TeliaSonera January-September 2008

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) has announced its results for the period January-September 2008.

The total number of TeliaSonera TV subscriptions rose to 839,000, of which 450,000 were IPTV subscriptions. In Sweden, the push for IPTV resulted in a rise of more than 10,000 new subscriptions year-on-year to 320,000. Thus far, half of TeliaSonera’s IPTV customer-base in Sweden is paying customers. The total number of IPTV subscriptions increased by 23,000 from the end of the second quarter 2008, however in Sweden the number was unchanged.

                        Q3     Q2     Q1     Q4     Q3     Q2     Q1   Year   Year
Subscriptions ('000)  2008   2008   2008   2007   2007   2007   2007   2007   2006
                      ----   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----
Sweden                                                                
  IP-TV                320    320    318    304    216    158    82     304     22
Finland                                                                
  Cable TV             176    176    177    178    177    177    176    178    176
  IP-TV                  0      0      0      0      -      -      -      0      -
Norway                                                                
  IP-TV                 10      8      4      2      1      -      -      2      -
Denmark                                                                
  Cable TV             209    209    209    210    207    209    209    210    210
  IP-TV                  1      -      -      -      -      -      -      -      -
Lithuania                                                                
  IP-TV                 48     35     25     18     14     12      9     18      5
Estonia                                                                
  Cable TV               4      4      4      3      3      3      0      3      0
  IP-TV                 71     64     60     54     45     36     30     54     25
                      ----   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----   ----
  TOTAL                839    816    797    769    663    595    506    769    438

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