China Unicom, a publicly owned company headquartered in China, was founded in 2009 and employs approximately 30,950 individuals. The company reported $54.6B in revenue as of 2025. Functioning as a Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator, its main product is telecoms.

2025 Revenue

Founded

2009

Headcount

30,948

Headquarters

China

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

On August 18, 2026, China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited reported its 2026 interim results, with operating revenue rising 0.6% year-on-year to RMB201.36 billion. Service revenue decreased by 0.2% year-on-year to RMB177.96 billion, and profit attributable to equity shareholders saw a 34.6% year-on-year decline, reaching RMB9.47 billion. The company generated RMB32.94 billion in net cash flow from operating activities, with capital expenditure at RMB24.08 billion, leading to a 0.9% year-on-year increase in free cash flow to RMB8.86 billion. On the same day, the company released its operational statistics for the second quarter of 2026, noting 1,310.801 million aggregate connectivity subscribers, 248.505 million 5G network subscribers, and 772.608 million Internet-of-things terminal connections. China Unicom also reported serving 0.491 million major institutional industry customers via Unicom Cloud and accumulating 116.493 million paying users for Cloud-AI products, achieving an 85.9% smart customer service ratio. Additionally, the company announced the appointment of Mr. Qiu Baohua as a Senior Vice President, effective August 18, 2026, acknowledging his extensive experience in management and the telecommunications industry.

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China Unicom offers 10 products in the connectivity and cloud and media and telecoms services industries. China Unicom's product portfolio comprises of telecoms, enterprise cloud, enterprise connectivity services and consumer electronics.
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China Unicom's revenues were $54.6B in 2025. Caretta Research has split China Unicom's revenue into 10 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services, which represents 26% of China Unicom's revenue.
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Examples of China Unicom's suppliers include ZTE, FiberHome and Huawei Cloud.

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