The telecommunications group Parlem Telecom already has its new corporate headquarters in 22@ operational, with capacity for 120 people, to accommodate the teams of the various companies that make up the operator after the growth registered in recent months. The offices are located on a single floor of more than 1,000 square meters on Calle Badajoz.
The commissioning of the facilities culminates the group's expansion phase in 2021. In the last fiscal year, Parlem Telecom integrated several companies from within and outside the telecommunications sector, with the purchase of the operators Octel and Bucle, Tecno-so and Sonnet, as well as the IT services company for businesses Infoself, in addition to launching Aproop Telecom, a new operator for the Valencian market. In 2021, it also debuted as a listed company on BME Growth, where, a year later, its shares have a value of 6.2 euros and its capitalization is 100 million euros.
With this new business perimeter, Parlem Telecom has doubled its turnover to a figure of 36.7 million euros in 2021, with an increase of 95% compared to the 2020 business (18.8 million euros), and triples that of 2019, when it earned 10.9 million euros. In the last fiscal year, the gross operating profit reached 1.31 million euros. However, the increase in costs due to its listing on the BME Growth market ---accounted for at around 600,000 euros---, the increase in personnel and amortizations due to the integration of the aforementioned companies, have resulted in the group's balance sheet showing losses of 3.5 million euros.
The operator chaired by Ernest Pérez-Mas has also promoted Parlem Ventures, an accelerator of technological startups and has created the Parlem Energia division following the purchase of Ecolium. The long-term objective of the Parlem Telecom Group is to promote the establishment of regional proximity operators in other Catalan-speaking territories in Europe that adapt to the social and cultural identity of each area, as it has done with Aproop Telecom.
Regarding its network, Parlem has reached 153,000 active lines, which represents an 85% increase compared to 2020 (83,000 active lines), and has 19 direct customer service stores distributed throughout Catalonia.