Mobistar ends June with 3.87Mn subscribers (Belgium)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mobistar, the Belgian mobile operator, has posted a 4% rise in its subscriber base in H1’09, ending with 3.87 million subscribers. The number of Mobistar postpaid subscribers grew by 8.6% over a one-year period and at June’09-end, passed the 2 million mark.
Turnover went up by 2.2% to EUR 761.6 million from EUR 745.5 million in the year-ago period. However, EBITDA dipped by 7.2% to EUR 278.4 million from EUR 300. Mobistar posted a net profit of EUR 128.5 million for H1’09, down 11.4% from EUR 145.1 million a year earlier, due to lower EBITDA margin and an increase in the financial costs.