JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Bezeq Israel Telecom reported a rise in net profit for the first quarter and higher revenue boosted by income from its mobile phone unit.
Bezeq, Israel’s largest telecoms group, said it earned 322 million shekels ($96 million) in the first quarter excluding one-time items, compared with 299 million shekels a year earlier. Revenue gained 1.5% to 2.26 billion shekels.
($1 = 3.3512 shekels)
(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Steven Scheer)
