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América Móvil’s fourth quarter of
2017 financial and operating report
Mexico City, February 13, 2018 - América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“América Móvil”) [BMV: AMX] [NYSE: AMX, AMOV], announced today its financial and operating results for the fourth quarter of 2017.
• Our postpaid wireless subscriber base posted a solid increase of 6.4% year-on-year after net additions of 1.7 million in the quarter, including one million in Brazil and 206 thousand in Mexico. On the fixed-line platform broadband accesses were up 4.2% year-on-year after adding 321 thousand accesses in the quarter.
• Fourth quarter revenues of 264 billion pesos were down 2.0% in Mexican peso terms on account of FX movements, but at constant exchange rates they actually rose 0.5% with service revenues up 1.4%.
• Service revenue growth was driven by postpaid revenues, up 9.5%; prepaid data, up 9.7% and fixed-broadband revenues that rose 5.8%. Mobile ARPUs rose practically across the board driven by strong data revenue growth.
• EBITDA totaled 70.2 billion pesos; it was up 6.8% in Mexican peso terms and 9.8% at constant exchange rates. South America and Mexico have shown great improvements with EBITDA rising 13.5% in each segment, at constant exchange rates. Most operations posted an increase in their EBITDA margin from a year before.
• Fourth quarter figures were affected by a major revenue loss in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of hurricane Maria that hit the island in September. Excluding this operation, our consolidated service revenues would have been 1.9% higher than a year before and EBITDA would have risen 12.0% (at constant exchange rates).
• We posted a comprehensive financing cost of 37.3 billion pesos in the quarter, almost wholly determined by foreign exchange losses arising from the depreciation during the quarter of the Mexican peso vs. the U.S. dollar and the euro.
• Our operating profit came in at 28.6 billion pesos, having increased 10.9% from the year-earlier quarter. However, after financing costs we posted a net loss of 11.3 billion pesos in the quarter.
• Our cash flow enabled us to cover capital expenditures of 136.7 billion pesos and shareholder distributions (share buybacks and dividends paid out, net of dividends received from KPN) of 15.0 billion pesos and to reduce our net debt by 47.9 billion pesos throughout the year to 614.5 billion pesos (equivalent to 2.0 times LTM EBITDA).
América Móvil’s Subsidiaries as of December 2017 | |||
Country | Brand | Business | Equity |
Participation | |||
Mexico | Telcel | wireless | 100.0% |
Telmex | wireline | 98.8% | |
Sección Amarilla (1) | other | 98.4% | |
Telvista | other | 90.0% | |
Argentina | Claro | wireless | 100.0% |
Telmex | wireline | 99.7% | |
Brazil | Claro | wireless/wireline | 97.7% |
Chile | Claro | wireless | 100.0% |
Telmex(1) | wireline | 100.0% | |
Colombia | Claro | wireless | 99.4% |
Telmex | wireline | 99.3% | |
Costa Rica | Claro | wireless | 100.0% |
Dominicana | Claro | wireless/wireline | 100.0% |
Ecuador | Claro | wireless/wireline | 100.0% |
El Salvador | Claro | wireless/wireline | 95.8% |
Guatemala | Claro | wireless/wireline | 99.3% |
Honduras | Claro | wireless/wireline | 100.0% |
Nicaragua | Claro | wireless/wireline | 99.6% |
Panama | Claro | wireless/wireline | 100.0% |
Paraguay | Claro | wireless/wireline | 100.0% |
Peru | Claro | wireless/wireline | 100.0% |
Puerto Rico | Claro | wireless/wireline | 100.0% |
Uruguay | Claro | wireless/wireline | 100.0% |
USA | Tracfone | wireless | 100.0% |
Netherlands | KPN | wireless/wireline | 21.1% |
Austria | Telekom Austria | wireless/wireline | 51.0% |
(1) Equity Participation of Telmex Internacional of which América Móvil owns 97.90%. |
Relevant Events
On November 13th, we made the second and final installment of our dividend payment of 30 Mexican peso cents per share corresponding to the year 2016. The second installment totaled 9.5 billion pesos in cash and 16.9 million series L shares, equivalent to 2.9% of the eligible shares.
On November 30th, we announced we had entered into an agreement with the International Olympic Committee for the broadcast and exhibition rights for all countries in Latin America, except for Brazil, of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games for the period 2018-2024.
América Móvil Fundamentals (IFRS) | ||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | |
Earnings per Share (Mex$) (1) | -0.17 | -0.09 |
Earning per ADR (US$) (2) | -0.18 | -0.09 |
EBITDA per Share (Mex$) (3) | 1.06 | 1.00 |
EBITDA per ADR (US$) | 1.12 | 1.01 |
Net Income (millions of Mex$) | -11,295 | -5,972 |
Average Shares Outstanding (billion) | 66.07 | 65.66 |
(1) Net Income / Average Shares Outstanding | ||
(2) 20 shares per ADR | ||
(3) EBITDA / Average Shares Outstanding |
Access Lines
We ended 2017 with 362 million accesses, slightly less than a year before, with our mobile postpaid and fixed-broadband accesses increasing 6.4% and 4.2%, and mobile prepaid and PayTV accesses falling by approximately 2.6% each. In fixed voice we lost 1.9% of our accesses as clients moved to triple play packages or to postpaid mobile services.
In mobile postpaid we added 1.7 million subscribers in the fourth quarter—one million in Brazil and 206 thousand in Mexico and 109 thousand in Austria—to finish the year with 70.6 million subs. Our postpaid net adds surpassed those of the year-earlier quarter by 26.6%. In fixed broadband we gained 321 thousand clients in the quarter.
