[ET Net News Agency, 28 October 2019] China Telecom Corporation Limited (00728) said
for the first three quarters of 2019, profit attributable to equity holders of the company
was RMB18,389 million, representing a decrease of 3.4% over the same period of last year
and an increase of 2.5% over the same period of last year excluding a one-off gain from
China Tower's listing in the third quarter of 2018.
Operating revenues were RMB282,826 million, of which service revenues were RMB271,484
million, representing an increase of 2.5% over the same period of last year. EBITDA was
RMB91,973 million, representing an increase of 13.8% over the same period of last
year.(RC)