scale breakthrough, with Unicom Cloud revenue of RMB 52.9 billion. The intelligent transformation of data centers has shown significant results, with data center revenue of RMB 21.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.9%. Continuous deepening of digital intelligence integration and digital-physical integration, promoting the deep integration of 5G, AI, and the industrial internet, empowering comprehensive upgrades across various industries, with over 20,000 customers served by the 5G virtual private network.

Network investment improves quality and efficiency. Adhering to high standards in construction and high-efficiency operations, comprehensively deepening co-construction and sharing, and achieving significant improvements in network capabilities. Promoting the upgrade of mobile networks from 5G to 5G-A and broadband networks from gigabit to 10-gigabit, significantly enhancing user experience. Increasing the innovative supply of computing power networks, with the total scale of intelligent computing exceeding 35 EFLOPS.

The strength of scientific and technological innovation continues to enhance. Focusing on key technologies such as the next-generation internet, big data, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, strengthening the frontier layout of 6G, low-altitude intelligent networks, satellite internet, embodied intelligence, and quantum technology, obtaining the satellite mobile communication business operating license issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Increasing investment efforts, with R&D expenses increasing by 5.9% year-on-year, resulting in more landmark achievements