DUBAI, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Vodafone Qatar, anaffiliate of Vodafone Group, reported a narrowingthird-quarter loss on Tuesday, according to Reuterscalculations.
The operator made a net loss of 31.5 million riyals ($8.7million) in the three months to Dec. 31, according to Reuterscalculations.
That compares with a loss of 72.2 million riyals in theprior-year period.
Vodafone Qatar, which uses a financial year starting onApril 1, has yet to make a quarterly net profit since endingstate-controlled Ooredoo's domestic monopoly in 2009as the latter has fought hard to bolster its revenue share.
The firm, which halted a run of disappointing earningsperformances by reporting a narrowing second-quarter loss,reduced headcount by 10 percent in May, with some job cutspermanent and other positions to be reassigned to roles aimed atboosting mobile revenue streams, it confirmed in July.
Vodafone Qatar's net loss in the nine months to Dec. 31 was195 million riyals, it said in a bourse statement, compared to a286 million riyals loss in the same year-ago period. ($1 = 3.6412 Qatar riyals) (Reporting by Alexander Cornwell; Editing by Tom Arnold)