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China Mobile Profit Grows

China Mobile’s bottom and top-line in Q1 benefitted from strong demand for handsets driven by continued uptake of
5G packages. The operator ended March
with 467 million 5G package subscribers,
up 278 million year-on-year. The number
with both compatible handsets and service
plans grew 140 million to 233 million.
Overall service revenue increased 9.1 per
cent to CNY193.8 billion ($29.9 billion),
with product sales up 61.6 per cent to
CNY33.6 billion. Net profit rose 6.5 per cent
to CNY25.6 billion, as operating revenue
grew 14.6 per cent to CNY227.3 billion.
Mobile ARPU was flat at CNY47.50, while
average data usage increased 16.1 per
cent to 13GB a month. Total voice usage
declined 1.1 per cent to 708.6 billion
minutes: SMS usage increased 6.2 per cent
to 224.3 billion messages. Its total mobile
subscribers increased 2.9 per cent to 967
million.

China Mobile Sichuan and Huawei Jointly Carry Out 5G 3CC CA Verifications

China Mobile Sichuan and Huawei verified application. The fast rise of AR services actual rate can reach 4.52 Gbps. This can
the TDD+FDD and TDD+TDD 5G SA 3CC CA also poses higher requirements for user facilitate the development of emerging
solution on live networks in Chengdu. The experience. The carrier aggregation (CA) services (like AR/VR) that have high
test results show that Huawei's 5G 3CC CA technology offers a way to increase requirements on network performance.
solution increases the physical-layer single- bandwidth by piecing together several Huawei's CA solutions also integrates
user peak rate to 4.52 Gbps, the highest of small carriers, which in turn maximizes intelligent technologies to shorten the time
its kind on the sub-6 GHz band, even under the 5G user-perceived rate. What makes for enabling CA by 30%. It is estimated
complex air interface conditions. With the Huawei 3CC CA solution special is its that the average CA user-perceived rate
scaled deployment of 5G networks, HD integration with intelligent technologies on the live network will increase by over
video has become a mainstream network to provide the optimal 5G experience, 10%. The test result proves that intelligent
fulfilling users' requirements for years to technologies are critical for improving
come. China Mobile Sichuan and Huawei network performance and user experience.
performed 3CC CA verification in typical A representative of China Mobile Sichuan
networking scenarios, with one of the three said: "CA will be important for mobile
component carriers on the n79 band (4.9 networks to improve performance. With
GHz), having a bandwidth of 100 MHz, and the goal of building a nationally-leading
the other two on the n41 band (2.6 GHz) and 5G network and our best practices in
n28 band (700 MHz), having a bandwidth 5G technologies and experience, we will
of 100 MHz and 30 MHz, respectively. continue to explore innovative solutions
The single-user-perceived rate can reach to provide our customers with high-quality
4.12 Gbps at different test spots. In order 5G experience." Aaron Jiang, President of
to deliver better user experience, the 2.6 Huawei's Wireless SingleRAN Product Line,
GHz band will first support 5G networks in said, "Huawei will continue to help operators
hotspot areas. Therefore, the two parties improve 5G performance by combining
also carried out verifications that combine multi-band solutions with intelligent
n79 band (4.9 GHz) with a bandwidth of technologies. Our collaboration with
100 MHz and n41 band (2.6 GHz) with a operators will greatly help us promote user-
bandwidth of 100 MHz and 60 MHz. The centered mobile network development."

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