The distribution of change in net sales in terms of volume effects, structural effects, exchange rate effects, and price effects was as follows.
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January–December | |
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| Percent | 2008 | 2007 |
| Change in net sales, total | 7.5 | 5.8 |
| – volume growth | 9.8 | 9.7 |
| – structural changes | 1.5 | 2.7 |
| – exchange rate effects | 2.1 | -0.5 |
| – price reductions | -5.8 | -6.1 |
TeliaSonera experiences volume growth mainly within mobile communications and broadband in almost all of its geographical markets. The growth is especially strong in the Eurasian operations due to ongoing high customer intake. The impact from volume growth is, however, partly offset by overall price pressure on telecom services.
Structural changes in 2008 mainly related to the acquisitions of Avansys, ComHouse and the mobile operations in Nepal and Cambodia as well as the acquisitions in 2007 of Cygate, debitel Danmark and the mobile operations in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, while 2007 was also impacted by the acquisition of NextGenTel in 2006.
Net sales are broken down by reportable segment, by product area, by individually material countries and by economic region in Note 6 “Segment Information.”