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Operator results - 15/02/07
America Movil announced a 2006 net profit of $4bn, up 32%, on revenues of $21.4bn, up 24%. EBITDA reached $7.8bn, up 50%, but EBITDA margin declined to 36.7%. CTI Movil (Argentina) reports 2006 revenues of $1.4bn, up 49%. Claro (Chile) posted 2006 revenues...
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Operator results - 10/02/07
Time Warner Telecom posted 4Q06 net loss of $25m, worse tha $22 last year, on revenues of $239m, up 29%. BT reports 4Q06 EBITDA up 2% to € 2.1bn and revenues rising 5% to € 7.7bn. Singtel (Singapore) announced 4Q06 net profit of €500, on revenues of €1.7bn,...
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People - 03/05/06
Kobi Alexander (CEO) , David Kreinberg (CFO) , and William Sorin (senior general counsel and corporate secretary), resigned from Comverse Technology. Vodafone could employ Ian MacLaurin after its departure from the company as Chairman. It could be paid...
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Operator results - 07/02/07
KPN (NL) reports 4Q06 net profit down 31% to €427m on sales of €3bn, down 1.6%. FY sales were €12bn and EBITDA was €4.8bn. KPN said it expects both sales and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization to be flat in 2007. Neuf Cegetel...
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Operator results 2 - 03/02/07
DT issued a profit warning due to several concerns on high loss of fixed lines subscribers in Germany, high exchange rate, largely offsetting growth in mobile subscribers both in Germany and the USA, and growth in new DSL sign-ups in Germany. 2007 EBITDA...
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Operator results 1 - 03/02/07
FT announced better-than-expected results. 2006 revenues were €51.7bn, up 7.5%, but earnings were down 26% to about €4.2bn. 4Q06 revenues rose 3% to €13bn. Growth has been driven by the mobile business and by the acquisition of Amena (Spain). FT had 5.8m...
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Operator results - 27/01/07
Yahoo reports 4Q06 earnings of $269m, operating profit of $308m, down 6%, on revenues of $1.7bn, up 13%, exceeding expectations. SK Telecom reports worse-than-expected 4Q06 earnings of $297m, down 38%, on sales of $2.9bn, up 5%. The operating profit went...
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Operator results - 23/01/07
VNPT (Vietnam) reports 2006 revenues of $2.4bn, up 15%, and targets an increase of 10% in revenues and an additional 6.5m telephone subscribers in 2007. China Mobile reports 2006 EBT of $12.4bn, up 23%, on revenues of $36.6bn, up 21%. It had 318m mobile...
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People - 29/04/06
Alcatel named Christian Reinaudo EVP Integration Project Team Leader (for managing the merger with Lucent); Frédéric Rose is appointed EVP, president of Alcatel Asia Pacific region; Stéphane Terranova is appointed president, Integration and Services activities....
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Operator results - 13/01/07
Sprint Nextel reports a loss of 300k+ postpaid iDEN subscribers in 4Q06, almost doubling on 3Q06 figure, and impacting 2006 financials. In spite of announcement of postpaid customer base will grow again in 2007, as well as churn could go under 2%, the...
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Operator results - 18/11/06
Tele Norte Celular (Brazil) reports 3Q06 widened net loss at $4.5m, on revenues of $92m, up 33%. Ebitda fell 36.7% to $9.8m, with EBITDA margin falling 14 points to almost 20%. ARPU rose 19% to $12.8. Telemig (Brazil) announced 3Q06 net profits of $ 16m,...
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Operator results - 15/11/06
Orascom Telecom reported a 35% jump in revenues to $3.2bn, a 37% increase in EBITDA to $1.4bn, and a 12% increase in net income to $550m. Telkom SA (South Africa) posts a 5% rise in FY1H07 net profit to $621m, on revenues of $3.5bn, up 7%. Telecom Personal...
