StarHub, the second-biggest telecom firm in Singapore, said third quarter net profit fell 7.6% from a year ago as operating expenses rose faster than revenue, according to Reuters.
StarHub earned $75.8 million in the three months ended September, down from $82 million in the third quarter of 2010.
The firm’s operating expenses rose 7.1% in the September quarter from a year ago -- nearly twice the 3.6% rise in revenue over the same period.
StarHub’s share of Singapore’s mobile phone market fell to 28.4% from 28.6% as at end-June. Revenue from pay TV, the firm’s second largest business after mobile phones, rose 1% from a year ago.
StarHub maintained its quarterly dividend at 5 cents a share and reiterated its forecast that operating revenue growth will be in the low single-digit for 2011.
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