Nov 6 (Reuters) – Dubai-based telecoms group Veon on Friday lifted its revenue growth forecast to 16% to 18% in US dollar terms, from 15% to 18% previously, as its digital businesses grew faster than its core mobile operations.
Third-quarter revenue rose 17.2% year-on-year to $1.31 billion, while earnings before interests, taxes, deprecation and amortization (EBITDA) climbed 10.1% to $577 million.
Digital revenue jumped 45.9% to $355 million, which is 27.2% of the group total.
(Reporting by Leo Marchandon in Gdansk; Editing by Sonia Cheema)
