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AMÉRICA MÓVILS THIRD QUARTER OF 2008
FINANCIAL AND OPERATING REPORT
Mexico City, October 28, 2008 - América Móvil, S.A.B. 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 2008.
América Móvil Fundamentals | ||||||||||||
Mexican Pesos | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var. % | Jan-Sep'08 | Jan-Sep'07 | Var. % | |||||||
EPS (Mex$)* | 0.37 | 0.27 | 37.1% | 1.28 | 1.08 | 18.0% | ||||||
Earning per ADR (US$)** | 0.71 | 0.49 | 46.1% | 2.43 | 1.97 | 23.7% | ||||||
Net Income (millions of Mex$ ) | 12,404 | 9,422 | 31.6% | 43,839 | 38,088 | 15.1% | ||||||
EBITDA (millions of Mex$) | 34,865 | 31,909 | 9.3% | 103,494 | 91,248 | 13.4% | ||||||
EBIT (millions of Mex$) | 24,708 | 19,731 | 25.2% | 73,080 | 62,753 | 16.5% | ||||||
Shares Outstanding (billion) | 33.72 | 35.11 | -4.0% | 34.36 | 35.24 | -2.5% | ||||||
ADRs Outstanding (billions) | 1.69 | 1.76 | -4.0% | 1.72 | 1.76 | -2.5% | ||||||
* Net Income / Total Shares outstanding ** 20 shares per ADR
Relevant Events
In July 15th we started providing wireless services in the northern region of Brazil. We initiated operations in Pará, Maranhao and Amazonia. Claro has completed its nationwide coverage in the country.
In August, we announced the acquisition of a 100% interest in Estesa Holding Corp., a provider of cable television, broadband residential and corporate data services in Nicaragua.
Also in August we began selling the new iPhone 3G in ten countries in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and Uruguay and in Brazil it started selling late in September.
On September 1st mobile number portability was implemented in some municipalities in Brazil. According to a schedule determined by the government, the new scheme will be operating nationwide by February 2009.
Important efforts have been made to continue to expand our 3G coverage in the region, which is already quite extensive. Today more than 200 million people in 16 countries have access to our UMTS/HSDPA services, which enables them to make use of mobile broadband connections and an array of new applications. We are the only operator with a common GSM/UMTS/HSDPA platform in all countries in our region of operations.
América Móvil's Subsidiaries & Affiliates as of September 2008 | ||||||||
Country | Company | Business | Equity Participation |
Consolidation Method | ||||
Subsidiaries | ||||||||
- Mexico | Telcel | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Argentina | Claro | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Brazil | Claro | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Chile | Claro | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Colombia | Comcel | wireless | 99.4% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Dominicana | Claro | wireless, wireline | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Ecuador | Conecel | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- El Salvador | Claro | wireless, wireline | 95.8% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Guatemala | Claro | wireless, wireline | 99.2% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Honduras | Claro | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Jamaica | Claro | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Nicaragua | Claro | wireless, wireline | 99.3% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Paraguay | Claro | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Peru | Claro | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Puerto Rico | Claro | wireless, wireline | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- Uruguay | Claro | wireless | 100.0% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
- USA | Tracfone | wireless | 98.2% | Global Consolidation Method | ||||
Affiliate | ||||||||
- Mexico | Televista | other | 45.0% | Equity Method | ||||
Subscribers
América Móvil added 7.3 million subscribers in the third quarter or 2008, bringing to 19.2 million the total number of net additions through September. The quarters net additions surpassed by 18.3% those of the same period a year before, whereas the year-to-date figures were slightly higher year-on-year (2.9%) . At the end of that month we had 172.6 million wireless subscribers and 3.9 million land lines.
Our Brazilian operations led in subscriber gains during the quarter with 2.6 million (a record for a third quarter), followed by Mexico with 1.5 million and Colombia with 1.2 million. Ecuador came fourth with 458 thousand net gains while Argentina, Peru and the Caribbean all obtained around 330 thousand subscribers in the period. Tracfone, in the U.S., produced 341 thousand new subs.
Net additions in the quarter exceeded those of the prior year in the three largest countries in the region, by 47.8% in Brazil, 9.1% in Mexico and 81.2% in Colombia. In the U.S., Ecuador and the Caribbean we also registered greater subscriber additions than in the same period of 2007.
