China Mobile

China Mobile Limited
中国移动通信集团公司
Company typePublic; state-owned enterprise
ISINHK0941009539
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorChina Telecom (Hong Kong) Limited[1]
Founded3 September 1997; 26 years ago (1997-09-03)[2]
HeadquartersBeijing, China
Shanghai, China
Area served
Key people
Yang Jie (Chairman)
Services
RevenueIncrease CN¥812.0 billion (2022)[3]
Increase CN¥129.0 billion (2022)[3]
Increase CN¥125.6 billion (2022)[3]
Total assetsIncrease CN¥1.93 trillion (2022)[3]
Total equityIncrease CN¥1.30 trillion (2022)[3]
OwnerGovernment of China (72.72%)[4]: 65 
Number of employees
450,698 (2022)[3]
ParentChina Mobile Communications Group
Subsidiaries
CMHK(100%)
Zong
CMLink
ASNs
Traffic Levels5-10 Tbit/s[5]
Websitewww.10086.cn
www.chinamobileltd.com
Footnotes / references
Source of the financial figures: the consolidated financial statements[4]
China Mobile Limited
Simplified Chinese中国移动有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國移動有限公司
China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.
Simplified Chinese中国移动通信集团有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國移動通信集團有限公司
Second alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中国移动
Traditional Chinese中國移動
Literal meaningChina Mobile

China Mobile is the trade name of both China Mobile Limited and its ultimate controlling shareholder, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications[6] company. It provides mobile voice and multimedia services through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network across mainland China and Hong Kong.[2] China Mobile is the largest wireless carrier in China, with 945.50 million subscribers as of June 2021.[7] China Mobile was ranked #25 in Forbes' Global 2000 in 2023.[8]

China Mobile Limited is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.[2] It is the world's largest mobile network operator by total number of subscribers.[9] It is the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue.

As of 31 October 2020, China Mobile Limited's total market value stood at HK$965 billion, which is the largest red chip company.[10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference mile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Overview Archived 2 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine China Mobile Limited Official Site
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2022" (PDF). China Mobile. pp. 19, 22.
  4. ^ a b Annual Report 2019 (PDF) (Report). China Mobile Limited. 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  5. ^ China Mobile International. "PeeringDB". PeeringDB. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ Strait deals The Economist, 7 May 2009
  7. ^ "China Mobile Limited - Investor Relations > Operating Data".
  8. ^ "The Global 2000 2023". Forbes. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  9. ^ "The Largest Mobile Network Operators In The World". WorldAtlas. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  10. ^ "List of Red Chip Companies". Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.