On January 9, Unicom announced that its revenue in December 2018 was 11.385 billion yuan (NT$, the same below), a monthly decrease of 1.46%, an annual decrease of 6.73%, a new year's low. Revenue in the fourth quarter was 35.517 billion yuan, a decrease of 9.82% in the quarter and 3.04% in the year. Last year, total revenue was 151.252 billion yuan, 1.32% a year, a record high.
Looking ahead to the operation of Unicom in the first quarter of this year, industry insiders believe that due to the continuing impact of off-season, weak smartphone sales, coupled with slowing consumption in the mainland, Unicom's operation in the first half of this year is conservative.
Unicom recently announced its capital budget implementation plan. From the end of last year to this year, it is estimated that the total investment will be 27.406 billion yuan, mainly for capacity optimization and expansion of 8-inch and 12-inch plants. According to Unicom's plan, 8-inch and 12-inch plants in Taiwan and Singapore will be upgraded respectively. Although the total capacity may not necessarily increase, they will supply AIOT and special applications such as vehicles. Energy will increase.
