Deutsche Telekom says Q3 earnings dropped 20%

10 Nov 2006
00:00

(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Deutsche Telekom said its third quarter profit fell 20% as it continued to lose landline subscribers.

The Bonn-based company earned 1.94 million euros ($2.48 million) in the in the three months through September, down from 2.44 million euros ($3.1 million) in the same period a year earlier. Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires had expected 1 billion euros ($1.28 million).

Sales rose 2.8% to 15.48 billion euros ($19.8 billion), the company said in a statement.

The company, Europe's biggest telecoms firm by sales, has been losing customers to rivals such as Arcor and Mobilcom which offer lower prices for traditional telephone services bundled with high-speed Internet access.

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