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Sales remain steady at BT

Telecoms operator BT has seen its turnover fall 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of its financial year to reach £4.57bn, including the impact of reduced mobile termination rates. The firm’s ‘new wave’ turnover, which includes broadband revenues, were up 32 per cent to £936m. The firm claimed 2.7 million wholesale broadband users at the end of June, which ...

Trikon Q2 sales skyrocket

South Wales wafer fabrication equipment provider Trikon Technologies has reported revenues for Q2 of $10.2m, an increase of 69 per cent on $6m for Q2 2003 and a sequential increase of 50 per cent on $6.8m in Q1. Revenues for the six months ended June 30 were $17m, an increase of 52 per cent on $11.1m for the same period ...

Taiwanese foundries lead the way

The top two foundries, TSMC and UMC, have released their official results for the second quarter of 2004, with both firms seeing significant growth. TSMC reported revenue of £1.05bn (NT$64.9bn), with net income of £380m (NT$23.4bn). Compared to 2003, the numbers were up 30 per cent and 100 per cent respectively. The increase came from a combination of rising wafer ...