BT 4Q06 and 9-mo reults

BT announced 4Q06 revenues of €7.7bn, up 5%, EBITDA of €2.1bn (+2%), a profit before taxation of €958m (+17%). For 9-mo, revenues were €22.4bn, up 4%, EBITDA grew 2% to € 6.2bn, and profit before taxation rose

23% to €2.8bn. Capex rose 8% to €3.5bn. The strong growth in new wave revenue continued with a 17% growth rate to €2.8bn. Networked IT services revenues grew by 8% to €1.7bn and BT Global Services revenues grew to €3.7bn. BT had 10m broadband customers at the end of 2006. Net debt was €13.2bn at th end of 2006.