France Telecom reported consolidated Q3 revenues of EUR 12.05 billion, compared to EUR 11.65 billion for the same period last year on an actual basis (11.53 billion EURs on a comparable basis). This represents an increase of 4.5% on a comparable basis and 3.5% on an actual basis.
Some highlights:
- there were 4.2 million ADSL lines in service in France (not including unbundled lines) at September 30, 2004, an increase of 73% compared with September 30, 2003 (2.4 million). The acceleration of the France Telecom's "Plan Haut Débit pour Tous" (Broadband for All Plan) will enable coverage of more than 90% of the French population at end-2004.
- added almost 400,000 new Broadband Wanadoo clients in Europe in Q3 2004.
- added 2 million wireless customers in Q3, topping 60 million at September 30.
- launched its commercial 3G wireless service for businesses in the U.K. (in mid-July) and France (September 6) and accelerated UMTS and EDGE network rollout in France, as well as in other European mobile networks.
- CAPEX in Q3 amounted to EUR 1.2 billion, up 6.3% on a comparable basis and 4.7% on an actual basis.
