Dublin-based mobile services provider, Zamano has reported a 4% year-on-year increase in first-half pre-tax profits, although revenue fell by nearly 5% compared to the same period last year.

Mobile services provider Zamano has returned to full-year profit while eliminating all of its outstanding debt.

Zamano — the Dublin-headquartered web and mobile services provider — has returned to profitability, posting a pre-tax gain of €946,000 and an operating profit of nearly €1.1m for the first six months of 2012.

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