As of September our subscriber base was comprised of 54.4 million clients in Mexico (31.5% of the total), 35.7 million in Brazil, 25.4 million in Colombia and 14.8 million in Argentina. Amongst the major countries Brazil has grown the fastest in annual terms (27.5%) with both Colombia and Argentina expanding at roughly the same pace (approximately 19%). The more dynamic ones in the region were Peru and the Dominican Republic, each of whom increased its subscriber base 40% year-on-year.
In September wireless penetration is estimated to have reached 78% in our region of operations (excluding the U.S.), with Brazil and Mexico coming in at 75% and 71% respectively.
Subscribers as of September 2008 | ||||||||||
Thousands | ||||||||||
Total(1) | ||||||||||
Country | Sep'08 | Jun'08 | Var.% | Sep'07 | Var.% | |||||
Mexico | 54,381 | 52,852 | 2.9% | 47,516 | 14.4% | |||||
Brazil | 35,668 | 33,113 | 7.7% | 27,981 | 27.5% | |||||
Chile | 2,787 | 2,736 | 1.9% | 2,562 | 8.8% | |||||
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay | 16,044 | 15,704 | 2.2% | 13,520 | 18.7% | |||||
Colombia | 25,373 | 24,195 | 4.9% | 21,257 | 19.4% | |||||
Ecuador | 7,849 | 7,391 | 6.2% | 6,596 | 19.0% | |||||
Peru | 6,722 | 6,392 | 5.2% | 4,815 | 39.6% | |||||
Central America | 9,048 | 8,875 | 1.9% | 7,345 | 23.2% | |||||
Caribe | 4,255 | 3,926 | 8.4% | 3,000 | 41.8% | |||||
USA | 10,449 | 10,108 | 3.4% | 8,803 | 18.7% | |||||
Total Wireless | 172,577 | 165,292 | 4.4% | 143,394 | 20.4% | |||||
Central America | 2,234 | 2,179 | 2.52% | 2,114 | 5.7% | |||||
Caribe | 1,620 | 1,710 | -5.3% | 1,688 | -4.1% | |||||
Total Fixed | 3,854 | 3,889 | -0.9% | 3,802 | 1.4% | |||||
Total Lines | 176,431 | 169,182 | 4.3% | 147,196 | 19.9% | |||||
(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.
América Móvil Consolidated Results
Our revenues totaled 85.3 billion pesos in the third quarter, 9.8% more than a year before, bringing to 251.2 billion pesos the figure through September, which was up 14.4% year-on-year. The annual comparison partly reflects the fact that our Puerto Rican operation was not consolidated until April 2007. Service revenues expanded at a slightly faster pace in both cases, led by Peru, Ecuador and Argentina. Revenues from value added services expanded at a brisk pace, particularly in Brazil and Colombia where they rose by 67% and 48% year-on-year respectively. They now represent 13.4% of our consolidated service revenues.
EBITDA came in at 34.9 billion pesos in the quarter and 103.5 billion pesos in the nine months to September. The latter figures represent 9.3% and 13.4% year-on-year increments respectively. The EBITDA margin, 40.9% in the quarter, was virtually unchanged from a year before because of the reacceleration of subscriber growth in various countries. Our core EBITDA margin, which excludes the effect of subscriber acquisition costs, in fact increased by half a percentage point over the previous year.
Depreciation and amortization charges have come down from 15.7% in the third quarter of 2007 to 11.9% in the same period this year, as we have depreciated for the most part our TDMA and CDMA networks. This contributed to the 25.2% yearly increase in our operating profit, which reached 25 billion pesos in the quarter.
