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Mexico City, October 25, 2005 - América Móvil, S.A. de C.V. (América Móvil) [BMV: AMX] [NYSE: AMX] [NASDAQ: AMOV] [LATIBEX: XAMXL], announced today its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2005.
América Móvil Fundamentals | ||||||
Constant Mex$ | ||||||
Jan - Sep 05 |
3Q05 |
3Q04 | ||||
EPS (Mex$) (1) | 0.47 | 0.12 | 0.20 | |||
Earnings per ADR (US$) (2) | 0.85 | 0.23 | 0.35 | |||
Net Income (millions of Mex$) | 16,936 | 4,422 | 7,476 | |||
EBITDA (millions of Mex$) | 39,287 | 14,636 | 11,328 | |||
EBIT (millions of Mex$) | 24,241 | 9,415 | 6,749 | |||
Shares Outstanding (billion) (3) | 36.38 | 36.38 | 37.10 | |||
ADRs Equivalent (billion) (3) | 1.82 | 1.82 | 1.86 | |||
(1)Net Income / Total Shares outstanding | ||||||
(2)20 Shares per ADR | ||||||
(3) Adjusted for the 3:1 split that took place on July 18, 2005. |
Relevant Events
In the third quarter América Móvil completed the acquisition of wireless operations in Paraguay, Chile and Peru. The first one, purchased from Hutchison Whampoa, closed on July 13. The second one, which closed on August 3, involved the acquisition from Endesa of a 100% interest in Smartcom, for a purchase price of 472 million dollars (enterprise value). The third one represented the purchase from TIM of its 100% ownership interest in TIM Perú, for a purchase price of 407 million euros. It closed on August 10.
On September 29, América Móvil issued a 5 billion pesos global bond which was placed with Mexican, American and European investors. The bond has a 9% coupon and a 10-year tenor. It was the first peso bond issued by a Mexican corporate outside of Mexico.
Subscribers
América Móvil added nearly 10 million subscribers in the third quarter of 2005, including 3.3 million through acquisitions, to finish September with 83.6 million subscribers. This represented a quarter-over-quarter increase of 13.4% and of 54.7% year-on-year. Together with our fixed lines in Central America, which number 2.0 million, we had a total of 85.6 million lines at the end of September.
In the nine months to September, we obtained 22.5 million new subscribers. The organic growth we had in this period, of 19 million subscribers, exceeded the total number of net subscriber additions registered in all of 2004 (17.2 million).
Colombia, our operation with the highest growth this year, continued to lead all other operations in terms of subscriber additions for the second consecutive quarter. It obtained 2.2 million new clients in the quarter, increasing to 11.3 million its subscriber base. In the first nine months of the year, Comcel gained a total of 5.5 million subscribers, accounting for nearly 25% of the increase in our combined subscriber base in the first nine months of 2005.
In Mexico, subscriber growth continued at a healthy pace, with 1.3 million net additions in the third quarter. Its subscriber base, 33.6 million at the end of September, has increased by 4.7 million subscribers this year.
In Brazil we added over 1.2 million new subscribers in the third quarter, which represented 32.0% of the additions in the areas where we operate in Brazil. With this, net additions for the first nine months of the year totaled 3.7 million. Our subscriber base in Brazil grew by 45.2% in comparison to the third quarter of the previous year, a consistent trend in the last four quarters. According to Diamond Cluster Consulting, Claro, our
Brazilian operation, is the second fastest company in the world to attain a 10 million GSM subscriber base (after China Unicom).
Our Argentinean operations gained 640 thousand new subscribers in the quarter, bringing the total through September to 2.0 million. At the end of the third quarter, CTIs subscriber base, 5.6 million, more than doubled that of 2004. In Uruguay,there were 42 thousand net additions in the third quarter alone.
In Ecuador we added 481 thousand subscribers, more than in any other quarter on record; in the first nine months of this year additions totaled 1.2 million. Ecuadors subscriber base expanded by 80.0% year-on-year to nearly 3.6 million wireless clients at the end of the third quarter.
Our combined wireless subscriber base in Central America increased by 373 thousand clients, growing 12.0% sequentially and 64.8% year-on-year. As of September we had 3.5 million subscribers in the region. Honduras continued to outpace the other operations in Central America, growing 19.9% during the third quarter, albeit from a smaller base than the other operations in the region.
