Spanish giant rakes in 420m euros from non-SMS data services in 2Q08.
That figure is up 39.8 per cent year-on-year and includes revenue from across its European opcos.Telefonica Europe chief exec Matthew Key also said Apple's iPhone had a positive effect on the company's net customer additions and a reduction in churn.
In the UK, Telefonica O2's data ARPU was 12.1 per cent higher year-on-year in, driven by growth in text message volumes (up 41.4 per cent year-on-year), as well as increasing usage of the mobile Internet.
Growth of non-SMS revenues came in at 46.1 per cent year-on-year. Data ARPU for the first half was 10.5 euros, representing year-on-year growth of 10.8 per cent.
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