Orange sees sales up in Romania in first quarter, mobile internet use on the rise

Telecom operator Orange Romania’s revenues were up 4.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, to EUR 230 million, on a comparable basis, the company announced. End March 2014, Orange has 10.3 million clients in Romania, measured as active SIMs, up from 10.2 million at the end of 2013. Mobile internet traffic was up 44 percent, as more and more clients started using smartphones to surf the net, while smartphone sales advanced by 45 percent. Orange’s new TV service Orange TV GO fueled the increase in audio and video streaming, hence the increase in mobile internet traffic. At a group level, Orange posted consolidated revenues of EUR 9.8 billion, a 3.8 percent decrease on comparable levels. More on the latest financial results here. editor@romania-insider.com