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儘管5G技術帶來利好,聯通第一季獲利和營收仍下滑。

-- 中國聯通(香港)(HKG:0762)週二在香港聯交所發布的財報顯示,儘管其5G技術發展加速,但第一季利潤和營業收入均出現下滑。 該公司股價在周三午後交易中下跌不到2%。 這家電信公司歸屬於股東的淨利潤年減18%至48.9億元人民幣,去年同期為59.3億元。 營業收入較去年同期下滑0.5%至1028億元人民幣,去年同期為1,034億元。 然而,算力業務收入年增8.3%至154億元人民幣,其中包括資料中心收入,該收入較去年同期成長12%。 該公司表示,5G市場正在成長,第一季5G用戶總數接近2.42億。同期,物聯網終端連接用戶總數達7.551億人。 人工智慧和5G技術的成長顯示市場對這些技術的需求日益增長。 國務院新聞辦公室週二召開記者會,政府官員表示,截至3月底,中國5G基地台數量接近500萬,無源光網路數量達3,200萬。 國務院新聞辦公室表示,5G-Advanced技術已在中國330個城市部署,行動物聯網終端用戶達29.5億。 聯通表示,集團已開發5G商用工程超過5.3萬個,並建成5G工廠超過9800家。其國際業務收入較去年同期成長近15%。 儘管這項技術在全球範圍內廣受歡迎,但由於國家安全方面的擔憂,該公司面臨被禁止在美國運營的風險。美國聯邦通訊委員會(FCC)將於4月30日就可能禁止中國三大電信業者-聯通、中國移動(港交所代碼:0941)及中國電信(港交所代號:0728,滬港通代碼:601728)-在美國營運進行投票表決。 聯通於2022年首次被美國聯邦通訊委員會列入被認為對國家安全構成威脅的通訊設備和服務名單。

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