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Telecom Argentina - Annual growth over 20% despite high penetration rate

Telecom Argentina operates Argentina's third largest mobile network by customer numbers, with 13.17m connections at the end of Q1 09. On an annual basis it was the fastest growing of the country's four networks with a growth rate of 21.0%, up from 16.9% for the prior twelve months. This is an impressive rate given that penetration in Argentina stood at around 110% at the end of the quarter.  more

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Telecom Argentina - Mobile Dominates Further, but Still Not as Profitable

Telecom Argentina has managed to maintain its ARPU at P$40 between the first and second quarters of 2008, yielding an improvement of P$3 year on year and achieving an increase in the effective ARPM from 45 to 47 cents. The improvement was driven by a small increase in voice usage, from 82 to 85 minutes per month, a more significant rise in SMS volumes, from 84 to 102 per month, as well as a strengthening of the quality of the base, from 32.3% to 33.9% contract.  more

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