Orange 控訴，上告 brings £240m 利益（をあげる）s

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 22 March 2001

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MOBILE phone group Orange 二塁打d its number of UK 顧客s last year, and moved into making an operating 利益（をあげる）, it has 明らかにする／漏らすd.

Orange, which was floated off by parent フラン Telecom earlier this year, said its 顧客 base had jumped 68% to 30. 5m. In the UK, 顧客 numbers 二塁打d to nearly 10m, while the group 増加するd its market 株 from 20% to 25%.

Orange also said it had seen '爆発性の growth' in text messaging, with messaging traffic accounting for 7% of UK 網状組織 歳入s in the second half of 2000.

The 上げるd numbers helped the group 報告（する）／憶測 an operating 利益（をあげる） for the year to December 31 of e383m (£240m), against a loss of e111m (£69.8m) in 1999. The group also showed pre-税金 losses, stripping out 好意／親善 had been 減ずるd, from e630m (£396m) in 1999 to e409m (£257m) in 2000.

分析家s are pencilling in a move into 利益（をあげる） in 2004.

Orange 追加するd it had 地位，任命するd a '記録，記録的な／記録する 業績／成果' with '速く growing profitability' and had a 'strong 財政上の position'. 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある ジーンズ-Francois Pontal said this year the group would be concentrating on building upon its 勢い, rolling out the Orange brand and third-世代 phone services.