Vodafone Service Revenue Beats Estimates on European Rebound
- Sales advance in Germany and Italy while falling in U.K.
- Shares gain after organic service revenue increases 2.2%
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Vodafone Group Plc reported first-quarter service revenue that beat analysts’ estimates amid gradual improvements in its European mobile-phone businesses and growth in developing markets. The stock gained.
Organic service revenue -- the money Vodafone earns from its customers’ monthly phone bills and usage on its network, but not including handset sales -- rose 2.2 percent to 12.3 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in the first quarter through June, the Newbury, England-based company said Friday. Analysts had predicted growth of 1.8 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The figure excludes the impact of acquisitions and currency fluctuations.