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China Mobile is the trade name of both China Mobile Limited and its ultimate controlling shareholder, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., a Chinese state-owned telecommunicationsStrait deals The Economist, 7 May 2009 company. It provides mobile voice and multimedia services through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network across mainland China and Hong Kong. China Mobile is the largest wireless carrier in China, with 945.50 million subscribers as of June 2021. China Mobile was ranked #25 in Forbes' Global 2000 in 2023.
China Mobile Limited is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Overview China Mobile Limited Official Site It is the world's largest mobile network operator by total number of subscribers, and the world's largest telecommunications company by revenue.
, China Mobile Limited's total market value stood at US$240 billion.
In May 2008, the company took over China Tietong, a fixed-line telecomTelecoms in China The Economist, 29 May 2008 and the then third-largest broadband ISP in China China Mobile to take over China Tietong Telecom adding Internet services to its core business of mobile services.
In October 2014, Nokia and China Mobile signed a $970 million framework deal for delivery between 2014 and 2015.
China Mobile is among the state entities which contribute to the China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, which was established in an effort to decrease China's reliance on foreign semiconductor companies. The fund was established in 2014.
In December 2021, China Mobile announced that its international arm would cease operations in Canada due to national security concerns by the Canadian government.
In March 2022, the Federal Communications Commission designated China Mobile's U.S. subsidiary, China Mobile International USA, a national security threat. In March 2025, the United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party initiated an inquiry into China Mobile and issued subpoenas for company records in April 2025 over security concerns. In June 2025, the FCC stated that China Mobile had failed to cooperate with its probe to determine whether it had evaded sanctions.
According to Ukraine's State Security Service (SBU), Hikvision and Dahua Technology (of which China Mobile is a shareholder) hacked surveillance cameras have been used to gather intelligence on critical infrastructure and military movements such as during the 2 January 2024 Russian strikes in Kyiv, where two compromised outdoor cameras are said to have been used to guide the strikes.
The company likely enjoys substantial Protectionism benefits from China's government Asian Economic and Political Issues, Volume 8 (page 54) 2003. Frank Columbus. Nova Publishers. (Google Books) but also experiences frequent government intervention in its business affairs. Asian Economic and Political Issues, Volume 8 (page 84) 2003. Frank Columbus. Nova Publishers. (Google Books) Government control is maintained through a presumably government-owned holding company, China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. (formerly: China Mobile Communications Corporation; CMCC), that owns 100 percent ownership of China Mobile (HK) Group Limited, CMCC Profile CMCC Official Site (Archive.org cache) which in turn holds over seventy percent ownership of China Mobile–the remainder being controlled by public investors. Established in 2000, CMCC is China Mobile Ltd's current parent company .
China Mobile is one of the "core" central SOEs overseen by State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC).
| 2018 | 873 | 140 | 1,752 | 459 |
| 2019 | 846 | 121 | 1,822 | 456 |
| 2020 | 863 | 121 | 2,049 | 454 |
| 2021 | 1,022 | 140 | 2,252 | 450 |
| 2022 | 1,090 | 146 | 2,173 | 451 |
| 2023 | 1,115 | 146 | 2,193 | 452 |
| 2024 | 1,128 | 150 | 2,243 | 455 |
China Mobile has historically held a greater share of the rural market than competitors. "Chinese Telecom: China Mobile Leads the Way" . Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 5 August 2009 By 2006, its network had expanded to provide reception to 97% of the Chinese population, Homepage > Brand & Products > Business Review CMCC Official Site and the company has since seen a sustained stream of new, rural mobile customers.
It also offers services targeted at the rural market including an agricultural information service, which facilitates a variety of activities such as the sale and purchase of agricultural products, access to market prices for produce and crops, wire transfers, bank withdrawals, and payments, etc. 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility Report – Rural Program CMCC Official Site
CMLink is aimed at the Chinese population living in the Singapore and Chinese visitors and students. Plans include free calls to China Mobile phones in China.
Its 3G network, still under construction in 2010, utilizes the TD-SCDMA standard, which China Mobile helped develop. 3G service is available in all of the 4 direct-controlled municipalities and most of the 283 prefecture-level cities in China .
While prior iPhone models could not use the China Mobile network due to the chipset relying on WCDMA-based networks, talks to carry the then unreleased 4G iPhone (iPhone 5) began in mid-2012. The iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s were sold through China Mobile starting in January 2014.
Marketed as " and和", as of 2010, China Mobile has debuted small-scale 4G demonstration networks using a variant of 3GPP's Long Term Evolution, TD-LTE, and has plans for larger, citywide demonstration networks in the future. , such networks are in operation.
China Mobile is developing a 5G service marketed as 5G++. As part of this development, Huawei has been awarded 52 percent of 5G contracts in 2023 (estimated at 45,426 base stations).
In 2003 and again in 2007, China Mobile provided mobile services on Mount Everest.For 2003 service, see Everest goes online for anniversary Mary Hennock, bbc.co.uk, Wednesday, 23 April 2003, 04:23 GMT 05:23 UK
In May 2011, China Mobile announced its network now includes the controversial Spratly Islands.Ian Mansfield, 18 May 2011, China Mobile Expands Coverage to the Spratly Islands , Cellular News
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