Tracfone, our subsidiary in the United States, gained 188 thousand subscribers in the third quarter to break the 5 million mark: at the end of September it had over 5.1 million subscribers, one third more than a year before.
Subscribers as of September 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thousands | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total (1) |
Equity (2) |
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Country | Sep-05 | Jun-05 | Var.% | Sep-04 | Var.% | Sep-05 | Mar-05 | Var.% |
Sep-04 |
Var.% |
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Mexico | 33,572 | 32,294 | 4.0% | 26,831 | 25.1% | 33,572 | 32,294 | 4.0% | 26,831 | 25.1% | ||||||||||
Argentina | 5,555 | 4,915 | 13.0% | 2,573 | 115.9% | 5,555 | 4,915 | 13.0% | 2,367 | 134.7% | ||||||||||
Brazil | 17,401 | 16,201 | 7.4% | 11,985 | 45.2% | 17,148 | 15,965 | 7.4% | 11,650 | 47.2% | ||||||||||
Chile | 1,792 | 1,753 | 2.2% | 1,395 | 28.5% | 1,792 | 0 | n.m. | 0 | n.m. | ||||||||||
Colombia | 11,334 | 9,174 | 23.5% | 4,746 | 138.8% | 11,243 | 9,101 | 23.5% | 4,737 | 137.4% | ||||||||||
Ecuador | 3,546 | 3,065 | 15.7% | 1,970 | 80.0% | 3,546 | 3,065 | 15.7% | 1,970 | 80.0% | ||||||||||
El Salvador | 755 | 681 | 10.9% | 421 | 79.2% | 723 | 652 | 11.0% | 223 | 224.4% | ||||||||||
Guatemala | 1,750 | 1,589 | 10.1% | 1,155 | 51.5% | 1,734 | 1,575 | 10.1% | 1,143 | 51.7% | ||||||||||
Honduras | 346 | 289 | 19.9% | 140 | 146.8% | 346 | 289 | 19.9% | 140 | 146.8% | ||||||||||
Nicaragua (3) | 627 | 547 | 14.6% | 394 | 58.8% | 622 | 542 | 14.7% | 391 | 59.2% | ||||||||||
Paraguay | 139 | 121 | 14.8% | 59 | 136.4% | 139 | 0 | n.m. | 0 | n.m. | ||||||||||
Perú | 1,596 | 1,455 | 9.6% | 939 | 69.8% | 1,596 | 0 | n.m. | 0 | n.m. | ||||||||||
Uruguay | 111 | 69 | 60.8% | 0 | n.m. | 111 | 69 | 60.8% | 0 | n.m. | ||||||||||
U.S.A. | 5,122 | 4,934 | 3.8% | 3,843 | 33.3% | 5,029 | 4,845 | 3.8% | 3,774 | 33.3% | ||||||||||
Total Wireless | 83,645 | 73,757 | 13.4% | 54,060 | 54.7% | 83,156 | 73,310 | 13.4% | 53,225 | 56.2% | ||||||||||
El Salvador | 804 | 801 | 0.3% | 778 | 3.4% | 770 | 767 | 0.3% | 411 | 87.1% | ||||||||||
Guatemala | 939 | 928 | 1.1% | 885 | 6.0% | 930 | 920 | 1.1% | 877 | 6.1% | ||||||||||
Nicaragua | 229 | 224 | 2.1% | 211 | 8.6% | 227 | 223 | 2.2% | 209 | 9.0% | ||||||||||
Total Fixed | 1,971 | 1,954 | 0.9% | 1,874 | 5.2% | 1,927 | 1,909 | 0.9% | 1,497 | 28.7% | ||||||||||
Total Lines | 85,617 | 75,711 | 13.1% | 55,934 | 53.1% | 85,083 | 75,220 | 13.1% | 54,722 | 55.5% | ||||||||||
Centroamérica | 3,478 | 3,105 | 12.0% | 2,111 | 64.8% | 3,425 | 3,057 | 12.0% | 1,897 | 80.6% | ||||||||||
(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. Total wireless historical data does not include recent acquisitions. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(2) Includes total subscribers weighted by the economic interest held in each company. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(3) Includes Enitel. | ||||||||||||||||||||
n.m. not meanignful |
América Móvils Consolidated Results
On the back of strong service revenue growth, América Móvils EBITDA margin shot up by 4.5 percentage points in the third quarter, to reach 32.2% of total revenues. This margin is similar to the one seen a year before, in spite of the rapid pace of organic subscriber growth seen since then (48.2% year-on-year).
