April 28 (SeeNews) - Orange Romania, the local unit of France Telecom's Internet and mobile arm Orange, said on Tuesday its revenues fell by an annual 3.7% to 221 million euro ($241 million) in the first quarter of 2015, mainly hurt by a cut in interconnection tariffs.
Excluding the impact of the interconnection tariff cut, first-quarter revenues were 6.4% higher on the year, faster than the 4.5% growth registered in the fourth quarter of 2014, Orange Romania said in a statement.
Orange Romania had 10.365 million clients at the end of March, down from 10.531 million at the end of 2014.
Mobile Internet traffic doubled on the year and sales of tablets and smartphones jumped by 60% and 50%, respectively, Orange Romania said.
The operator also said its 4G network covers 94% of urban population and 65% of all population.
In a separate statement, Orange Group said the average revenue per user (ARPU) in Romania was 6.0 euro per month in the first quarter, down from 6.2 euro in the previous quarter and from 6.5 euro in the first quarter of 2014.
Romania’s market of just over 20 million is served by a total of five mobile operators - Orange Romania; Telekom Romania, former Cosmote Romania; RCS&RDS; Vodafone Romania; and 2K Telecom.
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