rest of the world
2011, 3rd Quarter resultsRevenues in the Rest of World segment were 6.503 billion euros in the first nine months of 2011, an increase of 9.2% on an historical basis, reflecting changes in the consolidation perimeter (+12.5 percentage points) and the negative impact of foreign exchange (-2.0 percentage points). On a comparable basis and excluding the impact of regulatory measures (-143 million euros), revenues grew 1.0% in the first nine months of 2011.
In the third quarter of 2011, revenues rose 0.7% on a comparable basis to 2.222 billion euros, excluding the impact of regulatory measures (-39 million euros):
revenues increased 0.3% in Africa and the Middle East, impacted by the deterioration in Egypt (-7.4%), whereas the Côte d’Ivoire improved with a decline of just 2.5% after having deteriorated significantly in the second quarter of 2011 (-27.4%). Excluding Egypt and the Côte d’Ivoire, growth remained strong at 6.1%, generated by Senegal, Jordan, Cameroon and new operations in Africa which were up 16.4%.in Europe, revenues were up 0.5%, after rising 0.3% in the second quarter. The trend in Romania saw significant improvement, with the decline limited to 2.0% after a drop of 4.9% in the second quarter and 6.3% in the first quarter. Meanwhile, sales of mobile devices were down in the countries of Western Europe, particularly Belgium. Mobile data services contributed to the underlying growth in Europe and represented 28.6% of network revenues in the third quarter 2011, an increase of 2.9 points compared with the third quarter of 2010. revenues in the Dominican Republic grew 4.8% in the third quarter of 2011, driven by growth in the customer base of 4.0% year on year and the development of data services. 