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Airtel quarterly revenues up 9.5%, net profit falls 72%
2013-02-01 09:08:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Bharti Airtel reported revenues for the fiscal third quarter to December up 9.5 percent from a year earlier to INR 202.4 billion. Mobile service revenues in India and south Asia rose 7 percent to INR 109.4 billion, and revenues in Africa were also up 7 percent, to USD 1.13 billion. Group EBITDA improved 4 percent to INR 61.8 billion, while net profit was down 72 percent to INR 2.8 billion, hurt by higher depreciation and amortisation, as well as interest, forex and tax charges. The company increased capex 12 percent from a year earlier to INR 23.8 billion, while operating cash flow was stable at INR 38 billion. The customer base in India and south Asia contracted 2 percent compared to three months earlier to 189.4 million, hurt by the stricter customer activation regulations in India, but traffic was still up 3 percent over the period to just over 250 billion minutes. Airtel said churn in India slowed to 5.9 percent, and ARPU improved 4 percent from the previous quarter to INR 185. The number of 3G customers passed 5 million, and data traffic was up 25 percent on the September quarter. In Africa, Airtel's customer base grew 5 percent over the three months to 61.7 million. Churn was stable at 5.1 percent, while ARPU fell 2 percent to USD 6.2.
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AT&T quarterly revenues flat at USD 32.6 billion
2013-01-25 08:18:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) AT&T reported a loss of USD 0.68 per share for the fourth quarter, hurt by one-time charges for pensions. Excluding one-time items and the sale of its advertising unit, EPS rose 10 percent to USD 0.44. Revenues edged up 0.2 percent to USD 32.6 billion, and AT&T said they were up 2.8 percent excluding the divestment and the impact from Superstorm Sandy. Adjusted operating profit was little changed year-on-year at USD 4.2 billion, and the margin was at 12.9 percent. Over the full year, AT&T grew operating cash flow to USD 39.2 billion, up from USD 34.7 billion in 2011. Capital expenditures fell slightly, to USD 19.7 billion from USD 20.3 billion, but included a 10.6 percent increase in mobile-related spending. For 2013, AT&T forecast revenues up over 2 percent, led by mobile and the fixed consumer activities; EPS growth in the upper-single digits or higher; stable margins, with higher profitability in mobile offsetting its Project VIP investments; capital spending of around USD 21 billion with LTE coverage expanded to over 250 million people; and free cash flow of over USD 14 billion.