OREANDA-NEWS. JSC North-West Telecom has summed up the results of its financial and business activities for the year 2006 according to the Russian Accounting Standards (RAS).  

According to the results of 2006, the revenue of the Company have grown by 1% as compared to the previous year and amounted to RUR 20,524.7 million.

JSC North-West Telecom's net income for 2006 has exceeded RUR 2,618.3 million, which is 42% higher than in 2005. EBITDA has grown by 27.2% as compared to the previous year and amounted to RUR 6,936.3 million; EBITDA margin has reached 33.8%, having exceeded the figure of 2005 by 7 percentage points.

JSC North-West Telecom's investment in 2006 amounted to RUR 5,003.0 million. 117.2 thousand DSL ports, 83.65 thousand telephone numbers and 1,571 km of fibre-optic communication lines were put into operation in 2006. The network digitalization level has reached 56.6%.