Vodafone Romania reported revenue of GBP167 million in the last three months of 2011.
In the last quarter of 2012, total mobile data-generated revenue rose 27% on the year and 8.6% on quarter.
The number of Vodafone Romania clients rose by around 248,000 in the last three months of 2012, to 8.122 million, but was slightly down from 8.327 million at the end of 2011.
The average revenue per user (ARPU) stood at EUR7 at the end of December, compared to EUR7.4 euro in the July-September period and EUR7.3 in the last three months of 2011.
In the first half of the 2012-2013 fiscal year (April – September), Vodafone reported revenue of GBP311 million (EUR385 million) in Romania, down from GBP361 million in the same period a year ago. Vodafone’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) on the Romanian market declined from GBP141 million to GBP119 million (EUR147 million).
In November 2012, Vodafone launched in Romania the first commercial 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) services.
Vodafone Romania is the second largest mobile telecom operator by number of clients and sales.
Globally, Vodafone group registered revenue of GBP11.38 billion (EUR14.11 billion) in the last three months of 2012, down 2% on the year.