Celcom Rings Louder!

Celcom has turned in a good set of results in 3Q,2009. This was as a result of aggressive promotional campaigns during the third quarter, which saw its subscriber base surpassed the 10-million mark.

Pre-tax profit for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2009 rose by 9.5 per cent to RM541 million from RM494 million in the preceding second quarter.Revenue rose by four per cent to RM1.61 billion from RM1.54 billion previously.

Celcom’s broadband subscribers touched 500,000 mark, while both postpaid and prepaid segments each added 130,000 and 314,000 new subscribers, respectively during the quarter.

Celcom will focus on mobile broadband in 2010. To further enhance its broadband services, Celcom would invest on its network and services support from next year.

Celcom also announced that 199 additional indoor/outdoor transmission towers to support our third-generation sites will be ready soon throughout the nation.According to a Celcom spokesman,this will support the government’s mission to achieve 50 per cent broadband penetration by next year.

“All of us (Celcom, Maxis and DiGi) are in talks, sharing towers and transmission lines as much as we can now to achieve the national mission,” he added.

Looking forward, he said, the company expected to end the year as planned in the 2009 key performance indicators.

So will that be good for Axiata?