(Telecompaper) French operator SFR had EUR 2.44 billion of revenue in the first quarter, down 5.8 percent on the first quarter of 2013, reports Vivendi, which classifies SFR as a discontinued operation since reaching an agreement to sell it to Numericable and Altice. SFR's decreased slowed in the first quarter, compared to a 7.1 percent decline in the last quarter of 2013. Retail revenues decreased by 8.9 percent to EUR 1.61 billion. The operator's total mobile customer base rose by 3.2 percent over a year to 21.29 million, including 18.02 million postpaid customers. In the first quarter alone, it decreased by 21,000. The broadband internet residential customer base grew by 43,000 in the first quarter, to reach 5.25 million. FTTH customers reached 221,000 and multi-pack customers grew by 528,000 in a year to 2.48 million at the end of March (47.3% of all broadband internet customers). SFR's EBITDA fell by 11 percent to EUR 625 million, a decrease softened by its transformation plan.