MTN, Africa’s
biggest mobile operator by subscribers, aims to add another 20 million
in 2010 after strong growth last year in Nigeria, Iran and Ghana in
2009 was offset by currency movements.
The South
African-based group said on Thursday adjusted headline earnings per
share for the year to end-December dropped 16.6 percent to 754.3 cents,
but would have risen 8.5 percent but for currency-related losses.
MTN recorded a 28
percent rise in group subscribers to 116 million. Nigerian users
increased 34 percent to 30.8 million and the company expects it to grow
by 6 million new users in 2010. Iranian customers grew by 45 percent to
23.3 million and it expects 5 million more this year, while South
Africa had a 6.4 percent drop in subscribers.
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