Orange versus pandemic: 1: 0. The operator boasts of good results
Orange published the first financial results covering the entirety of the pandemic period. We check how the lockdown affected the finances of a telecommunications company. Already in the last quarter, we saw the first signs of the impact of a pandemic turning our lives upside down in the financial results of mobile operators, but only now will we be able to fully assess how Covid-19 has affected their operations. Orange – financial results for the second quarter of 2020 The period from April to June is the time we spent mainly at home. Only at the end of this period did the restrictions begin to ease. It turns out, however, that it is difficult to look for any major fluctuations – there is neither a crash, nor any significant indicators reported quarter by quarter by Orange have jumped excessively higher. One could have the impression that Orange would breathe a bit from the fact that much fewer people used roaming services, for which telecoms allegedly have to pay extra, but … a...