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China Mobile Limited
Annual Report 2012
Company Profile
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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” or the “Stock Exchange”) 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 Mainland China, the
Group boasts the world’s largest mobile network and the world’s
largest mobile customer base. In 2012, the Company was once again
selected as one of the “FT Global 500” by Financial Times and “The
World’s 2,000 Biggest Public Companies” by Forbes magazine, and
was again recognized on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (“DJSI”).
The Company currently has a corporate credit rating of Aa3/Outlook
Positive from Moody’s Investor Service and AA-/Outlook Stable from
Standard & Poor’s, equivalent to China’s sovereign credit rating
respectively.