Release of 12.07.2022
Thomas Arnoldner, CEO of A1 Telekom Austria Group, on the highlights of the second quarter 2022:
“Our positive growth trends continued in the second quarter. Total revenues increased by 3.7%, EBITDA before restructuring charges grew by 6.3%, despite higher OPEX in particular higher energy cost. High bandwidth products, the solutions and connectivity business and higher roaming revenues contributed to the growth. Net result for the second quarter of 2022 rose from EUR 125.0 million to EUR 167.0 million.
The accelerated roll-out of our infrastructure, digital innovations and a strong focus on sustainability create greater resilience in times of crisis and long-term advantages in global competition. In recent years, we have also been able to leverage many synergy potentials through consistent strategy implementation and joint initiatives within the Group, thus offering our customers a consistent range of products and services and a uniform experience in all markets."
Alejandro Plater, COO of A1 Telekom Austria Group, adds:
"Service revenues increased by 5.0% in the second quarter with growth in all markets, despite a pressure on the cost side mainly coming from the energy market.The number of mobile subscribers grew by 4.3%, those of Internet@home customers increased by 4.9%, RGUs grew by 1.0%.
Due to macroeconomic instability, we will continue to maintain a strong focus on operational efficiencies and cost discipline to successfully execute our strategy."
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