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2008 Financial Year Compared to the 2007 Financial Year

EMAPA

    Middle
East
    Associates          
  Eastern
Europe(2)
Africa & Asia Pacific   US Other Eliminations EMAPA     % change
  £m £m £m   £m £m £m £m   £ Organic(2)
Year ended 31 March 2008
Voice revenue(1) 2,584 3,818 1,085       (1) 7,486      
Messaging revenue 333 210 281       824      
Data revenue 108 187 64       359      
Fixed line revenue(1) 16 7 25       48      
Other service revenue 1       1      
Service revenue 3,041 4,222 1,456       (1) 8,718   46.1 14.4
Acquisition revenue 61 261 128       450      
Retention revenue 27 1 6       34      
Other revenue 25 63 55       143      
Revenue 3,154 4,547 1,645       (1) 9,345   45.1 14.5
Interconnect costs (522) (623) (247)       1 (1,391)      
Other direct costs (445) (625) (284)       (1,354)      
Acquisition costs (322) (395) (222)       (939)      
Retention costs (97) (103) (59)       (259)      
Operating expenses (769) (1,078) (410)       (2,257)      
Acquired intangibles amortisation (223) (425)       (648)      
Purchased licence amortisation (19) (28) (16)       (63)      
Depreciation and other amortisation (425) (503) (226)       (1,154)      
Share of result in associates(3) 2   2,447 2,449      
Adjusted operating profit 332 769 181   2,447 3,729   15.0 20.9
Year ended 31 March 2007                      
Voice revenue(1) 2,037 2,098 942         5,077      
Messaging revenue 271 142 254         667      
Data revenue 70 26 42         138      
Fixed line revenue(1) 14 66 7         87      
Service revenue 2,392 2,332 1,245         5,969      
Acquisition revenue 53 223 105         381      
Retention revenue 19 2         21      
Other revenue 13 10 47         70      
Revenue 2,477 2,565 1,399         6,441      
Interconnect costs (433) (364) (248)         (1,045)      
Other direct costs (314) (246) (224)         (784)      
Acquisition costs (219) (291) (167)         (677)      
Retention costs (78) (84) (50)         (212)      
Operating expenses (614) (509) (349)         (1,472)      
Acquired intangibles amortisation (285) (105) (2)         (392)      
Purchased licence amortisation (19) (17) (7)         (43)      
Depreciation and other amortisation (331) (255) (193)         (779)      
Share of result in associates(3)   2,077 130   2,207      
Adjusted operating profit 184 694 159   2,077 130   3,244      
                       
Change at constant exchange rates % % %   % %          
Voice revenue(1) 20.3 90.3 7.0                
Messaging revenue 13.2 53.8 2.6                
Data revenue 48.1 646.0 43.0                
Fixed line revenue(1) 16.4 (89.9) 201.2                
Service revenue 20.2 88.6 8.6                
Acquisition revenue 12.3 25.9 13.7                
Retention revenue 34.0 195.2                
Other revenue 80.3 569.1 7.8                
Revenue 20.5 85.2 9.2                
Interconnect costs 13.5 78.1 (7.4)                
Other direct costs 29.8 163.1 17.4                
Acquisition costs 36.6 45.7 24.0                
Retention costs 20.7 30.0 10.6                
Operating expenses 17.7 120.4 9.6                
Acquired intangibles amortisation (26.4) 316.7 (100.0)                
Purchased licence amortisation (5.0) 75.0 128.6                
Depreciation and other amortisation 21.1 104.5 8.1                
Share of result in associates(3)   24.8 (100.0)          
Adjusted operating profit 93.3 15.3 4.6   24.8 (100.0)          
Notes:
(1) Revenue relating to fixed line activities provided by mobile operators, previously classified within voice revenue, is now presented as fixed line revenue, together with revenue from fixed line operators and fixed broadband. All prior periods have been adjusted accordingly.
(2) On 1 October 2007, Romania rebased all of its tariffs and changed its functional currency from US dollars to euros. In calculating all constant exchange rate and organic metrics which include Romania, previous US dollar amounts have been translated into euros at the 1 October 2007 US$/euro exchange rate.
(3) During the year ended 31 March 2008, the Group changed its organisational structure and the Group’s associated undertaking in France, SFR, is now managed within the Europe region and reported within Other Europe. The results are presented in accordance with the new organisational structure.