In the first half of 2018, China Telecom's operating income reached CNY193.029billion, up 4.7% year on year, and its service income was CNY177.588 billion, up 7.0% on a year-on-year basis. EBITDA was CNY55.858 billion, an increase of 6.5% over the same period of last year, and the EBITDA rate was 31.5%. Profit attributable to shareholders was CNY13.57 billion, up 8.1% year on year, with a net profit of CNY0.168 per share.