Service revenues expanded by 8.8% in the quarter, to 37.7 billion pesos. This increase partly reflects the consolidation, beginning in September, of the Chilean and Peruvian operations acquired in August. Without this effect, service revenues would have risen by 7.3% quarter-over-quarter and 27.4% year-on-year.
Equipment revenues were down 6.8% in the quarter as a consequence of the seasonal slowdown in subscriber growth mentioned above. The third quarter does not have nearly as many or as important promotions as those seen in the second quarter, which include Mothers Day, the most important marketing holiday in the year after Christmas. On an annual basis equipment revenues were up 34.6% .
For the first nine months of the year, revenues totaled 127.7 billion pesos. They exceeded the previous years by 32.2%, or 31.5% if the consolidation of the Chilean, Peruvian and Paraguayan operations is excluded.
Third quarter EBITDA came in at 14.6 billion pesos bringing the total through September to 39.3 billion pesos. These numbers represent increases of 29.2% and 20.8% respectively relative to the same periods of 2005, or of 28.2% and 20.5% if the recent acquisitions are excluded.
Operating profits reached 9.4 billion pesos in the third quarter; they were up nearly 40.0% year-on-year. For the nine months to September they totaled 24.2 billion pesos, 29.4% more than a year before.
América Móvil obtained a net profit of 4.4 billion pesos in the quarter, equivalent to 12 peso cents per share and 23 dollars per ADR. It brought the figure through September to 17 billion pesos, 11.9% more than in the same period of 2004.
At the end of September net debt stood at 47.4 billion pesos, having increased by approximately 10 billion pesos in the third quarter. This increase was driven mostly by the acquisition of operations in Chile, Peru and Paraguay, which together represented 10.5 billion pesos. Share buybacks and dividend payments totaled 2.7 billion pesos in the third quarter, whereas capital expenditures surpassed 7.8 billion pesos. In the nine months to September share buybacks and dividends amounted to 6.1 billion pesos and capital expenditures to 25.4 billion pesos.
America Movil's Income Statement (in accordance with Mexican GAAP) | ||||||||||||
Millions of constant Mex$ | ||||||||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var.% |
Jan - Sep 05 |
Jan - Sep 04 |
Var.% | |||||||
Service Revenues | 37,749 | 29,211 | 29.2% | 105,240 | 81,211 | 29.6% | ||||||
Equipment Revenues | 7,754 | 5,759 | 34.6% | 22,476 | 15,420 | 45.8% | ||||||
Total Revenues | 45,503 | 34,971 | 30.1% | 127,716 | 96,632 | 32.2% | ||||||
Cost of Service | 8,618 | 6,856 | 25.7% | 24,591 | 19,493 | 26.2% | ||||||
Cost of Equipment | 12,564 | 9,414 | 33.5% | 36,889 | 25,385 | 45.3% | ||||||
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses | 9,685 | 7,373 | 31.3% | 26,949 | 19,240 | 40.1% | ||||||
Total Costs and Expenses | 30,867 | 23,643 | 30.6% | 88,428 | 64,118 | 37.9% | ||||||
Ebitda | 14,636 | 11,328 | 29.2% | 39,287 | 32,514 | 20.8% | ||||||
% of Total Revenues | 32.2% | 32.4% | 30.8% | 33.6% | ||||||||
Depreciation & Amortization | 5,221 | 4,578 | 14.0% | 15,046 | 13,779 | 9.2% | ||||||
Ebit | 9,415 | 6,749 | 39.5% | 24,241 | 18,735 | 29.4% | ||||||
% of Total Revenues | 20.7% | 19.3% | 19.0% | 19.4% | ||||||||
Net Interest Expense | 1,139 | 579 | 96.6% | 3,069 | 1,513 | 102.8% | ||||||
