Chunghwa Telecom posts March profit of almost NT$3.5 billion

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on April 12 reported unaudited net profit of NT$3.457 billion (US$109 million) for March 2010, resulting in January-March net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$1.25.

CHT said it had 1.74 million FTTx (fiber to the home/building) subscribers and 370,000 ADSL subscribers at download speeds of 8Mbps or above as of the end of March.

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) have also released their financial figures for March.

CHT: Financial performance, March 2010 (NT$b)

Item


Amount


YTD

Revenue


14.621


45.518

Net operating profit


4.105


14.532

Net profit


3.457


12.088

Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, April 2010

CHT: Revenues breakdown, January-March 2010 (NT$b)

Category of services


Amount

Mobile communications (including sales of handsets and data cards)


18.743

Domestic fixed-line communications


Local voice calls


7.924

Long-distance voice calls


1.703

FTTx, ADSL and others


7.618

Internet and value-added


5.664

International fixed-line communications


3.819

Others


0.047

Aggregate


45.518

Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, April 2010

TWM and FET: Financial performance, March 2010 (NT$b)

Item


TWM


FET

Amount


YTD


Amount


YTD

Consolidated revenue


5.89


17.08


5.130


14.715

Net operating profit


1.65


4.78


1.005


3.110

Net profit


1.19


3.62


0.756


2.320

Net EPS (NT$)


0.40


1.21


0.23


0.71