
The cumulative after-tax EPS for the first nine months was 4.26 yuan. The acquisition of Jingcheng Information by Taixin Telecom is under review.
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Taiwan Mobile is in the process of acquiring Jingcheng Information, which has now entered the review stage of the Fair Trade Commission.
Lin Zhichen, Taiwan’s general manager. (Photo by reporter Wang Yihong)
Taiwan Mobile's consolidated revenue in September was 17.41 billion yuan, an annual increase of 10%, with an after-tax net profit of 1.47 billion yuan, and an after-tax EPS of 0.48 yuan. The cumulative self-consolidated revenue for the first nine months was 149.58 billion yuan, an annual increase of 16%. The after-tax net profit was 12.95 billion yuan, and the after-tax EPS was 4.26 yuan. It is a close fight with Chunghwa Telecom, whose earnings per share in September soared to 0.57 yuan, pushing up the cumulative EPS from January to September to 4.25 yuan.
Taiwan University pointed out that in September, driven by the iPhone replacement boom and corporate telecommunications business, consolidated revenue increased by 10% year-on-year. In terms of Telco's telecommunications business, the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro series has driven buying momentum, driving monthly sales revenue to increase by 20% year-on-year. Driven by high-speed home broadband services such as Full Light Speed, household business revenue also increased by 15%; in Telco+ enterprise business, benefiting from the AIDC revenue injection, single-month revenue growth has jumped significantly; in Telco+Tech technology business, momo's revenue has increased by 8% year-on-year, and the growth rate has continued to hit a new high this year.
Zhang Jiaqi, chief financial officer and spokesperson of Taiwan University, said that the review process for the public acquisition of Jingcheng Information by Taixin Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan University, continues to advance. The Fair Trade Commission has officially accepted the business combination application and is currently entering the review process. Taixin Telecom has declared and announced in accordance with the law that the public acquisition period has been extended from October 6 to November 5, and all other public acquisition conditions remain unchanged. After the success of this public acquisition, it will accelerate the realization of the three major synergies of "cross-sales, AI, and regionalization" and accelerate the growth of overall enterprise service revenue.
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Taixin Telecom’s public acquisition of Jingcheng Information will continue to undergo review procedures before November 5.
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