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Spectrum Interactive - High margin growth for internet terminals

November 2005

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  • Epic Code:
  • SIN
  • Price:
  • 96.5p
Spectrum Interactive (SIN; 96.5p), through its main operating subsidiary, is the UK's second largest owner and operator of payphones after BT. The group was established in 1990 but an unfortunate foray into mobile phone distribution eventually caused the group to fall into administration, from where the current chief executive Mark Lewarne bought the business back in 2002.     Since then, Spectrum has acquired the assets of one rival, IPN, and currently operates an estate of 8,940 payphones in the UK and Germany. Unlike BT in the UK and Deutsche Telecom in Germany, Spectrum is not obligated to provide payphones in remote locations for public safety and not surprisingly, it is thriving by selecting only viable l ...

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