Orange’s net profit in Romania stood at 806 million lei (EUR190.2 million), that is 20.2% of its revenue in 2011, compared with RON934 million (EUR221.8 million) in 2010 – when the margin amounted to 22.4%.
The operator made the highest profit in Romania in 2008, the best year for the local economy, as well, when the net income of Orange reached EUR438 million, 34% of the EUR1.28 billion revenue.
Orange, a company controlled by France Telecom, budgeted RON500 million (EUR114 million) in new investments, 24% more than in the previous year. It had more than ten million customers and over 2,700 employees last year.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)