Wireless Subscribers as of December 2017 | Total(1) (Thousands) | ||||
Country | Dec ’17 | Sep ’17 | Var.% | Dec ’16 | Var.% |
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay | 24,091 | 24,000 | 0.4% | 23,749 | 1.4% |
Austria & CEE | 20,658 | 20,828 | -0.8% | 20,708 | -0.2% |
Brazil | 59,022 | 60,398 | -2.3% | 60,171 | -1.9% |
Central America | 15,927 | 15,653 | 1.7% | 15,085 | 5.6% |
Caribbean | 5,637 | 5,583 | 1.0% | 5,453 | 3.4% |
Chile | 6,985 | 6,880 | 1.5% | 6,628 | 5.4% |
Colombia | 29,353 | 29,112 | 0.8% | 28,954 | 1.4% |
Ecuador | 7,960 | 8,612 | -7.6% | 8,727 | -8.8% |
Mexico | 73,855 | 73,315 | 0.7% | 72,953 | 1.2% |
Peru | 12,392 | 12,238 | 1.3% | 12,075 | 2.6% |
USA | 23,132 | 23,743 | -2.6% | 26,070 | -11.3% |
Total Wireless Lines | 279,013 | 280,363 | -0.5% | 280,572 | -0.6% |
(1) Includes total subscribers of all companies in which América Móvil holds an economic interest; does not consider the date in which the companies started being consolidated. |
Fixed-Line and Other Accesses (RGUs) as of December 2017 | Total(1) (Thousands) | ||||
Country | Dec ’17 | Sep ’17 | Var.% | Dec ’16 | Var.% |
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay | 670 | 663 | 1.0% | 618 | 8.3% |
Austria & CEE | 6,036 | 6,015 | 0.4% | 5,900 | 2.3% |
Brazil | 35,904 | 35,962 | -0.2% | 36,717 | -2.2% |
Central America | 5,811 | 5,698 | 2.0% | 5,392 | 7.8% |
Caribbean | 2,700 | 2,721 | -0.8% | 2,663 | 1.4% |
Chile | 1,354 | 1,353 | 0.0% | 1,324 | 2.2% |
Colombia | 6,753 | 6,679 | 1.1% | 6,304 | 7.1% |
Ecuador | 367 | 362 | 1.3% | 352 | 4.3% |
Mexico | 21,851 | 21,857 | 0.0% | 22,178 | -1.5% |
Peru | 1,398 | 1,408 | -0.7% | 1,468 | -4.8% |
Total RGUs | 82,844 | 82,719 | 0.2% | 82,915 | -0.1% |
(1) Fixed Line, Broadband and Television (Cable & DTH). |
América Móvil Consolidated Results
The last quarter of 2017 ended on a strong note, with inflation seemingly well contained and economic growth speeding up in most of the world, both in developed and in emerging countries. With commodity prices firming up, several Latin American countries found new stimulus for expansion, particularly in Brazil that is recovering from a long and protracted recession. In Central and Eastern Europe the region stood to benefit from the overall economic recovery in Western Europe that has been remarkably strong in bordering countries such as Germany and Austria.
The positive economic momentum had us posting good revenue and EBITDA growth very much across the board, with data services leading the way on both the mobile and the fixed-line platforms; mobile ARPUs rose practically everywhere beefed up by data revenues. The investments we made over the last several years on convergence, including the deployment of fiber optic and the expansion of our 4G footprint, have provided us with the fastest data networks in our region. That gives us a competitive edge on our main business segments, which in most countries has helped us strengthen our position.
Our revenues totaled 264 billion pesos in the fourth quarter. They were down 2.0% in Mexican peso terms on account of foreign exchange rate movements; at constant exchange rates, however, revenues were up 0.5%, with service revenues rising 1.4%. Service revenue growth was driven by postpaid revenues, up 9.5%; prepaid data, up 9.7% and fixed-broadband revenues that rose 5.8%.
By regions, the most dynamic one was the South American block, with service revenue growth of 4.5% (at constant exchange rates) followed by Mexico, with 3.3%.
Fourth quarter EBITDA totaled 70.2 billion pesos; it was up 6.8% in Mexican peso terms and 9.8% at constant exchange rates, compared to 1.3% in the prior quarter (not including the Colombia ruling), when EBITDA was hit by the natural disasters in Mexico and Puerto Rico. In South America EBITDA rose 13.5% at constant exchange rates, followed by Mexico with 13.5% and Central America with 7.8%.
EBITDA margins were up in most of our operations with Mexico’s increasing by 4.1 percentage points, Brazil’s by 2.9, Ecuador’s by 3.9 and Peru’s by 6.5.
Our consolidated figures reflect the major loss of revenues in Puerto Rico, -16.1% year-on-year, in the aftermath of the hurricane that battered the island in September. The revenue decline, mostly to do with the lack of electrical power throughout the island and its impact on fixed-line telephony, resulted in an even greater drag on consolidated EBITDA, as that operation’s EBITDA margin plummeted to -3.5% in the fourth quarter from 21.6% in the second one.
Excluding Puerto Rico, our consolidated service revenues expanded 1.9% year-on-year and our EBITDA 12.0%. Our operating profit came in at 28.6 billion pesos, having increased 10.9% from the year-earlier quarter. Relative to total revenues, it rose from 9.6% a year before to 10.8%.
América Móvil’s Income Statement (IFRS) Millions of Mexican pesos | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan-Dec 17 | Jan-Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Service Revenues | 220,920 | 223,513 | -1.2% | 878,411 | 831,885 | 5.6% |
Equipment Revenues | 42,939 | 45,821 | -6.3% | 143,222 | 143,527 | -0.2% |
Total Revenues | 263,859 | 269,335 | -2.0% | 1,021,634 | 975,412 | 4.7% |
Cost of Service | 81,854 | 86,042 | -4.9% | 327,745 | 314,580 | 4.2% |
Cost of Equipment | 49,540 | 53,158 | -6.8% | 170,154 | 172,495 | -1.4% |
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses | 59,718 | 62,499 | -4.5% | 238,883 | 225,866 | 5.8% |
Others | 2,594 | 1,960 | 32.4% | 7,549 | 6,350 | 18.9% |
Total Costs and Expenses | 193,706 | 203,659 | -4.9% | 744,332 | 719,291 | 3.5% |
Adjusted EBITDA* | 70,153 | 65,676 | 6.8% | 277,302 | 256,122 | 8.3% |
% of Total Revenues | 26.6% | 24.4% | 27.1% | 26.3% | ||
Depreciation & Amortization | 41,592 | 39,923 | 4.2% | 158,612 | 146,511 | 8.3% |
Adjusted EBIT* | 28,560 | 25,752 | 10.9% | 118,690 | 109,610 | 8.3% |
% of Total Revenues | 10.8% | 9.6% | 11.6% | 11.2% | ||
Net Interest Expense | 7,080 | 7,466 | -5.2% | 27,375 | 29,669 | -7.7% |
Other Financial Expenses | -6,995 | 4,339 | -261.2% | 1,944 | 16,226 | -88.0% |
Foreign Exchange Loss | 37,244 | 16,407 | 127.0% | 13,819 | 40,427 | -65.8% |
Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income) | 37,329 | 28,212 | 32.3% | 43,138 | 86,323 | -50.0% |
Income & Deferred Taxes | 1,485 | 2,654 | -44.0% | 30,691 | 11,399 | 169.2% |
Net Income before Minority | ||||||
Interest and Equity Participation in Results | -10,254 | -5,114 | -100.5% | 44,861 | 11,889 | 277.3% |
of Affiliates | ||||||
Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates | 10 | 55 | -81.3% | 91 | 190 | -51.9% |
Minority Interest | 326 | -914 | 135.7% | -2,829 | -3,429 | 17.5% |
Adjusted Net Income (Loss) | -9,917 | -5,972 | -66.0% | 42,123 | 8,649 | 387.0% |
Net Income (Loss) | -11,295 | -5,972 | -89.1% | 29,326 | 8,649 | 239.1% |
* Adjusted EBITDA and EBIT do not include the expense item associated with the arbitrage ruling in Colombia. For more details please visit https://www.bmv.com.mx/en/issuers/financialinformation/AMX-6024-CGEN_CAPIT |
We posted a comprehensive financing cost of 37.3 billion pesos in the quarter, almost wholly determined by foreign exchange losses arising from the depreciation of the Mexican peso vs. the U.S. dollar and the euro in the quarter; a year before, comprehensive financing costs had totaled 28.2 billion pesos. For the full year 2017 our comprehensive financing costs were down 50% from the year before, to 43.1 billion pesos.
