TeliaSonera January-June 2008

TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN)’s net sales increased 5.7 percent to SEK 25,274 million (23,901). The net effect of acquisitions on sales was a positive 2.7 percent and the negative net effect from exchange rate changes was 0.2 percent. Organic growth was 3.2 percent.

Broadband Services

The number of subscriptions for broadband access rose by 236,000 from the end of the second quarter 2007, to 2,379,000. The number of fixed voice subscriptions declined year-on-year by 322,000 to 6,013,000. The total number of TV subscriptions rose to 816,000, of which nearly 430,000 were IPTV subscriptions. In Sweden alone, the push for IPTV resulted in a year-on-year rise of 162,000 new subscriptions to 320,000. From the end of the first quarter 2008 to the end of the second quarter, the number of IPTV subscriptions in Sweden increased by 2,000. The number of broadband access subscriptions increased by 11,000 from the end of the first quarter 2008 to the end of the second quarter, while the number of fixed voice subscriptions fell by 108,000.

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

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