Revenue from sales of OJSC North-West Telecom (NWT) according to Russian accounting standards (RAS) in the first half of 2010. increased by 9.1% compared to the same period last year and reached 13 billion 954 million rubles, including from communication services - by 8.5%, to 12 billion 826 million rubles. The press service of the telecommunications company reports this.

The main reasons for the growth of the indicator were the increase in income from Internet services and data transmission (18.5% more than in January-June 2009 - up to 2 billion 847 million rubles), as well as income from local communication services, which compared to in the same period last year increased by 7.3% - to 7 billion 108 million rubles.

Cost of OJSC "NWT" in the first half of 2010 amounted to 11 billion 862 million rubles, an increase of 7.7%. EBITDA amounted to 6 billion 380 million rubles. - 21.2% higher than in the first six months of last year. EBITDA margin increased by 4.6 percentage points to 45.7%.

As previously reported, NWT's net profit under RAS in the first half of 2010 was increased by 43.5% - to 2 billion 305 million 949 thousand rubles.

OJSC North-West Telecom is the main fixed-line operator in the North-West region of the Russian Federation. Shareholders of the company: OJSC Svyazinvest (39.89%), CJSC Brunswick UBS Warburg Nominees (13.27%), CJSC ING Bank (Eurasia) (7.06%), CJSC Depository Clearing company" (9.52%), Lindsell Enterprises Limited (7.52%), CB "J.P. Morgan Bank International" (1.54%), Fractor Investments Limited (2.84%). The company's licensed territory covers the entire Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation, where over 13.5 million people live. The installed capacity of the telephone network exceeds 5.2 million numbers. The level of digitalization of the local network is 68%. The installed capacity of broadband access equipment is more than 1.3 million broadband ports. OJSC NWT includes 10 branches.

The company's net profit according to Russian accounting standards in 2009 decreased by 4% compared to the previous year and amounted to 3 billion 473 million rubles. Revenue in 2009 increased by 7% and reached 26 billion 295 million rubles. EBITDA increased by 12% - to 10 billion 818 million rubles.

Revenue from sales of OJSC "NWT" according to RAS in the first half of 2010. increased by 9.1% - to 13.95 billion rubles.