In the last quarter of 2017, Orange posted a turnover of EUR280 million, up 7,7% from the year-earlier period.
End-December 2017, the 4G network covered 93,2% of Romania’s population, namely, 10,026 localities where 3.2 million Orange customers used 4G services, nearly 50% more than at the end of 2016. This evolution also reflected in mobile data traffic which rose over 80%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, and in 4G traffic which rose threefold.
Results were also impacted by sales of 4G mobile phones, which rose 14% in the fourth quarter of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016.
End-December 2017, the cable and satellite television service, Orange Home TV, reached 398,000 customers, up nearly 20% compared to a year before. Fixed broadband services registered over 187,000 subscribers, over 60% more on the year.
The number of customers using the Orange Money service reached 81,000, 51% more at the end of 2017 compared to the end of the first half of 2017.