Other Financial Expenses | 325 | -19 | n.m. | 1,296 | 408 | 217.3% | ||||||
Foreign Exchange Loss | 293 | -1,568 | 118.7% | -4,131 | -374 | n.m. | ||||||
Monetary Result | -476 | -800 | 40.5% | -1,889 | -2,229 | 15.2% | ||||||
Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income) | 1,282 | -1,808 | 170.9% | -1,655 | -681 | -143.2% | ||||||
Other Income and Expenses | 309 | -297 | 204.4% | 34 | -129 | 126.3% | ||||||
Income & Deferred Taxes | 3,377 | 1,369 | 146.7% | 8,799 | 4,027 | 118.5% | ||||||
Net Income before Minority Interest and Equity | 4,446 | 7,485 | -40.6% | 17,063 | 15,517 | 10.0% | ||||||
Participation in Results of Affiliates | ||||||||||||
minus | ||||||||||||
Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates | -6 | 31 | -118.1% | 47 | 68 | -31.9% | ||||||
Minority Interest | 29 | -22 | 236.6% | 81 | 309 | -73.9% | ||||||
Net Income | 4,422 | 7,476 | -40.8% | 16,936 | 15,140 | 11.9% | ||||||
*n.m. = not meaningful |
Balance Sheet (in accordance with Mexican GAAP)* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
América Móvil Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Millions of Constant Mex$ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sep-05 |
Dec-04 |
Var.% |
Sep-04 |
Var.% |
Sep-05 |
Dec-04 |
Var.% |
Sep-04 |
Var.% |
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Current Assets | Current Liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cash & Securities | 11,073 | 19,454 | -43.1% | 15,504 | -28.6% | Short Term Debt** | 9,772 | 5,490 | 78.0% | 7,039 | 38.8% | |||||||||||
Accounts Receivable | 23,468 | 21,184 | 10.8% | 15,955 | 47.1% | Accounts Payable | 48,566 | 37,232 | 30.4% | 29,057 | 67.1% | |||||||||||
Other Current Assets | 5,220 | 4,229 | 23.4% | 3,466 | 50.6% | Other Current Liabilities | 15,393 | 12,835 | 19.9% | 10,620 | 44.9% | |||||||||||
Inventories | 11,454 | 11,447 | 0.1% | 9,106 | 25.8% | 73,731 | 55,557 | 32.7% | 46,716 | 57.8% | ||||||||||||
51,214 | 56,314 | -9.1% | 44,031 | 16.3% | ||||||||||||||||||
Long-Term Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Plant & Equipment | 108,519 | 86,450 | 25.5% | 87,274 | 24.3% | |||||||||||||||||
Investments in Affiliates | 465 | 664 | -30.0% | 757 | -38.6% | Long-Term Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt | 48,655 | 57,082 | -14.8% | 48,879 | -0.5% | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred Assets | Other Liabilities | 7,770 | 6,532 | 19.0% | 4,062 | 91.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Goodwill (Net) | 9,868 | 9,696 | 1.8% | 9,850 | 0.2% | 56,426 | 63,614 | -11.3% | 52,941 | 6.6% | ||||||||||||
Brands, Patents & Licenses | 40,119 | 35,662 | 12.5% | 35,305 | 13.6% | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred Assets | 6,895 | 9,358 | -26.3% | 4,779 | 44.3% | |||||||||||||||||
Shareholder's Equity | 86,923 | 78,972 | 10.1% | 82,339 | 5.6% | |||||||||||||||||
Total Assets | 217,080 | 198,144 | 9.6% | 181,996 | 19.3% | Total Liabilities and Equity | 217,080 | 198,144 | 9.6% | 181,996 | 19.3% | |||||||||||
* This presentation conforms with that of América Móvil's audited financial statements | ||||||||||||||||||||||
** Includes current portion of Long Term Debt |
Mexico
Mexicos subscriber base rose 25.1% year-on-year to 33.6 million clients in the third quarter, adding 1.3 million clients during the period and over 4.7 million subscribers in the first nine months of the year.