America Movil's Income Statement | ||||||||||||
Millions of MxP | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Service Revenues | 74,065 | 67,108 | 10.4% | 217,694 | 189,838 | 14.7% | ||||||
Equipment Revenues | 11,270 | 10,625 | 6.1% | 33,547 | 29,770 | 12.7% | ||||||
Total Revenues | 85,335 | 77,733 | 9.8% | 251,241 | 219,608 | 14.4% | ||||||
Cost of Service | 17,395 | 16,022 | 8.6% | 50,988 | 44,135 | 15.5% | ||||||
Cost of Equipment | 18,086 | 16,657 | 8.6% | 52,911 | 47,562 | 11.2% | ||||||
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses | 14,989 | 13,145 | 14.0% | 43,848 | 36,664 | 19.6% | ||||||
Total Costs and Expenses | 50,470 | 45,824 | 10.1% | 147,747 | 128,360 | 15.1% | ||||||
EBITDA | 34,865 | 31,909 | 9.3% | 103,494 | 91,248 | 13.4% | ||||||
% of Total Revenues | 40.9% | 41.0% | 41.2% | 41.6% | ||||||||
Depreciation & Amortization | 10,157 | 12,178 | -16.6% | 30,414 | 28,494 | 6.7% | ||||||
EBIT | 24,708 | 19,731 | 25.2% | 73,080 | 62,753 | 16.5% | ||||||
% of Total Revenues | 29.0% | 25.4% | 29.1% | 28.6% | ||||||||
Net Interest Expense | 1,359 | 702 | 93.7% | 4,709 | 3,475 | 35.5% | ||||||
Other Financial Expenses | -1,220 | 291 | n.m. | 2,558 | 1,414 | 80.9% | ||||||
Foreign Exchange Loss | 3,590 | 520 | n.m. | -525 | -1,983 | 73.5% | ||||||
Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income) | 3,729 | 1,512 | 146.6% | 6,742 | 2,906 | 132.0% | ||||||
Other Income and Expenses | 714 | 1,478 | -51.7% | 2,154 | 2,584 | -16.7% | ||||||
Income & Deferred Taxes | 7,841 | 7,302 | 7.4% | 20,283 | 19,118 | 6.1% | ||||||
Net Income before Minority Interest and Equity | 12,424 | 9,439 | 31.6% | 43,902 | 38,145 | 15.1% | ||||||
Participation in Results of Affiliates | ||||||||||||
minus | ||||||||||||
Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates | 19 | 4 | 336.4% | 48 | 43 | 10.4% | ||||||
Minority Interest | -39 | -21 | -89.0% | -110 | -101 | -9.0% | ||||||
Net Income | 12,404 | 9,422 | 31.6% | 43,839 | 38,088 | 15.1% | ||||||
Balance Sheet (in accordance with Mexican GAAP)* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
América Móvil Consolidated Millions of Mexican Pesos |
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Sep '08 | Dec'07 | Var.% | Sep '07 | Var% | Sep '08 | Dec'07 | Var.% | Sep '07 | Var% | |||||||||||||
Current Assets | Current Liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cash & Securities | 12,103 | 12,022 | 0.7% | 27,384 | -55.8% | Short Term Debt** | 23,989 | 19,953 | 20.2% | 13,317 | 80.1% | |||||||||||
Accounts Receivable | 44,137 | 44,756 | -1.4% | 41,676 | 5.9% | Accounts Payable | 71,382 | 71,794 | -0.6% | 61,422 | 16.2% | |||||||||||
Other Current Assets | 6,558 | 4,488 | 46.1% | 6,349 | 3.3% | Other Current Liabilities | 25,042 | 23,214 | 7.9% | 27,111 | -7.6% | |||||||||||
Inventories | 26,471 | 21,060 | 25.7% | 19,771 | 33.9% | 120,413 | 114,960 | 4.7% | 101,850 | 18.2% | ||||||||||||
89,269 | 82,327 | 8.4% | 95,180 | -100% | ||||||||||||||||||
Long-Term Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Plant & Equipment | 167,971 | 167,084 | 0.5% | 157,690 | 6.5% | |||||||||||||||||
Investments in Affiliates | 683 | 590 | 15.8% | 571 | 19.5% | Long-Term Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
Long Term Debt | 94,553 | 84,799 | 11.5% | 84,010 | 12.5% | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred Assets | Other Liabilities | 23,707 | 22,504 | 5.3% | 14,621 | 62.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Goodwill (Net) | 44,839 | 44,725 | 0.3% | 44,854 | 0.0% | 118,260 | 107,303 | 10.2% | 98,631 | 19.9% | ||||||||||||
Brands, Patents & Licenses | 46,742 | 42,165 | 10.9% | 41,184 | 13.5% | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred Assets | 13,884 | 12,231 | 13.5% | 10,942 | 26.9% | Shareholder's Equity | 124,715 | 126,858 | -1.7% | 149,941 | -16.8% | |||||||||||
Total Assets | 363,388 | 349,121 | 4.1% | 350,422 | 3.7% | Total Liabilities and Equity | 363,388 | 349,121 | 4.1% | 350,422 | 3.7% | |||||||||||
* This presentation conforms with that of América Móvil's audited financial statements
** Includes current portion of Long Term Debt
At the end of September, 80.7% of our net debt was linked to local currencies, particularly Mexican pesos (after hedging part of the original foreign exchange exposure), and the remainder was denominated in U.S. dollars. This figure represents a prudent foreign exchange exposure given that an important share of our revenues is dollar-based, coming from our operations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, El Salvador and Ecuador. In the first nine months of the year these countries accounted for 13.3% of our service revenues.
