Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom posts net profit of almost NT$4 billion for November

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on December 10 reported unaudited net profit of NT$3.807 billion (US$118 million) for November 2009, with January-November net profit of NT$40.606 billion translating into net earnings per share (EPS) of NT$4.18.

CHT said it had about 1.59 million FTTx subscribers and 390,000 ADSL subscribers at download speeds of 8Mbps or above as of the end of November 2009.

Taiwan Mobile (TWM) and Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) on December 10 also released their financial figures for November 2009.

CHT: Financial performance, November 2009 (NT$b)

Item
Amount
YTD

Revenues
15.401
167.592

Net operating profit
4.847
51.669

Net profit
3.807
40.606


Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, December 2009

CHT: Revenues breakdown, January-November 2009 (NT$b)

Category of services
Amount

Mobile communications (including sales of handsets and data cards)
67.902

Domestic fixed-line communications
Local
29.995

Domestic long-distance
7.096

ADSL and FTTx
27.805

Internet and value-added
20.636

International fixed-line communications
13.984

Others
0.175

Aggregate
167.592


Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, December 2009

TWM and FET: Financial performance, November 2009 (NT$b)

Item
TWM
FET

November 2009
YTD
November 2009
YTD

Consolidated revenues
5.49
62.73
4.746
55.051

Net operating profit
1.68
18.68
1.014
11.307

Net profit
1.18
12.80
0.735
8.491

Net EPS (NT$)
0.40
4.30
0.23
2.61