Total revenues in the quarter increased 3.8% to 22.1 billion Mexican pesos, with service revenues up 4.6% sequentially and 18.6% annually and equipment revenues practically flat over the previous quarter. Through September, Telcels revenues totaled 63.5 billion pesos, 21.4% more than a year before. Data-based revenues have been one of the most dynamic components of service revenue growth, having risen 55% relative to 2004. In September, revenues from data comprised 11.6% of service revenues.
Telcels EBITDA margin shot up to 47.2% in the quarter on the back of solid revenue growth and a reduction in the cost of service associated with the elimination of the participation of service revenues paid to the government for the right to use 850 MHz spectrum in region nine, which comprises Mexico City and the State of Mexico among other areas. This change has to do with the renewal of the license in that region. Third quarter EBITDA came in at 10.4 billion, 30.2% more than a year before, with the total for the first nine months of the year increasing by 24.8% from the previous year, to 28.4 billion pesos.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Mexico | ||||||||||||
Millions of Constant Mex$ | ||||||||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var.% |
Jan - Sep 05 |
Jan - Sep 04 |
Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 22,109 |
18,226 | 21.3% | 63,475 |
52,300 |
21.4% |
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EBITDA | 10,437 |
8,014 | 30.2% | 28,415 |
22,766 |
24.8% |
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% | 47.2% |
44.0% | 44.8% |
43.5% |
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EBIT | 8,904 |
6,692 | 33.1% | 24,043 |
18,914 |
27.1% |
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% | 40.3% |
36.7% | 37.9% |
36.2% |
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Mexico's Operating Data | ||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var. % | ||||
Subscribers (thousands) | 33,572 | 26,831 | 25.1% | |||
Postpaid | 2,217 | 1,685 | 31.6% | |||
Prepaid | 31,355 | 25,146 | 24.7% | |||
MOU | 99 | 96 | 3.3% | |||
ARPU (Constant Mex$) | 188 | 199 | -5.5% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.0% | 2.8% | 0.2 | |||
Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay
Argentinas subscriber base expanded 13.0% sequentially to 5.6 million subscribers at the end of September. Net additions during the third quarter stood at 640 thousand, bringing the total for the first nine months of the year
to 2.0 million. The combined CTI Móvil subscriber base, encompassing our operations in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, surpassed 5.8 million in the quarter.
Revenue growth outpaced subscriber growth during the third quarter as total revenues expanded to 780 million Argentinean pesos, representing 18.5% sequential growth. Revenues were twice as high as those of the same period a year before, with service revenues being the most dynamic component. On a year-to-September basis, revenues came in at 2.0 billion Argentinean pesos and more than doubled last years figures.
With subscriber growth slowing down in relative terms after the sharp acceleration observed in 2004, subscriber acquisition costs have come down relative to revenues, allowing the EBITDA margin to double relative to the previous quarter, to 13.0%; a year before it was 3.5% . This is the highest EBITDA margin seen since subscriber growth started to accelerate at the beginning of 2004. In absolute terms, EBITDA increased by more than 2.5 times sequentially.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay | ||||||||||||
Million of ARP$ | ||||||||||||
3Q05* |
3Q04 |
Var. % |
Jan - Sep 05* |
Jan - Sep 04 |
Var. % | |||||||
Revenues | 780 | 389 | 100.9% | 2,016 | 918 | 119.7% | ||||||
EBITDA | 101 | -14 | n.m. | 196 | 30 | n.m. | ||||||
% | 13.0% | -3.5% | 9.7% | 3.3% | ||||||||
EBIT | 59 | -37 | 261.8% | 93 | -30 | n.m. | ||||||
% | 7.6% | -9.5% | 4.6% | -3.3% | ||||||||
*Annual and quarterley comparisons affected by the incorporation of CTI Paraguay and CTI Uruguay | ||||||||||||
n.m. - not meaningful |
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay Operating Data | ||||||
3Q05* | 3Q04 | Var. % | ||||
Subscribers (thousands) | 5,805 | 2,573 | 125.6% | |||
Postpaid | 703 | 459 | 53.3% | |||
Prepaid | 5,101 | 2,114 | 141.3% | |||
MOU | 145 | 163 | -11.1% | |||
ARPU (ARG) | 39 |
44 | -9.6% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.0% |
1.8% | 0.2 | |||
*Annual comparisons affected by the incorporation of CTI Paraguay and CTI Uruguay. |
Brazil
Our Brazilian operations added 1.2 million subscribers in the third quarter, which ended with 17.4 million subscribers. While this is a strong showing in absolute terms, it represents a reduction relative to the second quarter, which is particularly strong in Brazil because of the promotions that take place around Mothers Day and Valentines Day.
