Clik here to view.
Optus has lost pre-paid handset customers in the third financial quarter but more than balanced it with growth in post-paid handset customers, the telco said on Thursday in its third-quarter financials.
Post-paid customer growth was 127,000, while pre-paid customers fell by 29,000.
The company's operating revenue for the quarter was $2.3 billion, a 5% increase over the corresponding quarter in the previous financial year.
Mobile revenue went up by 9%t due to record mobile net additions in the quarter with higher revenue from carriage and mobile applications.
{loadposition sam08}The number of NBN customers grew by 65,000 to 416,000 and EBITDA growth was 14%. Profits were up from $269 million in Q3 2016 $330 million for the 2017 third quarter, a rise of 39%.
One hundred new mobile sites were added and the company deployed its 7000th site, stretching 4G mobile network coverage to 96.6% of the population.
Optus chief executive Allen Lew said: “This is a pleasing result that demonstrates our continued focus on compelling content such as premium sports, National Geographic and free live streaming of music and video, and consistent network investment is really resonating with Australian consumers.
"Strong post-paid mobile customer growth for the quarter has also benefited from new premium handset releases and continued network expansion.”
