Information: France Telecom releases Q3 2009 Financial results

France Telecom has released the financial results for Q3 2009.

29 October 2009 results

sustained commercial activity and controlled expenditure enabled the Group to compensate for the unfavourable impact of economic conditions and the increased impact of regulatory measures

continued growth of the customer base, up 6.6% year on year to 189.1 million customers at 30 September 2009, with an increase of 9.5% in the number of mobile customers to 128.8 million at 30 September 2009
revenues of 38.1 billion euros for the first nine months of 2009, an increase of 0.4% excluding the impact of regulatory measures (down 1.6% on a comparable basis)
- growth of 1.9% in France, excluding regulatory measures, including a 5.8% increase in mobile services
- Africa and the Middle East rose 5.2% on a comparable basis
- other operations continue to be affected by the deterioration in the economic environment, particularly Romania, where revenues declined 18.1%, and the Enterprise segment, down 2.8% on a comparable basis
- in the third quarter of 2009, revenues decreased 0.9%, excluding regulatory measures (down 3.7% on a comparable basis), which was still 1.5 points better than the average GDP growth across the Group�s footprint, estimated at -2.4% in the third quarter...

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