DU, the United Arab Emirates' No.2 telecom operator, reported a 34 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Monday, narrowly missing analysts' estimates, despite increasing margins and adding new mobile and fixed line customers.
The firm, which ended rival Etisalat's ETEL.AD domestic monopoly in 2007, made a net profit after royalty of 326.9 million dirhams ($89.00 million) in the three months to September 30, compared with 244.3 million dirhams in the year-earlier period, according to a company statement.
Du provisions to pay 50 percent of its profits in royalties - or taxes - to the federal government, with the government usually deciding the actual royalty rate after the financial year has ended.
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