MADRID, 17 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -
The fourth mobile operator with its own network in Spain, Yoigo, has improved its sales by 15 percent in the first half of the year, to 4,470 million Swedish crowns (about 515 million euros at current exchange rates), while its gross operating profit reached 274 million Swedish crowns (about 31.5 million euros), 71 percent more.
In terms of number of customers, the Spanish subsidiary of the Nordic firm TeliaSonera increased its subscribers to 3,818 million at the end of June, which means adding about 600,000 customers to the 3.3 million users with which it ended the second quarter of 2012.
Spain is consolidated as well as the country that experienced the greatest growth in the number of users of the entire group, ahead of Sweden, and is positioned as one of the engines of TeliaSonera.
As for the second quarter of 2013, Yoigo's turnover stood at SEK 2,236 million (EUR 257 million), representing a growth of 15.7 per cent.
In addition, the company increased its EBITDA by 44.9 percent in the second quarter, to SEK 184 million (about 21 million euros).
TELIASONERA EARNS 9 PERCENT LESS
For its part, Yoigo's parent company, TeliaSonera, recorded a net attributable profit of 8,139 million Swedish crowns (938 million euros) in the first half of the year, which is 9.3 percent less than in the same period of the previous year.
The Nordic group's sales decreased by 4.2 percent to SEK 49,816 million (€5,742 million) in the first six months of the year.
In the second quarter, TeliaSonera reduced its attributable profit by 16.9 percent to SEK 4,031 million (€464 million), while its sales fell by 3.9 percent to SEK 25,274 million (€2,913 million).
