SOFIA (Bulgaria), August 28 (SeeNews) – The earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of Globul, the Bulgarian unit of Greek mobile phone operator Cosmote, rose 16.9% on the year to 85.8 million euro ($126.6 million) in the first half of 2008, Greek telecom group OTE, which fully owns Cosmote, said on Thursday.