Spain's Telefonica said Friday that its profits soared amid increased demand for phone services.
The Spanish telecommunications giant said net profit for the third quarter rose 53 percent to $1.66 billion, while sales increased by 32 percent to $11.75 billion.
In addition, the company revised up its sales growth to 15 percent from a year ago, above the 12-percent increase it had initially anticipated.
Earlier this month Telefonica bought out British mobile carrier O2 for over $31 billion in order to beef up its wireless services.
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