Israel's largest telecom group said on Tuesday it earned 234 million shekels ($63 million) in the third quarter, compared with 322 million a year earlier.
Revenue slipped 4.7 percent to 2.3 billion shekels.
Bezeq, which is being investigated for securities offences and is the midst of a corporate shake-up, was forecast to earn 255 million shekels on revenue of 2.34 billion, according to a Reuters poll of analysts.
The company reiterated its 2018 forecast for net income of 1.0 billion shekels.
Net profit at Pelephone<\/a>, Israel's third-largest mobile phone operator, fell 75 percent to 6 million shekels, while its subscriber base slid to 2.185 million from 2.475 million a year earlier.
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