DNA revenues boosted by Welho

Finnish telco DNA’s revenues for the third quarter were boosted by its acquisition of cable operator Welho, giving the telco net sales of €181 million, up 8.4% year-on-year. The group’s EBITDA remained flat at €48 million.

DNA’s cable TV base was 596,000 subscribers at the end of September, flat quarter-on-quarter. Fixed broadband subscribers numbered 289,000, down by 1,000, while fixed phone subscribers were 174,000, down from 182,000.
DNA is currently building out a digital-terrestrial HDTV network that will enable 1.5 million Finns to receive HD channels terrestrially by the end of the year.