It said the decline in revenues is solely due to a cut in mobile telephony interconnection fees this year, in March and September, respectively.
Orange Romania reported revenues of EUR232 million in the third quarter of 2012, down 3.7% from EUR241 million in the same period in 2011, France Telecom, owner of Orange Romania, said in a report Thursday.
Orange Romania said Thursday its third-quarter revenues of EUR232 million are 0.1% higher in the comparable base, compared to the same period a year ago. The company’s third-quarter revenues were higher compared to EUR220 million in the first quarter and EUR228 million in the second quarter of the year.
Orange Romania registered 10.243 million customers at the end of September this year, compared to 10.262 million customers at the end of 2011 and 10.184 million customers in September 2011, the report also reads.
According to the report, the new portfolio of subscriptions and the PrePay offers simpler and more attractive have increased the number of customers, while the advantages of the loyalty program relaunched in the first part of the year have kept customers loyal to Orange.
Extending the national network of mobile data of Orange Romania, expanding the portfolio of products with new smartphone and tablet models, as well as a promotional mobile internet campaign have triggered a high performance of mobile data services.
Smartphone sales rose 45% on the year in the third quarter of 2012, while data traffic rose 50% in the same period, according to Orange Romania.
The average annual revenue per user (ARPU) decreased to EUR80 per customer in the third quarter of 2012, compared to EUR82 in the same period in 2011 and in the first two quarters of 2012.
The company’s revenues from data services accounted for 20.6% of ARPU in the third quarter of 2012, compared to 16.1% in the same period a year ago, 18.3% in the first quarter of 2012 and 19.6% in the second quarter of 2012.
Orange Romania’s main competitors on the local market are Vodafone Romania and Cosmote.