This seasonal slowdown in subscriber growth brought down equipment revenues relative to the previous quarter and contributed to a reduction in subscriber acquisition costs. But service revenues came in strong, rising 6.8% quarter-on-quarter and 23.7% year-on-year. This resulted in an important reduction in our EBITDA loss, which came down from 10.6% of revenues in the second quarter to 2.0% in the third quarter.
In the nine months to September, revenues totaled 4.7 billion reais and surpassed by 30.2% those of a year before. Service revenues expanded by 27.6% in that period.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Brazil Consolidated | ||||||||||||
Millions of R$ | ||||||||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var.% |
Jan - Sep 05 |
Jan - Sep 04 |
Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 1,598 | 1,326 | 20.5% | 4,678 | 3,593 | 30.2% | ||||||
EBITDA | -32 | 42 | -175.6% | -119 | 210 | -156.8% | ||||||
% | -2.0% | 3.2% | -2.5% | 5.8% | ||||||||
EBIT | -408 | -277 | -47.5% | -1,212 | -747 | -62.2% | ||||||
% | -25.5% | -20.9% | -25.9% | -20.8% | ||||||||
Brazil's Operating Data | ||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var. % | ||||
Subscribers (thousands) | 17,401 | 11,985 | 45.2% | |||
Postpaid | 2,705 | 2,229 | 21.3% | |||
Prepaid |
14,696 | 9,756 | 50.6% | |||
MOU | 81 | 102 | -20.4% | |||
ARPU (R$) | 24 | 28 | -14.9% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.6% | 2.7% | 0.0 | |||
Central America
Our combined wireless subscriber base in the region numbered 3.5 million clients at the end of the third quarter, after a 12.0% sequential increase. Net subscriber additions during the period were 373 thousand, a record for the region. In the first nine months of the year, net subscriber gains in Central America have surpassed one million. Guatemala contributed 43.2% of all new clients but in relative terms Honduras proved to the fastest growing operation, increasing 19.9% sequentially. At the end of the third quarter, América Móvil had nearly 2.0 million fixed lines in Central America.
Consolidated revenues for the region stood at 341 million dollars in the quarter, 16.3% more than in the same period a year ago. Through September, revenues increased 28.3% year-on-year to 983 million dollars.
EBITDA in Central America amounted to 181 million dollars, with an EBITDA margin of 52.9% in the third quarter of this year. EBITDA for the first nine months of the year reached 519 million dollars, representing an EBITDA margin of 52.7% .
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Central America Consolidated | ||||||||||||
Millions of US$ | ||||||||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var.% |
Jan - Sep 05 |
Jan -Sep 04 |
Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 341 | 293 | 16.3% | 983 | 767 | 28.3% | ||||||
EBITDA | 181 | 153 | 17.7% | 519 | 405 | 28.0% | ||||||
% | 52.9% | 52.3% | 52.7% | 52.8% | ||||||||
EBIT | 119 | 105 | 13.9% | 339 | 258 | 31.3% | ||||||
% | 35.0% | 35.7% | 34.4% | 33.6% | ||||||||
* Annual comparisons affected by the incorporation of Enitel and Sercom Honduras. |
Central America's Operating Data (1) | ||||||
3Q05 | 3Q04 | Var. % | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 3,478 | 2,111 | 64.8% | |||
Postpaid |
279 | 211 | 31.8% | |||
Prepaid |
3,199 | 1,899 | 68.4% | |||
Fixed Lines (thousands) | 1,971 | 1,874 | 5.2% | |||
Total Lines (Wireless + Fixed, 000's) | 5,449 | 3,985 | 36.7% | |||
MOU(2) | 174 | 166 | 4.7% | |||
ARPU (US$) (2) | 13 |
15 | -16.9% | |||
Churn (%) (2) | 1.1% |
1.4% | -0.3 | |||
(1) Operating indicators group Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras data. Historical data previously calculated on a weighted average basis has been made to conform to the new standard. (2)Wireless data only. |
Colombia
Colombia was the operation with the highest subscriber growth in the quarter, having added 2.2 million subscribers in the period. Net additions in the third quarter were five times greater than those registered a year ago. Through September, Colombia contributed 5.5 million clients to América Móvils subscriber base, more than any other subsidiary this year. In this quarter, Colombias subscriber base surpassed the ten million mark.
