OREANDA-NEWS.  “VimpelCom Ltd” (“VimpelCom”, “Company” or “Group”) (NYSE: VIP), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, today announced operating and financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

JO LUNDER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, COMMENTS:

“I am very pleased to report strong performances from all of our Business Units in the fourth quarter of 2012. Russia delivered a 4% increase in revenue year-on-year with mobile ARPU up 5%, stimulated by usage and Value Added Services growth with mobile data revenues up 37%. EBITDA in Russia increased 15% as a result of the revenue improvement and strong execution on our operational excellence programs. In Italy, we have again outperformed the market, strengthening our market position in both the mobile and fixed-line segments. Excluding the impact of mobile termination rate cuts, mobile service revenues were up 2% year-on-year, with mobile internet revenues growing 37%. In Africa & Asia, we experienced strong increases in subscribers leading to organic revenue growth of 11%. We have made good progress on the transition to bundled tariff plans in Ukraine, resulting in a return to growth, while at the same time increased our subscriber numbers by 5%. Finally, our CIS business continued to deliver double digit revenue and EBITDA growth. The Group EBITDA margin in 4Q12 rose to 41.1%. Our 2012 results, with clear operational improvements, demonstrate our ability to deliver on our strategy and objectives. In 2013 we expect to deliver results in line with our enhanced Value Agenda objectives for 2013-2015.”