SriLanka, Nov. 12 -- Dialog Axiata PLC's group net profit rose 62 percent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs.9.2 billion in the September quarter, as data and home broadband drove the revenue growth, though the reported earnings fell 9 percent from the previous quarter, amid the unrealised foreign exchange losses.

Excluding those losses, the underlying net profit rose 67 percent from a year earlier and 6 percent from the previous quarter to Rs.10.2 billion, the telecom operator said in its earnings release on Tuesday.

The group revenue increased 6 percent YoY and one percent quarter-on-quarter to Rs.48.5 billion. The earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose 15 percent from a year earlier and one percent from the ...