We had a net loss of 11.3 billion pesos in the fourth quarter, but a net profit of 29.3 billion pesos for the full year.
Balance Sheet (in accordance with IFRS) - América Móvil Consolidated Millions of Mexican Pesos | ||||||||
Dec '17 | Dec '16 | Var.% | Dec '17 | Dec '16 | Var.% | |||
Current Assets | Current Liabilities | |||||||
Cash, Marketable | ||||||||
Securities & Other Short | 83,391 | 78,076 | 6.8% | Short Term Debt* | 51,746 | 82,607 | -37.4% | |
Term Ivestments | ||||||||
Accounts Receivable | 201,814 | 206,684 | -2.4% | Accounts Payable | 291,029 | 321,881 | -9.6% | |
Other Current Assets | 18,221 | 20,279 | -10.1% | Other Current Liabilities | 70,562 | 65,515 | 7.7% | |
Inventories | 38,810 | 36,871 | 5.3% | 413,336 | 470,003 | -12.1% | ||
342,235 | 341,909 | 0.1% | ||||||
Non Current Assets | Non Current Liabilities | |||||||
Plant & Equipment | 676,343 | 701,190 | -3.5% | Long Term Debt | 646,139 | 625,194 | 3.4% | |
Investments in Affiliates | 3,735 | 3,603 | 3.7% | Other Liabilities | 166,103 | 148,821 | 11.6% | |
812,242 | 774,015 | 4.9% | ||||||
Deferred Assets | ||||||||
Goodwill (Net) | 151,463 | 152,633 | -0.8% | |||||
Intangible Assets | 123,242 | 128,598 | -4.2% | Shareholder's Equity | 260,634 | 271,024 | -3.8% | |
Deferred Assets | 189,193 | 187,109 | 1.1% | |||||
Total Assets | 1,486,212 | 1,515,042 | -1.9% | Total Liabilities and Equity |
1,486,212 | 1,515,042 | -1.9% | |
*Includes current portion of Long Term Debt. |
Our net debt was down by 15.2 billion pesos in 2017 to 614.5 billion pesos. This figure reflects the flow reduction in net debt of 47.9 billion pesos throughout the year; the Colombian ruling in July that added 18.5 billion pesos to our debt (a ruling that is being reviewed in an arbitration court); and the impact of foreign exchange variations (in Mexican peso terms) on our balance sheet.
Our cash flow enabled us to cover capital expenditures of 136.7 billion pesos and shareholder distributions (share buybacks and dividends paid out, net of dividends received from KPN) of 15.0 billion pesos. We acquired ownership interests in some companies investing 6.7 billion pesos and contributed 14.8 billion pesos to the reduction of outstanding pension liabilities.
Financial Debt of América Móvil* Millions | ||
Dec -17 | Dec -16 | |
Peso - denominated debt (MxP) | 83,192 | 87,527 |
Bonds and other securities | 70,692 | 72,416 |
Banks and others | 12,500 | 15,111 |
U.S. Dollar - denominated debt (USD) | 10,084 | 10,656 |
Bonds and other securities | 9,353 | 9,936 |
Banks and others | 732 | 720 |
Euro - denominated Debt (EUR) | 12,564 | 13,867 |
Bonds and other securities | 12,564 | 13,845 |
Banks and others | 0 | 23 |
Sterling - denominated Debt (GBP) | 2,750 | 2,750 |
Bonds and other securities | 2,750 | 2,750 |
Reais - denominated Debt (BRL) | 4,234 | 545 |
Bonds and other securities | 3,500 | 0 |
Banks and others | 734 | 545 |
Debt denominated in other currencies (MxP) | 17,864 | 23,195 |
Bonds and other securities | 17,765 | 23,069 |
Banks and others | 99 | 126 |
Total Debt (MxP) | 697,885 | 707,801 |
Cash, Marketable Securities and Short Term Financial | 83,391 | 78,076 |
Investments (MxP) | ||
Net Debt (MxP) | 614,494 | 629,726 |
* This table does not include the effect of forwards and derivatives used to hedge the foreign exchange exposure. The debt figures include the face value amount of the outstanding América Móvil hybrid bonds (1,450M euros and 550M sterling), but do not include the TKA hybrid bond (600M euros). |
Mexico
We added 206 thousand postpaid and 335 thousand prepaid subscribers in the fourth quarter to finish the year with 73.9 million wireless clients in Mexico, with our postpaid base rising 6.2% and our prepaid base roughly flat relative to the prior year. On the fixed-line platform we added 35 thousand broadband clients in the quarter to end the year with 9.3 million.
Our revenues of 72 billion pesos were similar to those of the year-earlier quarter, but service revenues increased 3.3% on the back of mobile service revenues that were up 8.3%. Prepaid data revenues have made an important contribution to revenue growth, with an 18.9% increase. Our blended mobile ARPU was up 7.2% year-on-year, marking its third consecutive quarterly increase. MBOUs rose 65% year-on-year, while MOUs increased 6.0% to 494 minutes, the highest level in Latin America.
On the fixed-line platform service revenues were off 3.5% mostly on account of the slide that has been taking place over the last two or three quarters in international long distance and interconnection revenues, - 29.5%, and -21.5% respectively.
Mexican EBITDA soared 13.5% from the year-earlier quarter to 23.1 billion pesos. Relative to revenues, the EBITDA margin jumped from 28.0% in the last quarter of 2016 to 32.1% in the fourth quarter, helped along by reductions in subscriber acquisition costs.
Conversations have continued with the regulator (IFT) regarding the functional separation of Telmex and Telnor, through which certain elements of their local access network and passive infrastructure will be transferred into a separate entity to make them available for other operators to use on a wholesale basis. We currently expect that during March 2018, IFT will issue the final terms and conditions applicable to the functional separation in order to start the implementation process.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Mexico Millions of MxP | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 72,036 | 72,722 | -0.9% | 267,586 | 269,136 | -0.6% |
Total Service Revenues | 51,921 | 50,256 | 3.3% | 202,980 | 200,568 | 1.2% |
Wireless Revenues | 49,781 | 49,364 | 0.8% | 177,868 | 175,794 | 1.2% |
Service Revenues | 31,225 | 28,824 | 8.3% | 119,973 | 114,096 | 5.2% |
Equipment Revenues | 18,500 | 20,370 | -9.2% | 57,374 | 60,449 | -5.1% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 24,104 | 25,527 | -5.6% | 97,174 | 101,012 | -3.8% |
EBITDA | 23,097 | 20,347 | 13.5% | 84,996 | 85,727 | -0.9% |
% total revenues | 32.1% | 28.0% | 31.8% | 31.9% | ||
EBIT | 15,535 | 13,121 | 18.4% | 55,195 | 58,500 | -5.6% |
% | 21.6% | 18.0% | 20.6% | 21.7% | ||
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues. |
Mexico Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 73,855 | 72,953 | 1.2% |
Postpaid | 12,766 | 12,015 | 6.2% |
Prepaid | 61,090 | 60,938 | 0.2% |
MOU | 494 | 466 | 6.0% |
ARPU (MxP) | 142 | 132 | 7.2% |
Churn (%) | 4.5% | 4.9% | (0.4) |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 21,851 | 22,178 | -1.5% |
Fixed Lines | 12,584 | 12,949 | -2.8% |
Broadband | 9,267 | 9,229 | 0.4% |
* Fixed Line and Broadband. |
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
We finished the quarter with 24.1 million mobile clients and 670 thousand fixed-line RGUs, up 1.4% and 8.3% respectively from the year-earlier quarter, as PayTV accesses expanded 15.1% in Paraguay.
