China Mobile doubles 4G customer base in 2016 to 535 mln

(Telecompaper) China Mobile reported growth in annual results and its dividend, thanks to strong demand for mobile data services, which became its biggest source of revenue for the first time. Total revenue rose 6.0 percent to CNY 708.4 billion, and wireless data traffic revenue was up 43.5 percent to account for 46.2 percent of revenue from telecommunications services. China Mobile grew annual EBITDA 6.9 percent to CNY 256.7 billion, and net profit was up 0.2 percent to CNY 108.7 billion. The d