Furthermore, the number of clients in Romania increased by 12.8 percent, up to 9.265 million.

“We are very satisfied with our financial performance in the past quarter. Vodafone Romania keeps registering healthy growth of income from services, even on a mature market,” said Vodafone Romania’s CEO, Liliana Solomon. Romania remains Vodafone’s main growth engine in Eastern Europe, amid an increasingly competitive market, she added.

The operator’s average revenue per user (ARPU) rose 6.2 percent, up to €10.3 in Q1, compared to €9.7 in the previous quarter.