Results at the Egypt-based company, which has operations in Algeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Canada, should no longer be affected by one-off factors that affected the bottom line a year earlier, said an analyst on condition of anonymity. In the fourth quarter of 2010, the company was dragged to a loss by currency effects, impairment of deferred taxes and assets and losses at a start-up. The first quarter last year was up on extraordinary gains from the sale of its Tunisian unit, the second was hit by a loss from discontinued operations and a higher tax on the Tunisia sale, and the third by a foreign exchange loss related to the depreciation of the Canadian dollar. Russia's Vimpelcom acquired Orascom Telecom's parent company from Egypt's Sawiris family in April last year.