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slight increase compared to previous results, but below the planned €41.3mn for 2017.
According to Telekom Slovenije’s latest press release, during the first half of this year the
group generated earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of €100.9mn, which is at the planned level and equal to 28.0% of net sales revenue. Earnings before interest and taxes (Ebit) amounted to €16.8mn.
In H1, Telekom Slovenije Group generated €363mn in operating revenues, which was 1% more than planned. Net sales revenue was also 1% higher than planned and amounted to €360mn.
The telco said it had earmarked €48.5mn
for investments during the first six months of this year, primarily for the modernisation, enhancement and development of broadband fibre optic networks and the mobile network.
Users of Telegram messenger in Russia reach 3.7mn despite ban
Despite the Russian government’s best efforts to crush the encrypted messaging service
Telegram, the number of its users has risen not fallen: the number of economically active users in big Russian cities reached 3.67mn people, Vedomosti daily reported, citing the data of Mediascope.
Compared to October 2017 when the state began its assult on the service, the number of Russian users jumped by 70%, with the largest increase seen in March when Russian court ruled that Telegram should pass the encryption keys to the Federal Security Bureau (FSB).
Users value the privacy the service affords as it said to be uncrackable. The service has also flourished in Iran where the authorities also moved this year to ban it.
Telegram, founded by Russian self-exiled digital entrepreneur Pavel Durov, has been waging a war with Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor since April, which is unsuccessfully trying the block the messenger on Russian territory after Durov simply ignored the court ruling.
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