The Serbian unit of Telekom Austria, Vip Mobile, improved its operating loss to EUR 6.8mn in the first three months of 2012 from EIR 8.9mn a year earlier, the parent company said in a statement. The Serbian company's revenue jumped 23.5% on the year to EUR 37.3mn in Jan-March as the bigger number of customers and higher usage lifted monthly fee and traffic revenues, as well as interconnection earnings. The number of customers rose 17.1% to more than 1.6 million over the period thanks to expansion in contract and mobile broadband segments. Vip's mobile market share rose to 16.1% at end-March from 14.2% a year earlier. Average revenue per user climbed 5.3% to EUR 6.9 as a result of contract subscriber growth and higher volumes. Vip competes with two other mobile operators on the Serbian market - state-controlled Telekom Srbija's mobile arm m:ts and Norway's Telenor local unit of the same name. Serbia's mobile penetration rate climbed to 141.3% at the end of last year from 134.1% at end-2010, Telekom Austria said. |
Serbia's foreign debt rose an annual 4.7% y/y to EUR 25.4bn at end-February after climbing 6.6% on the year in January, central bank data showed. In monthly terms, however, the external ... more
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