Within the income and deferred taxes provision we have included deferred taxes in the amount of 704 million pesos associated with our share buyback program. This amount is to be credited against income taxes paid anytime in 2009.
Our net income for the quarter came in at 12.4 billion pesos. It was up 31.6% relative to a year before and represented 0.37 pesos per share (or 0.71 dollars per ADR). Earnings per share were up 37.1% year-on-year. Through September we had generated a net profit of 43.8 billion pesos.
Net debt stood at 106.4 billion pesos in September, up 13.7 billion from December 2007. Our net borrowings, together with the cash flow we generated in the first nine months of the year, allowed us to cover capital expenditures in the amount of 45 billion pesos and effect distributions to our shareholders by way of share buybacks and dividends (the latter paid in July) which totaled 41 billion pesos. Altogether, these amounts totaled 86 billion pesos.
Financial Debt of América Móvil* | ||||
Millions of U.S. Dollars | ||||
Sep-08 | Dec-07 | |||
Peso Denominated Debt | 3,432 | 2,962 | ||
Bonds and other securities | 2,933 | 2,407 | ||
Banks and others | 499 | 555 | ||
U.S. Dollar - denominated debt | 6,233 | 5,518 | ||
Bonds and other securities | 3,793 | 4,293 | ||
Banks and others | 2,440 | 1,225 | ||
Debt denominated in other currencies | 1,320 | 1,160 | ||
Bonds and other securities | 651 | 488 | ||
Banks and others | 668 | 672 | ||
Total Debt | 10,984 | 9,640 | ||
Short term debt and current portion of long-term debt | 2,223 | 1,836 | ||
Long-term debt | 8,761 | 7,804 | ||
* This table does not include the effect of forwards and derivatives used to hedge the foreign exchange exposure
As of September, our net debt was equivalent to 0.78 times EBITDA (last twelve months). The average life of our debt is 9.2 years, with nearly 30% coming due after 2017 and through 2037.
Mexico
Our subscriber base in Mexico reached 54.4 million in September, after net subscriber gains of 1.5 million in the third quarter and 4.4 million in the nine months to September. Our postpaid base rose somewhat less rapidly.
In the early stages of mobile number portability, the total number of ported numbers has been little over 0.10% of the total Mexican subscriber base. Telcel has been a net gainer of ported numbers.
Third quarter revenues were up 8.4% year-on-year to 33.8 billion pesos, with the total through September reaching 99.9 billion pesos, 10.3% more than a year before. ARPU was 175 pesos in the quarter, as subscriber growth continued to accelerate. MOUs were up 18.5% annually. At 171 they are now greater than in all the major Latin American countries and several European countries including Spain, Italy and Germany.
Data revenues have continued increasing their relative share of service revenues, aided by the new 3G capabilities. They now stand at 17.6% of service revenues.
EBITDA came in at 17.9 billion pesos in the quarter. It was up 7.1% in annual terms and represented 52.8% of revenues. In the first nine months of the year it totaled 52.8 billion pesos.
We continued with the roll out of our 3G network in Mexico. At the end of September our 3G network covers nearly 60% of the population and 904 kilometers of highways.
