DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TeliaSonera AB (TLSN.SK), the Swedish telecom operator, Thursday reported a fall in first quarter net profit from a year earlier, partly due to lower contributions from MegaFon and Turkcell, while revenue rose as its Eurasian operations continued to grow at a double-digit pace. MAIN FACTS: -1Q revenue at SEK25.69 billion, up from SEK24.84 billion in 1Q 2011. -Analysts had expected net sales at SEK25.51 billion. -1Q Ebitda at SEK8.82 billion, down from SEK8.89 billion in 1Q 2011. -Analysts had expected Ebitda at SEK8.96 billion. -1Q net profit at SEK3.91 billion, down from SEK4.65 billion in 1Q 2011. -Analysts had expected net profit at SEK4.17 billion. -Teliasonera reiterated its previous outlook for 2012, expecting organic growth of between 1% and 2%, Ebitda-margin in line with last year and capex-to-sales ratio of 13%-14%. -TeliaSonera repeated that discussions are ongoing regarding future ownership and governance of OAO MegaFon between TeliaSonera, AF Telecom and Altimo. -During 1Q, the number of subscriptions increased by 1.2 million in TeliaSonera's consolidated companies and by 1.1 million in its associated companies. -The total number of subscriptions was 172.4 million. -TeliaSonera's income from Turkcell decreased to SEK351 million, from SEK509 million the same quarter last year. -TeliaSonera's income from Megafon decreased to SEK673 million, from SEK1.09 billion the same quarter last year. -TeliaSonera's shares closed at SEK48.80 Wednesday. -By Sven Grundberg, Dow Jones Newswires; +46-8-5451-3098; sven.grundberg@dowjones.com Order free Annual Report for TURKCELL Iletisim Hizmetleri AS Visit http://djnweurope.ar.wilink.com/?ticker=US9001112047 or call +44 (0)208 391 6028
