Moody’s confirms OTE’s rating at Caa2

Assigns stable outlook for Greece’s biggest telecoms company

Moody’s on Tuesday confirmed Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A.’s (OTE) corporate family rating (CFR) at Caa2 and its probability of default rating (PDR) at Caa2-PD.

At the same time, Moody’s assigned a stable outlook to all ratings.

This rating action concludes the review for downgrade

According to a press release, the action follows Moody’s decision last week to confirm a Greek government bond ratings at Caa3 and the foreign-currency ceiling at Caa2 and assign a stable outlook.

“OTE is a Greek telecommunications business that generates approximately 75% of its revenues in Greece. So despite performing in line with its business plan and taking steps to insulate itself as much as possible from the Greek economy, the foreign-currency ceiling exerts pressure on the telecom company’s ratings keeping its credit-worthiness closely linked to the economic environment in Greece,” was the statement of Carlos Winzer, Moody’s senior VP and lead analyst for OTE.