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Operator results - 11/11/06
Wataniya Telecom (Kuwait) reported 3Q06 revenues of $1bn, up 40%, and EBITDA of $463m, up 67%. Singtel (Singapore) posted 3Q06 revenues of $2.1bn (flat) and net profit of $ 613m, up 19%. IH06 revenues were $4.1bn, down 1%, and net profit of $1.15bn, up...
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Operator results - 04/11/06
Base (Belgium) announced 3Q06 revenues of €159m, up 15%, an EBITDA of €71m, up 31% and ARPU of €25. TDC (Denmark) reports 3Q06 sales of €1.6bn, up 1%, EBITDA of €469m, up 4%, and net profit of €85m, down 47%. Tele2 (Sweden) posts a 3Q06 EBITDA of €178m,...
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Operator results - 02/11/06
America Movil reports 3Q06 net profit more than doubling to $1bn. Telemar (Brazil) reported a 10% fall in 3Q06 net earnings to $126m, EBITDA down 11% to $723m and revenues of $2bn, up 2%. Its mobil unit, Oi, reported net loss of $21m, EBITDA of $44m and...
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People - 12/04/06
Zhone Technologies appoints Steven Levy to its Board of directors, NEC Telecommunications of China appoints Lu Gan, previously vice president of the company, as new president. Nortel names Dietmar Wendt as president of Global Services. Alcatel announced...
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Operator results - 29/10/06
America Movil (Mexico and pan-Latam operator) reports 3Q06 revenues of 76 ou SK Telecom (Sth Korea) posts 3Q06 net profit is down 22% to $1.77bn, on sales of $10.5bn, up 4%. Operating profit rose 13% to $2.9bn. For 9-mo period, SKT reported revenues of...
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Operator results - 24/10/06
Google reported 3Q06 sales of $2.7bn (+70%), a net income of $733m (+100%) and an operational income of $825m, up 31%. Cingular reported 3Q06 net income of $847m, up 282%, on revenues of $9.6bn, up 9%. Cingular had 58.7m mobile users at the end of Sept....
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Operator results - 19/10/06
Telkom (Sth Africa) reports a 10.3% increase in FY revenues to $7.2bn, a 17% increase in EBITDA to $ 3.1bn and a 30% net profit increase to $ 2.2bn. Revenues are split 2/3 in fixed revenues (+3.7%) and 1/3 in mobile revenues (from 50% stake in Vodacom)....
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People - 08/04/06
Jacques Dunoguè has left Alcatel, following the Alcatel-Lucent merger. He is replaced as President of EMEA region by Etienne Fouques. Marc Rouanne replaces Etienne as President of the Mobile division. Vodafone named Thomas Geitner, its current CTO, as...
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People - 03/01/07
Ericsson plans to cut 130 to 230 jobs in its unit of Kalmar (Sweden) and delocate related production to China. FCC chairman, Kevin Martin, has appointed Fred Campbell as Head of the agency’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Catherine Seidel as...
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People - 05/04/06
ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) elected Dr Walter Weigel as its new Director General. Karl Heinz Rosenbrock, ex ETSI DG, will be lifetime Honorary Director General. Juniper has hired three marketing vice presidents: Shailesh Shukla...
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Operator results - 30/11/05
SMARTS (Russia) reports 9-month net profit of €5,4m, up 560%, on revenues of €51m (+5%). Gross margin fell 20% to €13,5m. OTE (Greece) reports 3Q05 net loss of €541m (including a charge of €913m) on sales up 3% to €1,4bn. Mobile revenues rose 12%, but...
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Operator results - 19/11/05
Telecom Argentina reports that 9-month revenues were up 26% to $1,4bn (of which mobile revenues were up 63% to $229m; internet and data revenues were up 11% to $115m), Net income declined 23% to $548m. Vodafone posted FY 1H05 (march- Sept.) results. Net...
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Operator results - 15/11/05
JazzTel (Spain) lost €50m in the 9-month period (down 312%) on revenues of €59m, up 19%. EBITDA stood at €35m. MTS (Russia) reported RAS 9-month net profit of $421m, up 4%, on revenues of $1,93bn (up 24,5%). Vodacom (S. Africa) posted net profit of $349m...