Zhongxin Finance, March 24 (Reporter Wu Tao) On the 23rd, China Mobile's 2021 financial report was released. So far, the three major operators' 2021 financial report has been released.

According to calculations, in 2021, the three major operators will have a total revenue of over 1.6 trillion yuan, a net profit of about 156.46 billion yuan, and an average daily profit of about 428 million yuan.

The revenue of the three major operators in 2021 will exceed 1.6 trillion yuan

　　According to the financial report, China Telecom’s operating revenue in 2021 will be 434.16 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.3%, and the net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company will be 25.952 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.4%.

　　China Mobile's revenue in 2021 is 848.25 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%; its net profit is 116.14 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%.

　　China Unicom's 2021 revenue is 327.85 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%; its net profit is 14.368 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15%.

　　It is calculated that the revenue of the three major operators in 2021 will be about 1,610.26 billion yuan, the net profit will be about 156.46 billion yuan, and the average daily profit will be about 428 million yuan.

The number of 5G users and the number of 5G base stations soared

　　In terms of the number of users, China Telecom will reach 372 million mobile users in 2021, and the penetration rate of 5G package users will reach 50.4%, reaching 188 million.

　　In 2021, the number of China Mobile customers will reach 957 million, with a net increase of 14.97 million for the whole year.

Among them, 5G package customers reached 387 million, a net increase of 222 million.

　　By the end of 2021, China Unicom had about 317 million mobile users, with a cumulative annual net increase of 11.3 million, and about 155 million 5G package users, with a cumulative annual net increase of 84.1 million.

The penetration rate of 5G packages reached 48.9%.

　　It is not difficult to find that the number of 5G users of the three major operators is still growing rapidly, but the total number of mobile users has basically peaked.

The annual net addition of users is not much.

　　According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the end of 2021, the number of mobile phone users in my country was 1.643 billion, of which 4G and 5G users reached 1.069 billion and 355 million respectively.

　　In terms of base stations, by the end of 2021, China Mobile has opened more than 730,000 5G base stations, including 200,000 700MHz 5G base stations.

　　China Unicom said that it will continue to cooperate with China Telecom to open 310,000 5G base stations, and the two parties have opened a total of 690,000 base stations.

The two sides share 660,000 4G base stations.

　　According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by the end of 2021, my country has built and opened a total of 1.425 million 5G base stations, building the world's largest 5G network, covering all prefecture-level cities, more than 98% of counties, and 80% of townships and towns across the country.

The three major operators have stepped up scientific research efforts

　　It is worth noting that the three major operators have increased investment in scientific research in 2021.

　　China Telecom said that in 2021, the company's research and development expenses will be 6.93 billion yuan, an increase of 46.4% over the same period last year. The main reason is that the company strengthens technological innovation, increases the introduction of high-tech talents, and strengthens cloud-network integration, 5G and other core technology research and development.

　　China Mobile also stated that it will continue to increase R&D investment. In 2021, R&D investment will account for 2.2% of revenue, and there will be nearly 14,000 R&D personnel.

　　China Unicom said that in 2021, the company's scientific research expenses will increase by 61.7% year-on-year, and scientific research and innovation personnel will account for 22%.

The company's leading high-precision time-frequency chip has been replaced by localization for the first time, providing a reliable and low-error time reference accuracy for the 5G network.

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