China Mobile Limited (the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") was
incorporated in Hong Kong on 3 September 1997. The Company was listed on the New York
Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ("HKEx") on 22
October 1997 and 23 October 1997, respectively. The Company was admitted as a constituent
stock of the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong on 27 January 1998. As the leading mobile
services provider in China, the Group boasts the world's largest mobile network and the
world's largest mobile customer base. In 2009, the Company was once again selected as one
of the "FT Global 500" by Financial Times and "The World's 2000 Biggest Public Companies"
by Forbes magazine, and was again recognized on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
("DJSI"). Currently, the Company's credit rating is A+/Outlook Stable by Standard and Poor's
and A1/Outlook Positive by Moody's (respectively equivalent to China's sovereign credit rating).
The Company owns 100 per cent. interest in the following operating subsidiaries:
- China Mobile Group Guangdong Company Limited ("Guangdong Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Zhejiang Company Limited ("Zhejiang Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Jiangsu Company Limited ("Jiangsu Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Fujian Company Limited ("Fujian Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Henan Company Limited ("Henan Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Hainan Company Limited ("Hainan Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Beijing Company Limited ("Beijing Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Shanghai Company Limited ("Shanghai Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Tianjin Company Limited ("Tianjin Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Hebei Company Limited ("Hebei Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Liaoning Company Limited ("Liaoning Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Shandong Company Limited ("Shandong Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Guangxi Company Limited ("Guangxi Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Anhui Company Limited ("Anhui Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Jiangxi Company Limited ("Jiangxi Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Limited ("Chongqing Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Sichuan Company Limited ("Sichuan Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Hubei Company Limited ("Hubei Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Hunan Company Limited ("Hunan Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Shaanxi Company Limited ("Shaanxi Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Shanxi Company Limited ("Shanxi Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Neimenggu Company Limited ("Neimenggu Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Jilin Company Limited ("Jilin Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Heilongjiang Company Limited ("Heilongjiang Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Guizhou Company Limited ("Guizhou Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Yunnan Company Limited ("Yunnan Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Xizang Company Limited ("Xizang Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Gansu Company Limited ("Gansu Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Qinghai Company Limited ("Qinghai Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Ningxia Company Limited ("Ningxia Mobile")
- China Mobile Group Xinjiang Company Limited ("Xinjiang Mobile")
- and China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited (formerly known as China Mobile Peoples Telephone Company Limited) ("Hong Kong Mobile") and operates nationwide mobile telecommunications networks in all 31 provinces,
autonomous regions and directly-administered municipalities in Mainland China and in Hong Kong SAR through these subsidiaries.
As of 31 December 2009, the Group had a total staff of
145,954 and a customer base of 522.283 million, and
enjoyed a market share of approximately 70.6% in Mainland
China. The Group's GSM global roaming services covered
237 countries and regions and its GPRS roaming services
covered 182 countries and regions.
The Company's majority shareholder is China Mobile (Hong
Kong) Group Limited, which, as of 31 December 2009,
indirectly held an equity interest of approximately 74.22% in
the Company through a wholly-owned subsidiary, China
Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Limited. The remaining equity
interest of approximately 25.78% of the Company was held
by public investors.
