China Communications Services Corporation Limited Annual Report 2015
        
        
          
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            NOTES TO THE
          
        
        
          
            CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
          
        
        
          For the year ended 31 December 2015
        
        
          
            3. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES
          
        
        
          The IASB has issued several amendments to IFRSs that are first effective for the current year of the Group:
        
        
          Amendments to IAS 19
        
        
          Defined Benefit Plans: Employee Contributions
        
        
          Amendments to IFRSs
        
        
          Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2010–2012 Cycle
        
        
          Amendments to IFRSs
        
        
          Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2011–2013 Cycle
        
        
          The application of the amendments to IFRSs in the current year has had no material impact on the Group’s financial
        
        
          performance and positions for the current and prior years and/or on the disclosures set out in these consolidated financial
        
        
          statements.
        
        
          
            4. REVENUES
          
        
        
          Revenues are derived from the provision of integrated telecommunications support services, net of sales taxes, and after
        
        
          allowance for trade discounts. The Group’s revenues by business nature can be summarised as follows:
        
        
          
            2015
          
        
        
          2014
        
        
          
            RMB’000
          
        
        
          RMB’000
        
        
          Revenue from telecommunications infrastructure services
        
        
          
            39,209,267
          
        
        
          34,008,077
        
        
          Revenue from business process outsourcing services
        
        
          
            33,014,030
          
        
        
          31,215,423
        
        
          Revenue from applications, content and other services
        
        
          
            8,736,649
          
        
        
          7,952,752
        
        
          
            80,959,946
          
        
        
          73,176,252
        
        
          The Group’s major customers are telecommunications operators which include China Telecommunications Corporation and
        
        
          its subsidiaries (excluding the Group) (“CTC Group”) and China Mobile Communications Corporation and its subsidiaries
        
        
          (“CM Group”), each contributing a revenue exceeding 10% of the Group’s total revenues. Revenues from the provision of
        
        
          integrated telecommunications support services to CTC Group and CM Group for the year ended 31 December 2015
        
        
          amount to RMB39,130 million and RMB12,659 million, respectively (2014: RMB31,948 million and RMB13,279 million,
        
        
          respectively), being 48.3% and 15.6% of the Group’s total revenues, respectively (2014: 43.7% and 18.1%, respectively).
        
        
          In addition, the revenues derived from areas outside of Mainland China for the year ended 31 December 2015 amounts to
        
        
          RMB3,225 million (2014: RMB3,790 million).
        
        
          
            5. COST OF REVENUES
          
        
        
          
            2015
          
        
        
          2014
        
        
          
            RMB’000
          
        
        
          RMB’000
        
        
          Depreciation and amortisation
        
        
          
            447,031
          
        
        
          450,741
        
        
          Direct personnel costs
        
        
          
            8,731,020
          
        
        
          8,892,965
        
        
          Operating lease charges
        
        
          
            1,318,185
          
        
        
          1,164,086
        
        
          Purchase of materials and telecommunications products
        
        
          
            20,452,798
          
        
        
          20,190,921
        
        
          Subcontracting charges
        
        
          
            31,811,771
          
        
        
          25,763,190
        
        
          Others
        
        
          
            6,811,500
          
        
        
          6,032,646
        
        
          
            69,572,305
          
        
        
          62,494,549