On September 12th our Mexican subsidiary (Telcel) was notified by the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transports of its having resolved, in the matter of a dispute between a certain fixed line operator and Telcel regarding interconnection rates, that a new set of rates would apply to local traffic originating in the network of the said fixed-line operator and terminating in Telcels network from January 2008. Such rates would span the period 2008-2011 and are significantly lower than the rates Telcel has agreed on with other fixed-line and mobile operators in Mexico. Telcel has initiated legal proceedings challenging this resolution. As of the date of this report, the effects of such resolution have been provisionally suspended by a court order. Any final and non-appealable resolution in this proceeding against Telcel may result in a significant reduction to applicable interconnection rates.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Mexico Millions of MxP |
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3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 33,832 | 31,203 | 8.4% | 99,890 | 90,531 | 10.3% | ||||||
EBITDA | 17,851 | 16,672 | 7.1% | 52,774 | 48,834 | 8.1% | ||||||
% | 52.8% | 53.4% | 52.8% | 53.9% | ||||||||
EBIT | 15,731 | 14,705 | 7.0% | 46,503 | 42,953 | 8.3% | ||||||
% | 46.5% | 47.1% | 46.6% | 47.4% | ||||||||
Mexico Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 54,381 | 47,516 | 14.4% | |||
Postpaid | 3,917 | 3,544 | 10.5% | |||
Prepaid | 50,464 | 43,972 | 14.8% | |||
MOU | 171 | 144 | 18.5% | |||
ARPU (MxP) | 175 | 184 | -4.9% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.0% | 3.4% | (0.3) | |||
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay
Altogether, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, added a total of 340 thousand new subscribers in the quarter1.4 million in the first nine monthsto finish September with over 16 million clients, 18.7% more than in the same period of last year. Our postpaid subscriber base grew at twice that rate.
We generated 1.8 billion Argentinean pesos in revenues in the third quarter, which exceeded by 21.6% those obtained a year ago and by 4.6% those of the previous quarter. In the nine months to September revenues amounted to 5.3 billion Argentinean pesos, up 27.2% year-on-year driven by a 29.5% increase in service revenues. ARPU increased 2.2% relative to the same quarter of last year and 3.8% as compared to the precedent quarter, supported by rising minutes of use and by greater data usage. Argentina is the lead market in terms of value added services. Data ARPU in Argentina rose nearly 15% year-on-year and it now represents 32% of total ARPU.
Third quarter EBITDA came in at 628 million Argentinean pesos. It jumped 46.1% relative to last year and 9.9% sequentially. The EBITDA margin for the period stood at 34.3%, climbing 5.7 percentage points from last years levels. At 1.7 billion Argentinean pesos, EBITDA in the nine months to September was equivalent to 32.9% of revenues. It expanded by 53.7% in absolute terms and 5.7 percentage points relative to the periods revenues.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay Millions of ARP |
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3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 1,830 | 1,505 | 21.6% | 5,253 | 4,130 | 27.2% | ||||||
EBITDA | 628 | 430 | 46.1% | 1,728 | 1,124 | 53.7% | ||||||
% | 34.3% | 28.6% | 32.9% | 27.2% | ||||||||
EBIT | 504 | 327 | 54.0% | 1,360 | 828 | 64.1% | ||||||
% | 27.5% | 21.8% | 25.9% | 20.1% | ||||||||
Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 16,044 | 13,520 | 18.7% | |||
Postpaid | 2,018 | 1,461 | 38.1% | |||
Prepaid | 14,026 | 12,059 | 16.3% | |||
MOU | 132 | 125 | 5.9% | |||
ARPU (ARP) | 33 | 32 | 2.2% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.5% | 2.3% | 0.20 | |||
Brazil
Subscriber growth continued to accelerate in Brazil during the quarter, when we added 2.6 million subs, our highest number ever for a third quarter. As has been the case for several quarters now, our postpaid base rose at faster pace than the prepaid one: 9.6% vs. 7.3% (sequentially). Claro is now the second operator by subscribers in Brazil.
Revenues totaled 2.9 billion reais in the quarter and 8.4 billion reais in the first nine months of the year. They were up 18.5% year-on-year and 3.4% sequentially. ARPUs were down slightly1.5% on the quartera very moderate decline considering the significant jump in subscriber growth in the quarter (there being always a lag between subscriber growth and revenue growth). However, MOUs were up significantly (16%) driven by a 16.1% sequential reduction in our average revenue per minute, which came down to 22.4 cents, continuing the trend initiated a year ago.
Revenues from value added services rose 67% annually and 19% sequentially, boosted by the new 3G data services. They now represent 9.6% of service revenues.