Third quarter revenues soared to 884 billion Colombian pesos, 15.5% more than the previous quarters and 78.4% greater than those of a year before. Service revenues proved to be the most dynamic component of revenue growth in the quarter, with a 17.6% sequential increase. In the nine months to September, revenues were nearly 70.0% higher than those observed a year before.
EBITDA expanded 70.0% sequentially to 159 billion Colombian pesos, resulting in an EBITDA margin of 18.0% of revenues. Compared to the same period a year ago, EBITDA increased by 10.2% in spite of the fastest pace of subscriber growth, on account of the fact that the rate of growth of gross subscriber additions is beginning to come down. As the former slows down, it brings about a reduction in subscriber acquisition costs relative to revenues. Through September EBITDA totaled 393 billion Colombian pesos, equivalent to 17.2% of revenues.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Colombia | ||||||||||||
Billion of COP$ | ||||||||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var. % |
Jan - Sep 05 |
Jan - Sep 04 |
Var. % | |||||||
Revenues | 884 | 495 | 78.4% | 2,293 | 1,353 | 69.5% | ||||||
EBITDA | 159 | 144 | 10.2% | 393 | 399 | -1.3% | ||||||
% | 18.0% | 29.1% | 17.2% | 29.5% | ||||||||
EBIT | 46 | 41 | 13.5% | 79 | 96 | -17.9% | ||||||
% | 5.2% | 8.2% | 3.4% | 7.1% | ||||||||
Colombia's Operating Data | ||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var. % | ||||
Subscribers (thousands) | 11,334 | 4,746 | 138.8% | |||
Postpaid | 1,908 | 1,283 | 48.8% | |||
Prepaid | 9,425 | 3,464 | 172.1% | |||
MOU | 116 | 121 | -4.3% | |||
ARPU (COP$) | 23,960 | 30,667 | -21.9% | |||
Churn (%) | 1.3% | 2.6% |
-1.3 | |||
Ecuador
América Móvils operations in Ecuador continued to expand at a brisk pace in the third quarter, with a record of 481 thousand net subscriber additions, which more than tripled last years. At the end of September, Conecels subscriber base stood at 3.6 million.
Revenues increased by 11.0% quarter-on-quarter, to 159 million dollars, driven by service revenues, which expanded by 13.4% in the period. On an annual basis, third quarter revenues expanded by 68.2% . For the first nine months of the year, revenues amounted to 424 million dollars, which represented a 63.4% increase over the previous years.
At 39 million dollars, third quarter EBITDA was up 20.5% quarter-on-quarter and 15.2% year-on-year; it represented 24.6% of revenues, almost two percentage points above the previous quarter in spite of the strong subscriber growth. The nine-months EBITDA came in at 110 million dollars, which made for an EBITDA margin of 26.0% .
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Ecuador | ||||||||||||
Million of US$ | ||||||||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var. % |
Jan - Sep 05 |
Jan - Sep 04 |
Var. % |
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Revenues | 159 | 95 | 68.2% | 424 | 259 | 63.4 | ||||||
EBITDA | 39 | 34 | 15.2% | 110 | 95 | 15.5% | ||||||
% | 24.6% | 36.0% | 26.0% | 36.8% | ||||||||
EBIT | 24 | 24 | -0.1% | 67 | 67 | 1.0% | ||||||
% | 15.1% | 25.5% | 15.9% | 25.7% | ||||||||
Ecuador's Operating Data | ||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var. % | ||||
Subscribers (thousands) | 3,546 | 1,970 | 80.0% | |||
Postpaid | 324 | 171 | 89.0% | |||
Prepaid | 3,222 | 1,799 | 79.2% | |||
MOU | 42 | 49 | -14.3% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 12 | 13 | -10.0% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.7% | 4.3% | -1.5 | |||
United States
In the third quarter, our U.S. subsidiary, Tracfone, surpassed the 5 million subscriber mark, to finish September with over 5.1 million subscribers, one third more than a year before. Tracfone added 188 thousand additional clients in the quarter and 728 thousand subscribers in the nine months to September.