Our revenues rose 25.7% to 13.9 billion Argentinean pesos, with service revenue growing to 30.9% as mobile data revenues soared 59.2%. On the fixed-line platform revenues rose 17.0% with PayTV revenues expanding over 45%, albeit from a small base.
EBITDA was up 30% to 4.6 billion Argentinean pesos. The EBITDA margin stood at 32.8%, 1.1 percentage points more than a year before.
We have obtained the necessary regulatory approvals to begin selling PayTV in Argentina in 2018. We are committed to build an important number of homes passed to strengthen our fixed business in the country.
In Paraguay we were granted the use of 20MHz in the 700 MHz band in a public auction last December.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay Millions of ARP | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 13,943 | 11,091 | 25.7% | 49,700 | 39,869 | 24.7% |
Total Service Revenues | 11,058 | 8,445 | 30.9% | 40,792 | 30,741 | 32.7% |
Wireless Revenues | 13,151 | 10,439 | 26.0% | 46,723 | 37,446 | 24.8% |
Service Revenues | 10,259 | 7,770 | 32.0% | 37,769 | 28,282 | 33.5% |
Equipment Revenues | 2,885 | 2,647 | 9.0% | 8,908 | 9,128 | -2.4% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 864 | 739 | 17.0% | 3,242 | 2,710 | 19.6% |
EBITDA | 4,569 | 3,514 | 30.0% | 17,188 | 13,343 | 28.8% |
% total revenues | 32.8% | 31.7% | 34.6% | 33.5% | ||
EBIT | 3,518 | 2,660 | 32.2% | 13,341 | 10,281 | 29.8% |
% | 25.2% | 24.0% | 26.8% | 25.8% | ||
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues. |
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 24,091 | 23,749 | 1.4% |
Postpaid | 2,394 | 2,454 | -2.4% |
Prepaid | 21,697 | 21,295 | 1.9% |
MOU | 86 | 97 | -12.1% |
ARPU (ARP) | 140 | 111 | 26.7% |
Churn (%) | 2.0% | 2.0% | 0.1 |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 670 | 618 | 8.3% |
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. |
Brazil
In the fourth quarter we added almost one million postpaid clients—our postpaid base was up 11.1% year-on-year—and disconnected 2.4 million prepaid subscribers to finish the year with just over 59 million wireless subscribers. Over the last quarters we have consistently increased our share of postpaid net adds in the market, nearly doubling it to 32% in the fourth quarter from the year-earlier quarter on the back of our new commercial plans that provide unlimited voice in all segments; the fastest mobile internet connections; and a major investment program to modernize and expand network coverage. We are currently the only mobile operator in the country delivering 4.5G services—which provides speeds up to 10x faster than regular 4G.
Fixed RGUs, almost 36 million, were down 2.2% after net disconnections of 170 thousand PayTV units, but broadband accesses continued to grow at a healthy pace—we connected 130 thousand accesses in the quarter and led the market growth in 2017, sustaining our leading position. It is important to note that in the “ultrabroadband” segment, we are the leader with over two million accesses thanks to our advanced fiber network capillarity that can deliver speeds of more than 34 Mbps.
Our revenues, 8.9 billion reais, were up 0.8% from the year-earlier quarter, with mobile service revenues rising 7.8% on the back of very strong data-revenue growth—42.3% in the quarter—which contributed greatly to the 10.2% increase in our mobile ARPU.
On the fixed-line platform service revenues declined 2.7% mostly on account of falling long-distance revenues—down 19.4%— but also of PayTV revenues, down 3.3%. On the other hand, fixed-broadband revenues continued to expand, increasing 3.8% year-on-year.
EBITDA rose 11.6% year-on-year to 2.7 billion reais as a result of revenue improvements but also due to cost reductions in all areas of the company. The EBITDA margin expanded 2.9 percentage-points to 30.1%.
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INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Brazil Millions of BrL | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 8,937 | 8,870 | 0.8% | 35,478 | 35,982 | -1.4% |
Total Service Revenues | 8,769 | 8,680 | 1.0% | 34,864 | 34,959 | -0.3% |
Wireless Revenues | 3,051 | 2,842 | 7.3% | 11,674 | 11,704 | -0.3% |
Service Revenues | 2,860 | 2,652 | 7.8% | 11,017 | 10,689 | 3.1% |
Equipment Revenues | 168 | 190 | -11.5% | 614 | 1,019 | -39.7% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 5,887 | 6,029 | -2.4% | 23,805 | 24,278 | -1.9% |
EBITDA | 2,689 | 2,410 | 11.6% | 10,130 | 9,554 | 6.0% |
% total revenues | 30.1% | 27.2% | 28.6% | 26.6% | ||
EBIT | 577 | 255 | 126.3% | 1,484 | 820 | 81.1% |
% | 6.5% | 2.9% | 4.2% | 2.3% | ||
*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. |
Brazil Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 59,022 | 60,171 | -1.9% |
Postpaid | 20,335 | 18,310 | 11.1% |
Prepaid | 38,687 | 41,861 | -7.6% |
MOU(1) | 103 | 96 | 7.3% |
ARPU (BrL) | 16 | 14 | 10.2% |
Churn (%) | 4.7% | 5.5% | (0.8) |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 35,904 | 36,717 | -2.2% |
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers. |
Chile
We had nearly seven million wireless subscribers in Chile at the end of the year, 5.4% more than a year before, after adding 105 thousand subscribers in the last quarter, 70% of which were postpaid subscribers. Fixed RGUs increased 2.2% relative to the prior year, with broadband accesses rising 10.9%.
Revenues increased 7.2% year-on-year to reach 228 billion Chilean pesos as service revenues increased 8.0%. Mobile and fixed data revenues led the way, expanding in the period 31.8% and 20.8%, respectively. Revenues on the fixed platform account for 35% of total revenues.