At 673 million reais the third quarters EBITDA was 6% greater than a year before and equivalent to 22.8% of revenues. The margin is somewhat lower than that registered in the first nine months of the year. The difference is fully accounted for by subscriber growth and its impact on subscriber acquisition costs. In fact, the core EBITDA margin (the one computed before considering subscriber acquisition costs) rose by 2.4 percentage points year-on-year and 1.5 points quarter-over-quarter.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Brazil Millions of BrL |
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3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 2,945 | 2,538 | 16.0% | 8,439 | 7,124 | 18.5% | ||||||
EBITDA | 673 | 635 | 6.0% | 2,111 | 1,826 | 15.6% | ||||||
% | 22.8% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 25.6% | ||||||||
EBIT | 103 | 4 | n.m. | 448 | 346 | 29.5% | ||||||
% | 3.5% | 0.2% | 5.3% | 4.9% | ||||||||
Brazil Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 35,668 | 27,981 | 27.5% | |||
Postpaid | 7,118 | 5,253 | 35.5% | |||
Prepaid | 28,550 | 22,728 | 25.6% | |||
MOU | 101 | 80 | 27.3% | |||
ARPU (BrL) | 25 | 27 | -7.8% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.7% | 2.8% | (0.1) | |||
Chile
We ended September with 2.8 million subscribers in Chile after adding 115 thousand new clients in the first nine months of the year of which 51 thousand were obtained in the third quarter.
Revenues of 64.2 billion Chilean pesos in the quarter were 2.9% higher compared to last year and 3.1% greater than in the precedent quarter. Service revenues rose by 5.8% sequentially pushing ARPU up 4.3% .
EBITDA of 2.9 billion Chilean pesos was equivalent to 4.6% of revenues. Through September EBITDA totaled 6.8 billion pesos.
Demand for mobile broadband has been building-up importantly in the Chilean market. Claro is today the only player offering this service on a prepaid scheme allowing a broader portion of the population to access 3G Internet.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Chile Millions of ChP |
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3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 64,155 | 62,318 | 2.9% | 188,175 | 193,738 | -2.9% | ||||||
EBITDA | 2,945 | -8,821 | 133.4% | 6,754 | -17,099 | 139.5% | ||||||
% | 4.6% | -14.2% | 3.6% | -8.8% | ||||||||
EBIT | -6,606 | -15,892 | 58.4% | -21,187 | -38,594 | 45.1% | ||||||
% | -10.3% | -25.5% | -11.3% | -19.9% | ||||||||
Chile Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 2,787 | 2,562 | 8.8% | |||
Postpaid | 369 | 461 | -20.0% | |||
Prepaid | 2,418 | 2,100 | 15.1% | |||
MOU | 119 | 133 | -10.6% | |||
ARPU (ChP) | 6,850 | 7,143 | -4.1% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.9% | 5.7% | (1.8) | |||
Colombia
The Colombian market has seen an acceleration of subscriber growth in 2008. We gained 1.2 million in the third quarter surpassing by 81.2% our net additions of the same period of last year and by 10.5% those of the previous quarter. Net additions in the first nine months of the year were over three million, 75.0% more than those captured the previous year. Our subscriber base topped 25.4 million, having risen 19.4% over the year and 4.9% quarter-over-quarter.
Third quarter revenues of 1.5 trillion Colombian pesos grew 11.2% annually and 8.5% on a quarterly basis. They included an extraordinary item in the amount of 87 billion Colombian pesos associated with the collection of certain interconnection services, which had been under dispute. In the absence of such item our service revenues would have increased 6.3% year-on-year.
The most dynamic component of service revenues was data, which increased by 48.0% annually. Revenues in the nine months to September rose 5.0% relative to the same period of 2007, to 4.3 trillion Colombian pesos, with service revenues growing 6.7% ..
In spite of strong subscriber growth, ARPU nonetheless posted a 4.0% increase on a sequential basis, as price declines moderated.
