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HTCC acquires Tele2’s Hungarian fixed telephony operations (Hungary)

  • July 10th, 2007
  • 11:36 am

Tele2 has sold its Hungarian fixed telephony operations to Hungarian fixed network operator HTCC for SEK 40 million in cash on a debt and cash free basis. Completion is expected following approval from the Hungarian Competition Authorities. In line with its realignment, Tele2 has decided to exit Hungary and continue to concentrate its operations to markets where Tele2 has a stronger position and expectations of higher profitability. At the end of May 2007, Tele2 Hungary had approximately 490 000 fixed telephony customers and for 2006 Tele2 Hungary had revenues of SEK 374 million and EBITDA loss of SEK 31 million. The transaction will have a positive one time effect on Tele2 of approximately SEK 20 million.

   

Telekom Austria increases EBITDA forecast despite EU roaming

  • July 9th, 2007
  • 11:02 am

Telekom Austria Group raises its long-term EBITDA growth prospects for the period 2007 to 2010 and disclosed the expected impact of the recently introduced EU roaming regulation on its 2007 EBITDA. Despite the introduction of regulation for international roaming traffic by the European Commission, the company expects to compensate the effects of regulation through the forecasted increase in roaming usage, better than anticipated performance of its international mobile business and cost savings. Therefore, the Telekom Austria Group expects EBITDA to grow on average by approximately 1.7 to 2.2 percent per annum (CAGR) during the period 2007 to 2010. For the year 2007 the Telekom Austria Group anticipates to partly offset the impact from the roaming regulation through a variety of marketing and cost saving measures. Thus, the impact from roaming regulation on 2007 EBITDA is expected to be reduced to approximately EUR 20 million.

   

ONO sees Q1 revenue rise to EUR 402 mln

  • May 30th, 2007
  • 6:46 am

Spanish cable network operator ONO had EUR 402 million revenue in Q1 2007, down 4.2 percent from EUR 420 million in the year-earlier period. EBITDA was EUR 148 million, up 12.8 percent from EUR 131 million. EBITDA margin was 36.8 percent, up from 31.3 percent. Net loss was EUR 13 million, vs a EUR 22 million loss. The number of residential customers was 1.85 million at end-Q1, up 9.6 percent from 1.68 million at end-Q1 2006. In Q1, ONO captured 45,000 net new cable customers, up two-fold vs Q1 2006. The company captured 76,000 net new internet customers. Total ARPU was EUR 50.8, down from EUR 52.7. The company raised by 100,000 the number of homes covered by its cable network in Spain, reaching 6.22 million at end-Q1. Gross margin fell to 70.9 percent. ONO has launched a negotiation process to improve the terms of its debt.

   

Earnings: Rediff Makes $6.99 Million Profit; Revenue At $28.68 Million

  • May 18th, 2007
  • 7:57 am

Rediff India (Nasdaq: REDF) posted a profit of $6.99 million or 24.04 cents per share for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, up from the $1.21 million profit (4.50 cents per share) posted last year. In Q4, the company earned $2.00 million, or 6.89 cents per share, up from $0.53 million or 1.96 cents per share for the corresponding quarter in 2006.

Rediff recorded $28.68 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007, up 53 percent year-on-year (YoY), with Q4 being by far the best quarter for the company - accounting for $8.48 million, up 66 percent YoY. US Publishing (India Abroad) revenues were at $7.92 million, up 21 percent from 2005-06. Gross Margins increased to 81 percent for the year, compared to 73 percent for the previous year. Operating EBITDA totaled $5.93 million, increasing by 147 percent YoY. However, the company’s operating expenses increased by 54% to US$17.33 million due to higher advertising and product development costs, as well as an additional cost on account of stock-based compensation, amounting to US$1.23 million.

India Online: A bulk of Rediff’s revenue growth came from from India, and revenues from this segment totaled $20.76 million, up 71 percent YoY. Advertising revenue grew by 92 percent. Q4 accounted for $6.3 million of this, up 76 percent YoY. The number of companies advertising on Rediff increased by 13 percent to around 177. However, Rediff’s dependency on its top 10 advertisers increased - they accounted for around 55 percent of the company’s advertising revenue, as opposed to 49 percent in the previous fiscal. Employment, matrimonial, finance, travel and IT products were the top 5 categories, accounting for 61 percent of the ad revenue. Rediff’s registered user base grew to 53.6 million, up 25 percent over the same quarter last year.

   

 

 

DTAC’s 4Q profits down 13% year-on-year

  • February 9th, 2007
  • 3:07 pm

Telegeography writes…Thai cellco DTAC’s fourth-quarter net profit rose 9% to THB1.31 billion (USD38 million) from the third quarter, but fell 13% year-on-year, the company said in its report to the Singapore Stock Exchange. EBITDA rose 5% year-on-year to THB4.6 billion, a rise of 4% quarter-on-quarter. The EDITDA margin rose 1.2 percentage points to 37% during the quarter. DTAC booked total revenues of THB12.4 billion during the quarter, up from 11.3 billion a year ago. For the first nine months of 2006, net profit rose 16.9% to THB3.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 8.9%. The GSM operator added more than 760,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter to take its total customer base to almost 11.9 million.