It also said Vodafone Romania registered a 2.5% decrease in mobile service revenue, to GBP167 million (some EUR200 million) in the third quarter of the 2011-2012 fiscal year (the fourth calendar quarter of 2011), compared to GBP172 million in the same period a year ago. The company reported mobile service revenue of GBP175 million in the July-September period (the second quarter of the 2011-2012 fiscal year).
Vodafone Romania registered 8.327 million customers at December 31, 2011, which is 3.1% less from the quarter ended September 2011, mainly due to the continuous disconnection of the inactive prepaid SIMs from the customer base.
Mobile ARPU (Average Revenue per User) increased to EUR7.3 for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 (the third quarter of the 2011-2012 fiscal year), compared to EUR7.2 in the interval July-September 2011, and EUR6.2 in the corresponding period in 2010. Thus, the ARPU indicator rose 9.3% in the quarter ended December 31, 2011, compared to the same period in 2010, according to the press release.
On December 31, 2011, contract subscribers accounted for 41% and prepaid for 59% of Vodafone Romania’s total customer base.