Earnings release
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orange ™ Press release Paris , 22 April 2021 Financial information at 31 March 2021 Excellent sales momentum across the Group , underpinning the stabilization of EBITDAAL Revenue growth primarily driven by strong performance in Africa & Middle East 1Q 2021 1Q 2020 comparable 1Q 2020 historical In millions of euros Revenues EBITDAAL eCAPEX ( excluding licenses ) EBITDAAL - eCAPEX basis basis change comparable basis change historical basis 10,315 10,265 10,394 0.5 % ( 0.8 ) % 2,565 2,573 2,601 ( 0.3 ) % ( 1.4 ) % 1,760 1,566 1,580 12.4 % 11.4 % 805 1,007 1,021 ( 20.1 ) % ( 21.2 ) % Orange group revenues were up 0.5 % ¹ in Q1 2021 thanks to the recovery of equipment sales and an excellent performance in fixed broadband and IT & Integration services . Growth was primarily driven by Africa & Middle East , which posted its best first quarterly performance in 10 years ( up 7.1 % ) , and by Other European countries² ( up 2.2 % ) . The Enterprise segment returned to modest growth ( + 0.4 % ) , while France was resilient ( -0.2 % ) and Spain remained markedly negative ( -7.4 % ) . Group EBITDAAL edged down very slightly ( -0.3 % ) in a quarter impacted by the health crisis throughout , which was not the case in Q1 2020 . Q1 eCAPEX was in line with the Group's targets for 2021. This increased by 12.4 % versus Q1 2020 , mainly due to Network investments and fewer asset disposals . Orange again delivered a very robust commercial performance , setting a new record for first- quarter FttH net adds . IT & Integration services posted strong growth , including 16 % year - on - year revenue growth at Orange Cyberdefense . 5G packages are now available in five countries . In France , Orange now covers 239 municipalities with 5G . 1 Unless otherwise stated , changes are on a comparable basis . 2 Europe excluding Spain 1