BTCL Banks On Mobile Revenues For Growth

BTCL shares results announcement.PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
BTCL shares results announcement.PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) is optimistic that revenues from its mobile operations will drive its growth by four percent in the coming financial year. This is after the corporation has recorded a loss in the 2015/2016 financial year.

BTCL recorded a loss of P371million in the year ended March 2016 from P147 million profit that was recorded in the past financial year.

The loss was attributed to an impairment exercise performed during the year 2016 which represented a write-down of some property, plant and equipment due to technology changes, which is in line with global trends.

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