Our constant efforts to control costs in the face of good revenue growth has allowed EBITDA to continue to expand rapidly, increasing 38.7% over the prior year to 35.1 billion Chilean pesos. The EBITDA margin, equivalent to 15.4% of revenues, was up 3.5 percentage points in the year.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Chile Millions of ChPL | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 227,982 | 212,672 | 7.2% | 851,277 | 766,932 | 11.0% |
Total Service Revenues | 191,465 | 177,336 | 8.0% | 746,117 | 683,553 | 9.2% |
Wireless Revenues | 154,951 | 144,768 | 7.0% | 566,986 | 507,382 | 11.7% |
Service Revenues | 118,429 | 109,537 | 8.1% | 461,787 | 423,633 | 9.0% |
Equipment Revenues | 36,516 | 35,337 | 3.3% | 105,162 | 83,380 | 26.1% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 80,783 | 73,906 | 9.3% | 313,887 | 282,284 | 11.2% |
EBITDA | 35,116 | 25,319 | 38.7% | 123,252 | 72,743 | 69.4% |
% total revenues | 15.4% | 11.9% | 14.5% | 9.5% | ||
EBIT | -19,194 | -28,254 | 32.1% | -89,884 | -139,353 | 35.5% |
% | -8.4% | -13.3% | -10.6% | -18.2% | ||
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues. |
Chile Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 6,985 | 6,628 | 5.4% |
Postpaid | 1,897 | 1,612 | 17.6% |
Prepaid | 5,088 | 5,016 | 1.4% |
MOU | 174 | 155 | 12.7% |
ARPU (ChP) | 5,841 | 5,685 | 2.8% |
Churn (%) | 5.7% | 6.0% | (0.3) |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 1,354 | 1,324 | 2.2% |
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. |
Colombia
We added 240 thousand wireless subscribers in the fourth quarter—of which 84 thousand were postpaid—to finish the year with 29.4 million wireless subscribers, 1.4% more than a year before. Our postpaid base increased 5.0% annually to 6.7 million contract clients. On the fixed-line side, our fixed-line RGUs were up 7.1% to 6.8 million, with land-lines and broadband accesses expanding 11.1% and 8.1%, respectively.
Total revenues were up 2.6% over the year to 2.9 trillion Colombian pesos. Service revenues expanded 3.6%, driven by fixed-line service revenues that increased 10.3% supported by data-services and PayTV revenue growth of 7.2% and 13.4%, respectively. We have made important investments in the fixed-line segment and our mix of revenues has changed such that fixed service revenues now account for 37% of the total.
On the mobile platform service revenues were practically flat year-on-year in a very competitive market with aggressive holiday promotions.
EBITDA was up 5.5% vs. the year-earlier quarter to 1.2 trillion Colombian pesos; the EBITDA margin, 39.8%, was up one percentage point from a year before.
On December 20th, 2017, we submitted our memorial in the arbitration claim against the Republic of Colombia, initiated in August 2016, requesting compensation pursuant to the Mexico-Colombia Free Trade Agreement in relation to certain measures adopted by Colombia since August 2013, including a decision from the Colombian Constitutional Court holding that certain laws eliminating the reversion of telecommunication assets did not apply to Comcel’s concessions. As a result, the Colombian Government refused to recognize Comcel’s property rights over those assets and obligated Comcel to pay an amount equivalent to the value of said assets.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Colombia Billions of COP | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 2,918 | 2,844 | 2.6% | 11,290 | 10,978 | 2.8% |
Total Service Revenues | 2,300 | 2,220 | 3.6% | 9,109 | 8,771 | 3.9% |
Wireless Revenues | 2,118 | 2,116 | 0.1% | 8,178 | 8,095 | 1.0% |
Service Revenues | 1,492 | 1,488 | 0.3% | 5,948 | 5,847 | 1.7% |
Equipment Revenues | 609 | 615 | -1.0% | 2,152 | 2,177 | -1.1% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 859 | 790 | 8.8% | 3,340 | 3,023 | 10.5% |
Adjusted EBITDA* | 1,163 | 1,102 | 5.5% | 4,499 | 4,069 | 10.6% |
% | 39.8% | 38.8% | 39.8% | 37.1% | ||
Adjusted EBIT* | 664 | 601 | 10.5% | 2,589 | 2,248 | 15.2% |
% | 22.8% | 21.1% | 22.9% | 20.5% | ||
**Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues. The full-year adjusted EBITDA does not include a cash payment of 3,155 billion Colombian pesos associated to the reversal of telecom assets under our concession titles | ||||||
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Colombia Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers* (thousands) | 29,353 | 28,954 | 1.4% |
Postpaid | 6,688 | 6,372 | 5.0% |
Prepaid | 22,665 | 22,582 | 0.4% |
MOU(1) | 202 | 212 | -4.8% |
ARPU (COP) | 16,915 | 17,205 | -1.7% |
Churn (%) | 4.7% | 4.6% | 0.1 |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)** | 6,753 | 6,304 | 7.1% |
* Due to differences in the policy for accounting active subscribers, the figures in this report are different from those published by the Ministry of Communications of Colombia (MinTIC).** Fixed Line, Broadband and Television | |||
** Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers. |
Ecuador
We ended the year with nearly eight million subscribers after disconnecting 651 thousand clients in the fourth quarter, all of them prepaid. On the postpaid segment, we registered net gains of 27 thousand subscribers. Fixed RGUs were up 4.3% to 367 thousand, with broadband accesses rising 11.3%.
Revenues declined 9.4% to 320 million dollars, with service revenues falling 3.9% year-on-year as mobile voice revenues declined 16.5% on account of competitive pressures that have brought prices down to one dollar-cent per minute of voice. Mobile data revenues, up 9.2% year-on-year, compensated partly the impact of declining voice revenues. Fixed revenues, on their part, continued to show strong growth, rising 23.6% in the period.
Fourth quarter EBITDA was 143 million dollars, down 0.8% in absolute terms. Relative to revenues, the margin rose 3.9 percentage points to 44.9%.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Ecuador Millions of Dollars | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 320 | 353 | -9.4% | 1,311 | 1,438 | -8.9% |
Total Service Revenues | 280 | 291 | -3.9% | 1,130 | 1,225 | -7.8% |
Wireless Revenues | 299 | 336 | -11.0% | 1,228 | 1,366 | -10.1% |
Service Revenues | 260 | 275 | -5.6% | 1,052 | 1,157 | -9.1% |
Equipment Revenues | 39 | 60 | -36.0% | 176 | 209 | -15.8% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 21 | 17 | 23.6% | 83 | 72 | 15.3% |
EBITDA | 143 | 145 | -0.8% | 522 | 603 | -13.3% |
% total revenues | 44.9% | 41.0% | 39.8% | 41.9% | ||
EBIT | 88 | 93 | -4.7% | 310 | 395 | -21.4% |
% | 27.7% | 26.3% | 23.7% | 27.5% | ||
*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. |
Ecuador Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 7,960 | 8,727 | -8.8% |
Postpaid | 2,547 | 2,439 | 4.4% |
Prepaid | 5,413 | 6,288 | -13.9% |
MOU | 353 | 240 | 46.8% |
ARPU (US$) | 10 | 10 | 1.3% |
Churn (%) | 7.3% | 4.5% | 2.8 |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 367 | 352 | 4.3% |
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. |
Peru
Our wireless subscriber base ended 2017 with 12.4 million subscribers, 2.6% more than a year before, after net additions of 153 thousand clients in the fourth quarter, including 76 thousand postpaid subscribers. After eight months of being net gainers form mobile number portability, in December we became the leader in portability by a difference of 28% vs. the second place. Additionally, we had 1.4 million fixed-line RGUs, a 4.8% reduction from a year before mostly due to the disconnection of land-line subscriptions.
