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Strong commercial result for Mobistar in the first half of 2006

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Brussels, 25 July 2006

   

Key figures

 

 

H1 2006 H1 2005 Variation
Total active customers (mobile telephony) 3.019.508 2.867.522 +5,3%
ARPU* (€ /month) 39,05 36,87 +5,9%
Total turnover (Mio € ) 758,1 703,6 +7,7%
Total service revenues (Mio € ) 736,8 684,0 +7,7%
EBITDA (Mio € ) 308,9 283,8 +8,8%
Consolidated net profit (Mio € ) 147,8 135,3 +9,2%
Net profit per ordinary share (€ ) 2,34 2,15 +8,8%
Investments (Mio € ) 69,2 90,0 - 23,1%

Brussels, 25 July 2006 - Today, Mobistar (Euronext Brussels: MOBB) has released its results for the first half of 2006. On 30 June 2006, the operator had a total of 3,019,508 active customers**, an increase of 5.3% over the past 12 months and 106,702 more customers than at the beginning of this year. At the same time, the proportion of postpaid customers in the customer base increased to 48% of the active customers. This allowed Mobistar to further increase the average revenue per user (ARPU) to € 39.05, a growth of 5.9% compared to June 2005. The combination of strong customer growth and a rising ARPU generated a 7.7% increase in service revenues. This growth is also reflected in the EBITDA, which rose by 8.8 % to € 308.9 million and in the net profit, which increased to € 147.8 million, a growth of 9.2% compared to June 2005.