OREANDA-NEWS. November 15, 2012.  “VimpelCom Ltd” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NYSE: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, today announces operating and financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012.

 
JO LUNDER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, COMMENTS:

“We have made further good progress in the execution of our strategy, with strong organic growth in Group revenue and EBITDA. The EBITDA margin of 44% is the highest reported since completion of the Wind Telecom acquisition in April 2011. In our emerging markets (excluding Italy) we delivered 7% organic revenue growth and a 14% increase in EBITDA.  In Russia, the positive trend seen in the first half continued, with year-on-year revenue growth of 7%, in part driven by strong mobile data revenue growth of 38%. EBITDA in Russia increased 16% year-on-year, with an improvement in the EBITDA margin to 43.2%. Our business in Italy has continued to outperform competition also showing strong mobile data revenue growth and CIS, Asia & Africa and Ukraine each delivered a solid set of figures in their respective markets.

 We are delivering on our objectives and our focus will remain on delivering profitable growth leading to increased cash flows.”