The quarter’s revenues were up 0.7% to 1.4 billion soles with service revenues increasing 0.4%. Mobile service revenues grew 1.7% with mobile data revenues rising 14.7%. Wireless voice prices have fallen by 30% as we introduced unlimited calling in some of our plans.
EBITDA rose 43.2% annually to 307 million soles basically on the back of our cost-reduction efforts that led total costs and expenses to fall by 7.1% year-on-year. The EBITDA margin rose to 22.1% of revenues up from 15.5% in the last quarter of 2016.
We continue to expand the coverage of our 4G-LTE networks. In addition, in December we won in a public bidding, a project to roll out almost 1,800 Km of fiber optic networks in 264 cities and towns. The project has a cost of 96.7 million dollars and is government sponsored.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Peru Millions of Soles | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 1,389 | 1,379 | 0.7% | 5,436 | 5,244 | 3.7% |
Total Service Revenues | 1,180 | 1,175 | 0.4% | 4,694 | 4,551 | 3.1% |
Wireless Revenues | 1,177 | 1,162 | 1.2% | 4,590 | 4,387 | 4.6% |
Service Revenues | 960 | 943 | 1.7% | 3,812 | 3,650 | 4.4% |
Equipment Revenues | 209 | 203 | 2.8% | 739 | 684 | 8.1% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 213 | 217 | -2.0% | 846 | 857 | -1.3% |
EBITDA | 307 | 214 | 43.2% | 1,275 | 925 | 37.8% |
% total revenues | 22.1% | 15.5% | 23.4% | 17.6% | ||
EBIT | 124 | 28 | 345.8% | 531 | 222 | 138.7% |
% | 8.9% | 2.0% | 9.8% | 4.2% | ||
*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. |
Peru Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 12,392 | 12,075 | 2.6% |
Postpaid | 4,157 | 4,099 | 1.4% |
Prepaid | 8,235 | 7,976 | 3.2% |
MOU | 221 | 196 | 13.0% |
ARPU (Sol) | 26 | 26 | -0.9% |
Churn (%) | 6.4% | 5.8% | 0.6 |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 1,398 | 1,468 | -4.8% |
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television |
Central America
Our Central American operations added 274 thousand mobile subscribers in the fourth quarter to finish December with 15.9 million clients. On the fixed-line platform we had 5.8 million accesses, 7.8% more than a year before; growth was driven by broadband accesses that rose 15.1%.
Revenues rose 4.7% year-on-year to 605 million dollars, with service revenues rising 1.5% driven by data revenues that expanded 10% on the mobile platform and 8.7% on the fixed one. Pay TV revenues were up 7.8% year-on-year.
EBITDA was up 7.6% year-on-year to 210 million dollars and the EBITDA margin expanded one percentage point to 34.8%.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Central America Millions of Dollars | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 605 | 578 | 4.7% | 2,332 | 2,260 | 3.2% |
Total Service Revenues | 541 | 533 | 1.5% | 2,133 | 2,103 | 1.4% |
Wireless Revenues | 408 | 397 | 2.7% | 1,551 | 1,538 | 0.8% |
Service Revenues | 354 | 350 | 1.0% | 1,383 | 1,375 | 0.6% |
Equipment Revenues | 54 | 44 | 23.2% | 166 | 155 | 7.3% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 199 | 184 | 8.3% | 791 | 736 | 7.4% |
EBITDA | 210 | 196 | 7.6% | 817 | 777 | 5.2% |
% total revenues | 34.8% | 33.8% | 35.0% | 34.4% | ||
EBIT | 86 | 52 | 65.3% | 305 | 216 | 41.2% |
% | 14.2% | 9.0% | 13.1% | 9.6% | ||
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues. |
Central America Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 15,927 | 15,085 | 5.6% |
Postpaid | 2,400 | 2,250 | 6.7% |
Prepaid | 13,527 | 12,835 | 5.4% |
MOU(1) | 162 | 162 | 0.1% |
ARPU (US$) | 8 | 7 | 2.4% |
Churn (%) | 6.8% | 8.5% | (1.7) |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 5,811 | 5,392 | 7.8% |
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers. |
Caribbean
We had 5.6 million wireless subscribers in the Caribbean at the end of 2017, 3.4% more a year ago. Net subscriber additions were 54 thousand, 24 thousand of them in Puerto Rico. The postpaid subscriber base increased 4.1%, mostly in the Dominican Republic, to 1.9 million. Fixed-line RGUs reached 2.7 million accesses, up 1.4% year-on-year.
The situation in Puerto Rico following the damage that occurred after hurricane Maria hit the island in September remains very complicated. Roughly 50% of the territory still lacks electrical power, which has made the restoration of the telecommunication services difficult. We worked rapidly to reestablish service on our networks; almost all our wireless base stations are now operating but more than half are being powered by diesel making it more expensive and complex for them to operate. As regards our fixed-line infrastructure, around 75% of the infrastructure is operational; however, we have had to credit back the rents of clients that can’t use the service because they don’t have electricity.
Revenues in the Caribbean declined 9.0% year-on-year, basically because of the 16.1% revenue drop in Puerto Rico in the quarter. In the Dominican Republic, revenues were up 2.9% year-on-year on the back of data revenues that expanded 13.4% on the mobile platform and 11.6% on the fixed one. It is important to note that wireless service revenues in Puerto Rico have practically returned to their “normal” level—they were down 3% from a year before—but those on the fixed-line platform were over 40% lower than in the year-earlier quarter because of the inability of our clients to use the service given the lack of power in the island.
EBITDA declined 37.2% year-on-year to 100 million dollars, which is explained by the EBITDA loss of eight million dollars posted by Puerto Rico due to the important decline in revenues and extraordinary expenses related to the reconstruction and operation of our networks since the hurricane. In the Dominican Republic EBITDA rose 9.3% over the year.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Caribbean Millions of Dollars | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 448 | 492 | -9.0% | 1,847 | 1,954 | -5.5% |
Total Service Revenues | 376 | 427 | -11.9% | 1,611 | 1,723 | -6.5% |
Wireless Revenues | 277 | 276 | 0.3% | 1,046 | 1,096 | -4.5% |
Service Revenues | 210 | 217 | -2.8% | 835 | 888 | -6.0% |
Equipment Revenues | 69 | 60 | 13.6% | 219 | 211 | 4.0% |
Fixed Line and Other Revenues | 171 | 216 | -20.9% | 801 | 858 | -6.6% |
EBITDA | 100 | 158 | -37.2% | 534 | 613 | -13.0% |
% total revenues | 22.2% | 32.2% | 28.9% | 31.4% | ||
EBIT | 26 | 95 | -72.7% | 256 | 336 | -23.8% |
% | 5.8% | 19.4% | 13.8% | 17.2% | ||
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues. |
Caribbean Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 5,637 | 5,453 | 3.4% |
Postpaid | 1,865 | 1,792 | 4.1% |
Prepaid | 3,772 | 3,661 | 3.0% |
MOU(1) | 234 | 280 | -16.6% |
ARPU (US$) | 13 | 13 | -3.7% |
Churn (%) | 3.9% | 4.0% | (0.0) |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 2,700 | 2,663 | 1.4% |
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers. |
United States
We finished the year with 23.1 million subscribers—11.3% less than a year before—after net disconnections of 685 thousand Safelink subscribers in the quarter and net gains of 74 thousand clients in our other brands.
