The financial and operating results of the 4th quarter and 2012 VimpelCom Ltd. '. "

Telecom operator VimpelCom Ltd. '. "(Business unit" Russia ") presented its financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and 2012, which are as follows:

Positive trends in the financial and operating performance, marked in the previous few quarters, will continue in the fourth quarter of 2012
Revenue growth in the 4th quarter by 4% year on year, including due to revenue growth in the segment of the data by 37%
EBITDA growth of 15% year-to-year and the EBITDA margin by 4.2 percentage points to 41.3%
The purpose of the program «Operational Excellence», set at 5 billion rubles., Exceeded by more than 2 times.
Key figures of the fourth quarter of 2012:

Consolidated revenues in Russia grew by 4% year on year to 73.6 billion rubles due to revenue growth in the mobile segment.
Revenue growth in the mobile segment, up 4% year on year, due to higher revenue in the segment data by 37%, and also due to increase in revenues from sales of customer premises equipment. ARPU index increased by 5% year on year to 343 rubles.
Revenue growth in the fixed segment was 0.4% year on year, while revenue in the segment of fixed broadband (FTTB) grew by a record 23%, which offset the decline in revenues from operators' business by 9% year on year.
EBITDA increased by 15% yoy, EBITDA margin reached 41.3%, up by 4.2 percentage points compared to Q4 2011, primarily due to the successful implementation of the program «Operational Exellence».
Subscriber base in the mobile segment decreased by 2% year on year and amounted to 56.1 million, mobile broadband subscriber base has increased by 5% to 2.7 million, fixed broadband subscriber base grew 15% to $ 2.4 million
Index CAPEX / Revenues up 34% in Q4 2012, which corresponded to schedule roll-out in 2012. The 2012 figure CAPEX / Revenues by 18%.