Swisscom reported strong growth in ADSL. Year-on-year, the number of ADSL access lines increased by 64.7% to 802,000, of which 490,000 are those of Bluewin retail customers and 312,000 are those of customers of other providers. Access fees cover fees for analog and digital access lines as well as broadband access lines (ADSL) for retail and wholesale customers, and Internet subscription fees.
Financially, Swisscom increased its revenue by 0.3% to CHF 10.06 billion in 2004, with net income rising by 1.6% to CHF 1.6 billion. Operating income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was down 2.2% to CHF 4.4 billion. Equity free cash flow, which remains stable at CHF 2.9 billion, will be distributed to shareholders in the form of an increase of CHF 1 to CHF 14 per share in dividend payments and a share buyback of CHF 2 billion.
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