Total revenues declined 8.3% to 1.9 billion dollars as a result of the important number of disconnections. Other brands with higher ARPU such as StraightTalk and Total Wireless registered net gains in the period so the client mix resulted in an 11.9% increase in our blended ARPU.
The aforementioned disconnections, aggressive competition in our segment, and a new blend of clients, brought EBITDA down 26.4% relative to last year to 176 million dollars and the EBITDA margin came in at 9.1%, down from 11.3%.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - United States Millions of Dollars | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues | 1,939 | 2,115 | -8.3% | 7,843 | 7,533 | 4.1% |
Service Revenues | 1,649 | 1,808 | -8.8% | 6,740 | 6,593 | 2.2% |
Equipment Revenues | 289 | 306 | -5.5% | 1,101 | 939 | 17.2% |
EBITDA | 176 | 239 | -26.4% | 739 | 627 | 18.0% |
% total revenues | 9.1% | 11.3% | 9.4% | 8.3% | ||
EBIT | 145 | 219 | -33.8% | 655 | 570 | 15.0% |
% | 7.5% | 10.3% | 8.4% | 7.6% |
United States Operating Data (IFRS) | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 23,132 | 26,070 | -11.3% |
MOU | 514 | 545 | -5.7% |
ARPU (US$) | 24 | 23 | 2.4% |
Churn (%) | 4.6% | 4.7% | (0.1) |
Telekom Austria Group
Altogether, our operations in Europe ended December with 20.7 million wireless subscribers after net disconnections of 170 thousand subscribers in Eastern Europe. However, almost every market saw a shift from prepaid to postpaid and we gained 216 thousand new contract clients—half of them in Austria—taking our base up 3.6% to 15.6 million. On the fixed line side we had just over six million clients, 2.3% more than a year before. PayTv units grew 10.7% after additions of 18 thousand, most of them in Bulgaria and Austria, and broadband accesses were up 3.3%.
Fourth quarter service revenues remained practically unchanged from a year before with mobile service revenues falling 2.1% and fixed service revenues rising 2.6%.
In Austria, service revenues were flat relative to a year before. On the mobile side service revenues declined 2.8% as we continue to bear the pressure from the elimination of roaming charges within the EU and from the disconnection of prepaid subscribers. Fixed line service revenues however, rose 2.2% on the back of PayTV and broadband.
Underlying operating trends in Eastern Europe remain strong; Serbia, Belarus, Bulgaria and Croatia posted annual improvement in service revenues mostly on the back of fixed revenue growth, (except for Serbia in which we remain mobile only). In Macedonia, service revenues remained stable in spite of the decline in mobile termination rates. Slovenia was the only market that had negative underlying trends that had mostly to do with price cuts driven by aggressive competition in the mobile segment and the abolition of roaming charges.
The elimination of roaming charges within the EU for voice and data has resulted in very important increases in usage. In the fourth quarter, incoming voice traffic in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia increased around 90% relative to 2016 while outgoing traffic rose even further. Net roaming voice traffic grew more than 1.5 times in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia and nearly 50% in Austria. In Belarus, Macedonia and Serbia, traffic has remained more stable. We observed a similar effect on data. The rate of decline of roaming revenues has decelerated over the year.
EBITDA was up 3.5% (proforma) to 288 million Euros and was equivalent to 25.5% of revenues, 0.4 percentage points higher than a year before as a result of restructuring charges in Austria, positive foreign exchange effects and positive one off effects in Eastern Europe.
We have made important efforts to reduce costs across the board and have seen good results in several lines including maintenance costs, leased links, and outsourcing costs amongst others. On the other hand, higher subscriber acquisition and retention costs in Austria, greater operating costs associated to A1 Digital, and net roaming charges have weighed on EBITDA.
INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - A1 Telekom Austria Group - Proforma Millions of Euros | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Total Revenues* | 1,158 | 1,139 | 1.7% | 4,485 | 4,344 | 3.3% |
Total service revenues | 940 | 941 | -0.1% | 3,775 | 3,716 | 1.6% |
Wireless service revenues | 525 | 536 | -2.1% | 2,139 | 2,146 | -0.3% |
Fixed-line service revenues | 415 | 405 | 2.6% | 1,636 | 1,570 | 4.2% |
Equipment revenues | 161 | 141 | 14.2% | 504 | 450 | 12.0% |
EBITDA | 288 | 279 | 3.5% | 1,397 | 1,370 | 2.0% |
% total revenues | 25.5% | 25.1% | 31.9% | 32.2% | ||
EBIT | -20 | 54 | n.m. | 444 | 496 | -10.5% |
% total revenues | -1.8% | 4.9% | 10.1% | 11.7% | ||
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A1 Telekom Austria Group Operating Data (IFRS) - Proforma | |||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | |
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 20,658 | 20,708 | -0.2% |
Postpaid | 15,581 | 15,041 | 3.6% |
Prepaid | 5,077 | 5,667 | -10.4% |
MOU(1) | 342 | 328 | 4.1% |
ARPU (Euros) | 8 | 9 | -2.2% |
Churn (%) | 2.2% | 2.2% | 0.0 |
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * | 6,036 | 6,076 | -0.6% |
*Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers. |
Glossary of Terms | |
ARPU | Average Revenue per User. The ratio of service revenues in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in the same period. It is presented on a monthly basis. |
ARPM | Average Revenue per Minute. The ratio of service revenues to airtime traffic. |
Capex | Capital Expenditure. Accrued capital expenditures related to the expansion of the telecommunications infrastructure. |
Churn | Disconnection Rate. The ratio of wireless subscribers disconnected during a given period to the number of wireless subscribers at the beginning of that period. |
EBIT | Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, also known as Operating Profit. |
EBIT margin | The ratio of EBIT to total operating revenue. |
EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization. |
EBITDA margin | The ratio of EBITDA to total operating revenue. |
EPS (Mexican pesos) | Earnings per share. Total earnings in Mexican pesos divided by total shares. |
Earnings per ADR (US$) | Total earnings in U.S. dollars divided by total ADRs equivalent. |
Equity subscribers | Subscribers weighted by the economic interest held in each company. |
Gross additions | Total number of subscribers acquired during the period. |
Licensed pops | Licensed population. Population covered by the licenses that each of the companies manage. |
LTE | Long-term evolution is a 4th generation standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. |
Market share | A company’s subscriber base divided by the total number of subscribers in that country. |
MBOU | Megabytes of Use per subscriber. The ratio of wireless data in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in that same period. It is presented on a monthly basis. |
MOU | Minutes of Use per subscriber. The ratio of wireless traffic in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in that same period. It is presented on a monthly basis. |
Net subscriber additions | The difference in the subscriber base from one period to another. It is the different between gross additions and disconnections. |
Net debt | Total short and long term debt minus cash and marketable securities. |
Net debt/EBITDA | The ratio of total short and long term debt minus cash and securities to trailing 12-month income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. |
Prepaid | Subscriber that may purchase airtime to recharge a cellular phone. The client does not hold a contract with the company for voice and data services. |
Postpaid | Subscriber that has a contract for the use of airtime. The client has no need of activating airtime, it is done so immediately. |
SMS | Short Message Service. |
SAC | Subscriber Acquisition Cost. The sum of handset subsidies, marketing expenses and commissions to distributors for handset activation. Handset subsidy is calculated as the difference between equipment cost and equipment revenues. |
Wireless penetration | The ratio of total wireless subscribers in any given country divided by the total population in that country. |
Exchange Rates Local Currency Units per USD | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
Mexico | ||||||
EoP | 19.79 | 20.73 | -4.6% | 19.79 | 20.73 | -4.6% |
Average | 18.93 | 19.79 | -4.4% | 18.94 | 18.65 | 1.5% |
Brazil | ||||||
EoP | 3.31 | 3.26 | 1.5% | 3.31 | 3.26 | 1.5% |
Average | 3.25 | 3.30 | -1.5% | 3.19 | 3.49 | -8.5% |
Argentina | ||||||
EoP | 18.65 | 15.89 | 17.4% | 18.65 | 15.89 | 17.4% |
Average | 17.56 | 15.47 | 13.5% | 16.56 | 14.77 | 12.1% |
Chile | ||||||
EoP | 615 | 669 | -8.2% | 615 | 669 | -8.2% |
Average | 633 | 665 | -4.8% | 649 | 676 | -4.1% |
Colombia | ||||||
EoP | 2,984 | 3,001 | -0.6% | 2,984 | 3,001 | -0.6% |
Average | 2,987 | 3,017 | -1.0% | 2,952 | 3,053 | -3.3% |
Guatemala | ||||||
EoP | 7.34 | 7.52 | -2.4% | 7.34 | 7.52 | -2.4% |
Average | 7.34 | 7.50 | -2.2% | 7.35 | 7.60 | -3.3% |
Honduras | ||||||
EoP | 23.75 | 23.67 | 0.4% | 23.75 | 23.67 | 0.4% |
Average | 23.69 | 23.40 | 1.2% | 23.65 | 22.99 | 2.9% |
Nicaragua | ||||||
EoP | 30.78 | 29.32 | 5.0% | 30.78 | 29.32 | 5.0% |
Average | 30.60 | 29.15 | 5.0% | 30.05 | 28.62 | 5.0% |
Costa Rica | ||||||
EoP | 573 | 561 | 2.0% | 573 | 561 | 2.0% |
Average | 571 | 560 | 2.1% | 572 | 551 | 3.8% |
Peru | ||||||
EoP | 3.25 | 3.36 | -3.4% | 3.25 | 3.36 | -3.4% |
Average | 3.25 | 3.40 | -4.4% | 3.26 | 3.38 | -3.4% |
Paraguay | ||||||
EoP | 5,590 | 5,767 | -3.1% | 5,590 | 5,767 | -3.1% |
Average | 5,642 | 5,730 | -1.5% | 5,618 | 5,671 | -0.9% |
Uruguay | ||||||
EoP | 28.81 | 29.34 | -1.8% | 28.81 | 29.34 | -1.8% |
Average | 29.16 | 28.58 | 2.0% | 28.68 | 30.16 | -4.9% |
Dominican Republic | ||||||
EoP | 48.32 | 46.71 | 3.4% | 48.32 | 46.71 | 3.4% |
Average | 48.08 | 46.58 | 3.2% | 47.57 | 46.07 | 3.3% |
Austria & CEE | ||||||
EoP | 0.83 | 0.95 | -12.4% | 0.83 | 0.95 | -12.4% |
Average | 0.85 | 0.93 | -8.4% | 0.89 | 0.90 | -2.0% |
Exchange Rates Local Currency Units per MxP | ||||||
4Q17 | 4Q16 | Var.% | Jan - Dec 17 | Jan - Dec 16 | Var.% | |
USA | ||||||
EoP | 0.05 | 0.05 | 4.8% | 0.05 | 0.05 | 4.8% |
Average | 0.05 | 0.05 | 4.6% | 0.05 | 0.05 | -1.5% |
Brazil | ||||||
EoP | 0.17 | 0.16 | 6.3% | 0.17 | 0.16 | 6.3% |
Average | 0.17 | 0.17 | 3.0% | 0.17 | 0.19 | -9.9% |
Argentina | ||||||
EoP | 0.94 | 0.77 | 23.0% | 0.94 | 0.77 | 23.0% |
Average | 0.93 | 0.78 | 18.7% | 0.87 | 0.79 | 10.4% |
Chile | ||||||
EoP | 31.1 | 32.3 | -3.8% | 31.1 | 32.3 | -3.8% |
Average | 33.4 | 33.6 | -0.5% | 34.3 | 36.3 | -5.5% |
Colombia | ||||||
EoP | 151 | 145 | 4.2% | 151 | 145 | 4.2% |
Average | 158 | 152 | 3.5% | 156 | 164 | -4.8% |
Guatemala | ||||||
EoP | 0.37 | 0.36 | 2.3% | 0.37 | 0.36 | 2.3% |
Average | 0.39 | 0.38 | 2.3% | 0.39 | 0.41 | -4.8% |
Honduras | ||||||
EoP | 1.20 | 1.14 | 5.2% | 1.20 | 1.14 | 5.2% |
Average | 1.25 | 1.18 | 5.9% | 1.25 | 1.23 | 1.3% |
Nicaragua | ||||||
EoP | 1.56 | 1.41 | 10.0% | 1.56 | 1.41 | 10.0% |
Average | 1.62 | 1.47 | 9.8% | 1.59 | 1.53 | 3.4% |
Costa Rica | ||||||
EoP | 28.94 | 27.07 | 6.9% | 28.94 | 27.07 | 6.9% |
Average | 30.18 | 28.28 | 6.7% | 30.21 | 29.54 | 2.3% |
Peru | ||||||
EoP | 0.16 | 0.16 | 1.2% | 0.16 | 0.16 | 1.2% |
Average | 0.17 | 0.17 | -0.1% | 0.17 | 0.18 | -4.9% |
Paraguay | ||||||
EoP | 283 | 278 | 1.6% | 283 | 278 | 1.6% |
Average | 298 | 290 | 2.9% | 297 | 304 | -2.4% |
Uruguay | ||||||
EoP | 1.46 | 1.42 | 2.9% | 1.46 | 1.42 | 2.9% |
Average | 1.54 | 1.44 | 6.7% | 1.51 | 1.62 | -6.4% |
Dominican Republic | ||||||
EoP | 2.44 | 2.25 | 8.4% | 2.44 | 2.25 | 8.4% |
Average | 2.54 | 2.35 | 7.9% | 2.51 | 2.47 | 1.7% |
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AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V. | ||
By: |
/S/ Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo
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Name: Title: |
Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo
Chief Financial Officer |