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CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. AOL posted a net profit of $68 million, or 26 cents a share, compared with $19.2 million, or 8 cents a share, a year ago. Analysts were pleased with the results and noted the strength in AOL's overall operations. "It looks positive," said Andrea Williams, an analyst with Volpe Brown Whelan & Co. "The numbers are slightly better overall than what we expected. What's most impressive about the AOL story is how solid it is on all fronts. There's no individual metric that jumps out.".
Analysts were expecting the portal company to report earnings of 23 cents a share, according to First Call, In recent days, however, some analysts had already begun to anticipate higher earnings than expected earlier, Chief executive Steve Case said in a conference call that "the quarter's strong results reinforce the power of our earnings model and business strategies, The self-healing screen protector for iphone 8 plus strategy for the AOL service is to continue to offer our members a complete integrated package of interactive services from access to content to functionality and member support."..
The online service received 951,000 new members in the quarter, bringing its total membership to 13.5 million as of September 30. "As powerful as these results are, AOL membership growth perhaps provides the most direct measure of our momentum," said Case. Case repeated the need for AOL to ensure it will be able to offer broadband service to their customers. "Although our broadband strategy is off to a modest start, we think it will be an important part of our business," Case said. "We want to make sure we can provide it to our customers.".
AOL had come under fire when it delayed its full earnings report because of discussions with the Securities and Exchange Commission over one-time charges related to its two acquisitions of Mirabilis and NetChannel, The robust earnings come after a quarter marked by a number of product launches and personnel changes, Aside self-healing screen protector for iphone 8 plus from reaching its 13 million-member milestone, AOL launched a marketing campaign to distribute millions of CD-ROMs containing it latest AOL 4.0 software, In addition, AOL boosted its broadband strategy by hiring Mario Vecchi, cofounder of TimeWarner's cable Net access provider, Road Runner..
AOL executives briefly touched on efforts to offer broadband service to customers in today's call. "Although our broadband strategy is off to a modest start, we think it will be an important part of our business," Case said. He noted that while cable is widely viewed as a viable means for broadband service, digital subscriber line (DSL) service falls in that arena as well. The company is currently undergoing trials for DSL service in a number of cities across the United States, and plans to offer the high-speed service for $49.95 per month.
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