Compared to the first quarter of 2012, subscribers’ base of Ucell grew by 1.48% to 7.973 million as of 1 April 2013 (from 7.857 million in 1Q 2012).
TeliaSonera said that the mobile operator churned over 1.5 million inactive subscribers in the first three months of 2013.
Net sales of Ucell grew by 51.73% year-on-year in the first three months of 2013 and made up 701 million Sweden kronor (about US$107.5 million).
According to the company, MOU (average monthly minutes of usage per subscriber) made up 277 minutes per month in January-March 2013 against 241 minutes per month in the same period of 2012.
EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) grew from 155 million Sweden kronor (US$23.77 million) in the first quarter of 2012 to 383 million Sweden kronor (US$58.69 million) in the same period of 2013. EBITDA margin reached 54.6% in the first three months of 2013 (33.5% in 1Q 2012).