Revenues totaled 243 million dollars in the quarter and 715 million dollars in the first nine months of the year, resulting in year-on-year increases of 18.4% and 26.8% respectively. Service revenues grew more rapidly than total revenues, with annual growth rates of 27.8% in the quarter and 32.7% in the first nine months of the year.
Tracfones third quarter EBITDA more than doubled relative to the previous year, to 36 million dollars. Through September, EBITDA stood at 105 million dollars with margins also expanding significantly, from 8.1% last year to 14.7% this year.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
United States | ||||||||||||
Millions of US$ | ||||||||||||
3Q05 |
3Q04 |
Var.% |
Jan - Sep 05 |
Jan - Sep 04 |
Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 243 | 205 | 18.4% | 715 | 564 | 26.8% | ||||||
EBITDA | 36 | 17 | 105.7% | 105 | 46 | 130.3% | ||||||
% | 14.8% | 8.5% | 14.7% | 8.1% | ||||||||
EBIT | 32 | 13 | 149.9% | 93 | 33 | 183.7% | ||||||
% | 13.0% | 6.2% | 12.9% | 5.8% | ||||||||
United States' Operating Data | ||||||
3Q05 | 3Q04 | Var. % | ||||
Subscribers (thousands) | 5,122 | 3,843 | 33.3% | |||
MOU | 60 | 59 | 2.4% | |||
ARPU, Net (US$)* | 14 | 14 | -5.6% | |||
Churn (%) | 4.8% | 4.3% | 0.5 | |||
Chile
América Móvil continued to expand the footprint in Latin America with the recent entrance into the Chilean market. With the acquisition of Smartcom, América Móvil tapped a dynamic and profitable market, with nearly 16 million pops. Smartcoms subscriber base at the end of the third quarter stood at 1.8 million.
América Móvil has decided to deploy a GSM network in Chile, which is expected to begin operations in the second quarter of 2006. This will ensure that América Móvil maintains a common technological platform across all of its operations.
Peru
The recent entrance of América Móvil into the Peruvian mobile sector has consolidated the companys presence in the Andean region. With only one month under our management, we have already rebranded the operation
in Peru to Claro, the same brand that we use in Brazil. Our subscriber base in Peru stood at 1.5 million subscribers at the end of September. The network in place is GSM, which fits the standard we have established in Latin America.
Glossary of Terms
ARPU Average Revenue per User The ratio of service revenues in the period to the monthly average of wireless subscribers in the same period. Presented on a blended basis in local currency.
Capex Accrued capital expenditures.
Churn - The ratio of wireless subscribers disconnected during the period to the beginning of period wireless subscribers
EBIT Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, also known as Operating Profit.
EBIT Margin The ratio of EBIT to Total Operating Revenue.
EBITDA Earnings Before Interest ,Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization.
EBITDA Margin The ratio of EBITDA to Total Operating Revenue.
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution. EDGE enables data transmission at speeds up to 384 kbits/s within the existing GSM spectrum.
EPS (Mex$) Earnings per share. Total earnings in constant mexican pesos divided by total shares outstanding.
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 the each company.
GSM Global System for Mobile communications. It is the worlds leading and fastest growing mobile standard.
GPRS - General Packet Radio Service. GPRS implements packet switching within GSM, offering data speeds up to 115kbit/s for the transmission of internet based content and packet based data services.
Gross Additions - Total number of subscribers acquired during the period.
MOU Minutes of Use per subscriber. The ratio of monthly wireless traffic divided by the monthly average wireless subscribers in the period. It is presented on a blended basis.
Net Subscriber Additions The difference in the subscriber base from one period to another.
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 have been subtracted.
SMS Short Message Service.
SAC - Subscriber Acquisition Cost. The sum of handset subsidies, marketing expenses and commissions to distributors. Handset subsidy is calculated as the difference between handset equipment cost and handset revenues.
Wireless Penetration The ratio of total wireless subscribers in any given country divided by the total population in that country.
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