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Sales, profits up at wireless communications company Glentel

BURNABY, BC – Increased sales propelled wireless communications company Glentel Inc. to a net income of $3.246 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2006, compared to $2.999 million for the same quarter a year earlier. Sales at the company’s retail division grew 4% to $44.964 million, while sales at its business division rose 45% to $10.097 million in the fourth quarter. The large increase in the business division’s sales is partly a result of Glentel’s acquisition in the quarter of Time Mobile Communication Inc. On a year-over-year basis, sales rose 27% to $181.188 million in 2006 from $143.102...