Kuwait's Zain Group reports flat second quarter profitSource: www.export-egypt.com 8/6/2017, Location: Middle East |
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Zain, Kuwait's biggest telecom operator by subscribers, reported flat second-quarter profits.
The former monopoly, which operates in eight countries in the Middle East and Africa, made a net profit of 44 million dinars ($146 million) in the three months to June 30, it said in a statement. That compared with a profit of 44.7 million dinars in the year period last year. EFG Hermes had forecast a net profit of 39.87 million dinars, while SICO Bahrain forecast a net profit of 36.75 million dinars. Zain said in a statement that foreign currency conversions, mainly in Sudan, had cost the company $58 million in the first six months of 2017. Second-quarter revenue was 261 million dinars, down from 274.9 million dinars a year ago. In Kuwait, Zain competes with Ooredoo Kuwait, a unit of Qatar's Ooredoo, and Viva, an affiliate of Saudi Telecom Co (STC). Zain said in December it was in talks to sell its mobile transmitter towers to a consortium comprised of TASC SAL and ACWA Holding |
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