![\"\"](\"\/\/www.iser-br.com\/Themes\/Release\/images\/responsive\/ettelecom-default.jpg\")
By Supantha Mukherjee<\/strong>
STOCKHOLM: Nordic telecom<\/a> operator Telia<\/a> reported quarterly core earnings ahead of market expectations on Wednesday as its plan to streamline operations led to lower costs, and the company backed its full-year outlook.
The company also expects more demand for secure communications<\/a> products as governments across the region raise defence budgets and public companies enhance security.
\"The government is a very important customer to us in all our markets... as they have more funding available, we would hope to be able to take advantage of that,\" Chief Executive Officer Allison Kirkby<\/a> said in an interview.
The conflict in Ukraine has forced Sweden and Finland to examine their longstanding military neutrality, including considering joining NATO<\/a>, and have increased their defence budgets.
Western governments have warned about a potential threat of increased malicious cyber activity by Russia against critical infrastructure as a response to sanctions imposed as punishment for its actions in Ukraine.
The company, which operates telecom networks<\/a> in the Nordics<\/a> and the Baltics, laid out plans last year to cut billions in costs through 2025, including shedding staff, divesting assets and streamlining operations to spur growth.
Savings in the first quarter amounted to 200 million crowns and on track for 2 billion savings by the end of 2023, Kirkby said.
Despite high inflation, operational expenses in the quarter fell 3%.
The company's first-quarter adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) rose 0.3% to 7.20 billion Swedish crowns ($734 million) from a year earlier, beating the mean forecast of 7.04 billion crowns, according to Refinitiv estimates.
Comparable net sales increased 2.1% in the quarter.
<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":91123641,"title":"Digital is central to government\u2019s vision for overall transformation: MeitY official","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/digital-is-central-to-governments-vision-for-overall-transformation-meity-official\/91123641","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":91123876,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Telia's core earnings top expectations on cost-cutting drive","synopsis":"The company also expects more demand for secure communications products as governments across the region raise defence budgets and public companies enhance security.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/telias-core-earnings-top-expectations-on-cost-cutting-drive","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"Reuters","artdate":"2022-04-27 15:29:42","lastupd":"2022-04-27 15:47:28","breadcrumbTags":["telia","nato","allison kirkby","nordics","industry","telecom","telecom networks","secure communications"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/telias-core-earnings-top-expectations-on-cost-cutting-drive"}}" data-authors="[" "]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2022-04-27" data-index="article_1">
由Supantha穆克吉
斯德哥尔摩:北欧电信操作符特拉华公司所有周三公布季度核心盈利超过市场预期的计划导致更低的成本,简化操作,公司支持全年财测。
该公司还预计会有更多的需求安全通信产品作为该地区各国政府提高国防预算和上市公司加强安全。
“政府是一个非常重要的客户,我们在所有市场……因为他们有更多的资金,我们希望能够利用,”首席执行官Allison科克在一次采访中说。
乌克兰的冲突迫使瑞典和芬兰检查他们的长期军事中立,包括考虑加入北约,增加国防预算。
西方政府已经警告潜在威胁的恶意网络活动增加了俄罗斯对关键基础设施作为应对制裁惩罚的行为在乌克兰。
该公司运营电信网络在北欧国家去年和波罗的海诸国,布局计划削减数十亿美元的成本到2025年,包括裁员、剥离资产和简化操作以刺激经济增长。
第一季度存款达到2亿克朗,追踪20亿年储蓄在2023年底,科克说。
尽管高通胀,运营费用在第二季度下降了3%。
公司的第一季调整后息税前利润(利息、税项、折旧及摊销前利润)上涨0.3%,至72亿瑞典克朗(7.34亿美元)与一年前相比,平均预测的70.4亿克朗,据Refinitiv估计。
类似的本季度净销售额增长了2.1%。
评论
现在评论 阅读评论(1)所有评论
找到这个评论进攻?
下面选择你的理由并单击submit按钮。这将提醒我们的版主采取行动