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| Today: 03 September 2010 Time: 02:22 AM |
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| Zain''s profit at USD 179.1 mln in Q1 of 2010 |
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| Communications 5/13/2010 5:59:00 PM |
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(with photos)
KUWAIT, May 13 (KUNA) -- Zain Telecom Group announced Thursday that its
profit for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, 2010, was at USD 179.
1 million.
Zain Group Chairman Asaad Al-Banwan told the press that the total earnings
of the Zain Group in the Mideast region reached USD 1.15 billion, an increase
of 11 percent from the 2009's number of USD 1.04 billion.
Regarding the financial status of Zain in the first quarter, Al-Banwan
indicated that despite the shifts on its operational mechanism, Zain had
achieved 24 percent growth in its operational net profit.
He also noted that profit for shareholders had also increased in the first
quarter by 10 percent, settling at USD 8.72 billion in contrast to the USD 7.
95 billion number in the same period in 2009.
With regard to the number of clients in the Mideast during the first
quarter, Al-Banwan noted that the number had increased to 31.4 million, which
is an increase of 28 percent from the number in the first quarter of last
year, 24.6 million.
Despite the effects of the global financial crisis, which are still being
felt in the regional and global markets, Zain will continue to face these
challenges and achieve growth, affirmed Al-Banwan.
Zain Group,is a mobile telecommunications company founded in 1983 in Kuwait
as MTC or Mobile Telecommunications Company, and was rebranded to Zain in
2007. Zain has commercial presence in 25 countries across Africa and the
Middle East, with an estimated work force of 13,000. As of February 2010,
about 60 percent of Zain's customers were in Africa although Africa
contributed only 15 percent to the group's net profit. (end)
hq.gta
KUNA 131759 May 10NNNN
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مجلس الوزراء
اللجنة العليا للتحضير للاحتفال بالذكرى
الـ(50)
لاستقلال دولة الكويت و الذكرى الـ (20)
لعيد التحرير
اعـــــــــــــــــــلان
فى إطار الاستعدادات و الترتيبات الجارية للإعداد و التحضير للاحتفال
باليوبيل الذهبي للاستقلال و مرور
(20) عاما على تحرير دولة الكويت و انطلاقا من
حرص اللجنة العليا على إشراك كافة قطاعات الدولة فى الاحتفال بهاتين المناسبتين
الوطنيتين
يسر اللجنة الإعلامية المنبثقة عن اللجنة العليا دعوة من يرغب من مؤسسات و
شركات القطاع الخاص و الاتحادات التجارية و الاستثمارية للمشاركة في الأنشطة و
الفعاليات المقرر تنظيمها فى شهر فبراير من العام القادم 2011م
للاستفسار والتنسيق ومزيد من التفاصيل :
1- مكتب مقرر اللجنة الإعلامية:
هاتف: 22462289
فاكس: 22462296
2- البريد الإلكتروني:
kuwait5020@media.gov.kw
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