T-Mobile CR posts a drop of 11.6% in Q1 revenues

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: T-Mobile Czech Republic experiences a drop in Q1 revenues by 11.6% year-on-year to EUR 275 million. The statistics show that EBITDA dropped by 19.6% to EUR 127 million, in comparison to a period year ago. Also EBITDA margin stands at 46.2%, down from 50.8% in first quarter of 2008. The operator ended Q1 with a subscriber base of 5.411 million, a downfall in comparison to Q4 subscriber base, which stood at 5.422 million but up 2.6% from a year ago. The subscribers in prepaid kitty are 2.867 million, with a loss of 55,000 and postpaid segment stands at 2.544 million with a gain of 45,000 subscribers from December. Blended ARPU in Q4’08 was EUR 20, in Q1 it stood at EUR 16. Moreover, subscriber acquisition plunged to EUR 27 from EUR 32 in Q4 and EUR 33 a year earlier.