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22.07.2008« [telecommunications — телекоммуникация — telekommunikation]
thailand — dtac profits up 193%
Thailand’s second largest cellco by subscribers DTAC has reported that its second-quarter net profits rose by 193% year-on-year to THB3.9 billion (USD117 million), up from THB1.33 billion a year earlier, and THB2.35 billion in the previous quarter. The GSM operator, controlled by Norway's Telenor, also reported a 45% year-on-year rise in second-quarter EBITDA, and a 181% increase in EBIT. Capital expenditure was down by 4% y-o-y in the quarter, which DTAC ended with 17.433 million subscribers, up from 16.656 million at the end of March 2008 and 14.476 million at mid-2007.
Source: TeleGeography's CommsUpdate
dtac - total access communication
Total Access Communication Public Company Limited is engaged in the provision of wireless telecommunications services and the sale of handsets and accessories. The Company operates under the DTAC brand, and provides wireless telecommunication service in 800-megahertz and 1800-megahertz frequency bands in Thailand. It offers postpaid products, and pre-paid products under the brand Happy. The Company has 13 subsidiaries and two associated companies.
telenor
Telenor ASA is a Norway-based telecommunications company. It is principally engaged in providing international mobile communication services. The Company also offers mobile and fixed-line services, as well as television distribution. Telenors operations are structured into four units: Mobile Operations, providing voice, data, Internet, content services, customer equipment and electronic commerce services; Fixed, delivering services including analog public switched telephone network (PSTN), digital integrated services digital network (ISDN), broadband telephony, Internet and leased lines, as well as communication solutions; Broadcast, which comprises the Groups television-based activities within the Nordic region, and Other units. Telenor is operational in such countries as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Ukraine, Montenegro, Poland, Austria, Bulgaria, Serbia, Russia, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The Company is headquartered in Fornebu, Norway.
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