TeliaSonera January-December 2008

TeliaSonera (Stockholm: TLSN) net sales increased 12.7 percent to SEK 28,096 million (24,921). Organic growth in local currencies was 4.5 percent. All business areas showed higher sales. The positive net effect of acquisitions was 1.5 percent and of exchange rate changes 6.7 percent.

Broadband Services

The number of subscriptions for broadband access rose to 2,434,000, an increase of 108,000 from year-end 2007 and 29,000 from the end of the third quarter 2008.

The total number of TV subscriptions rose by 98,000 from year-end 2007 to 867,000, of which 477,000 were IPTV subscriptions, up 99,000. In Sweden, the push for IPTV resulted in a rise of 20,000 from year-end 2007 to 324,000. Thus far, around 70 per-cent of TeliaSonera’s IPTV customer base in Sweden is paying customers. The total number of IPTV subscriptions increased by 27,000 during the fourth quarter, of which 4,000 in Sweden.

TV subscriptions (‘000):

                Q4    Q3    Q2    Q1    Q4    Q3    Q2    Q1  Year  Year  Year
              2008  2008  2008  2008  2007  2007  2007  2007  2008  2007  2006
              ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----
Sweden                      
  IP-TV        324   320   320   318   304   216   158    82   324   304    22
Finland                      
  Cable TV     176   176   176   177   178   177   177   176   176   178   176
  IP-TV          0     0     0     0     0     -     -     -     0     0     -
Norway                      
  IP-TV         10    10     8     4     2     1     -     -    10     2     -
Denmark                      
  Cable TV     210   209   209   209   210   207   209   209   210   210   210
  IP-TV          1     1     -     -     -     -     -     -     1     -     -
Lithuania                      
  IP-TV         67    48    35    25    18    14    12     9    67    18     5
Estonia
  Cable TV       4     4     4     4     3     3     3     0     4     3     0
  IP-TV         75    71    64    60    54    45    36    30    75    54    25
              ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----  ----
Total          867   839   816   797   769   663   595   506   867   769   438

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