Primus Telecommunications Group / PRTL
President DG Gulati, left, and Christopher J Smith, senior manager, facilities. (Photo: Shira Yudkoff - washingtonpost.com)
About Primus Telecommunications Group
7901 Jones Branch Dr., Suite 900, McLean, Va. 22102
www.primustel.com
| 703-902-2800
| Founded: 1994
Industry: Telecommunications | Category: Public Companies
The provider of Internet and data services filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March after working with lenders to come up with a plan that would reduce its debt. It expects to emerge from the reorganization within three months. Primus, with 2.4 million customers, has interests in nearly two dozen transoceanic fiber-optic cable systems and some of the biggest Internet carriers in Australia, Canada and Brazil.
Chairman and CEO: K. Paul Singh
2008 Financial Data
Revenues: $895,863,000 | Net Income: $-25,031,000Asssets: $330,444,000 | Earnings Per Share: $-0.18
Stockholder Equity: $-461,539,000 | Annual Dividend: $0.00
Total employees: 1,669 | Local employees: 77