We obtained 792 billion Colombian pesos of EBITDA in the third quarter that represents an annual increase of 15.0% and a quarterly one of 13.1% . The EBITDA margin of the period came in at 51.7%, 1.6 percentage points higher than that of 2007. Through September we generated 2.1 trillion Colombian pesos of EBITDA, a figure that was equivalent to 50% of revenues.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Colombia | ||||||||||||
Billions of COP | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 1,531 | 1,376 | 11.2% | 4,276 | 4,074 | 5.0% | ||||||
EBITDA | 792 | 689 | 15.0% | 2,137 | 2,000 | 6.9% | ||||||
% | 51.7% | 50.1% | 50.0% | 49.1% | ||||||||
EBIT | 595 | 94 | n.m. | 1,548 | 1,105 | 40.1% | ||||||
% | 38.9% | 6.8% | 36.2% | 27.1% | ||||||||
Colombia Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 25,373 | 21,257 | 19.4% | |||
Postpaid | 3,517 | 3,162 | 11.2% | |||
Prepaid | 21,856 | 18,095 | 20.8% | |||
MOU | 162 | 122 | 33.1% | |||
ARPU (COP) | 18,484 | 19,280 | -4.1% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.4% | 2.4% | 0.0 | |||
Ecuador
Our subscriber base in Ecuador ended September at 7.8 million after net additions of 458 thousand in the third quarter that exceeded by 20.8% those obtained in 2007. Our postpaid subscriber base registered faster growth: 24.4% year-over-year.
We obtained 274 million dollars in revenues in the third quarter. They were up 28.8% year-on-year and 6.0% sequentially with service revenues expanding by 31.4% and 8.1%, respectively. Minutes of use shot up 33.0% relative to a year before in response to the decline in the average revenue per minute of voice that has come down by 15%. ARPU showed an outstanding improvement of 10.7% as compared to 2007 fostered not only by greater voice usage but also by a 22.1% increase in data revenues.
In the third quarter EBITDA, at 127 million dollars, was 42.8% greater than a year before. Our margin came in at 46.5%, 4.6 percentage points above that of the third quarter of 2007. In the nine months to September we obtained 351 million dollars in EBITDAup 29.7% year-on-yearequivalent to 45.5% of revenues.
On August 26, we obtained from the Ecuadorian Telecommunications Agency the renewal of our concession to provide mobile telecommunications services in Ecuador. The new agreement extended the concession for a 15-year term.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Ecuador | ||||||||||||
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 274 | 213 | 28.8% | 771 | 641 | 20.3% | ||||||
EBITDA | 127 | 89 | 42.8% | 351 | 270 | 29.7% | ||||||
% | 46.5% | 41.9% | 45.5% | 42.2% | ||||||||
EBIT | 105 | 66 | 59.6% | 287 | 200 | 43.1% | ||||||
% | 38.4% | 31.0% | 37.2% | 31.3% | ||||||||
Ecuador Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 7,849 | 6,596 | 19.0% | |||
Postpaid | 896 | 721 | 24.4% | |||
Prepaid | 6,953 | 5,875 | 18.3% | |||
MOU | 83 | 62 | 33.0% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 10 | 9 | 10.7% | |||
Churn (%) | 0.9% | 2.6% | (1.7) | |||
Peru
Peru remains one of our fastest growing operations. We registered net additions of 1.3 million subscribers of which 330 thousand were captured in the third quarter. At 6.7 million, our subscriber base increased 39.6% relative to the previous year, with our postpaid subscriber base growing 56.6% in annual terms.
We generated 561 million soles of revenues in the third quarter, 23.4% more than last year and 10.8% above the previous quarter with service revenues rising at a slightly faster pace. Minutes of use were up 9.3% sequentially bringing about an increase of 6.4% in blended ARPU. Revenues in the first nine months reached 1.5 billion soles, up 20.3% annually.
EBITDA for the quarter, 174 million soles, increased 10.4% as compared to last year. Our EBITDA margin of the period stood at 31.0% . Year-to-September EBITDA totaled 461 million soles, up 7.4% over the year. It was equivalent to 29.8% of revenues.
We remain the sole operator offering 3G services in Peru and continue to expand our 3G coverage beyond the metropolitan area reaching out to a greater part of the population.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Peru | ||||||||||||
Millions of Soles | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 561 | 455 | 23.4% | 1,549 | 1,287 | 20.3% | ||||||
EBITDA | 174 | 157 | 10.4% | 461 | 430 | 7.4% | ||||||
% | 31.0% | 34.6% | 29.8% | 33.4% | ||||||||
EBIT | 138 | 110 | 24.9% | 327 | 284 | 15.3% | ||||||
% | 24.5% | 24.2% | 21.1% | 22.1% | ||||||||
Peru Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 6,722 | 4,815 | 39.6% | |||
Postpaid | 723 | 462 | 56.6% | |||
Prepaid | 5,999 | 4,353 | 37.8% | |||
MOU | 95 | 79 | 20.0% | |||
ARPU (Sol) | 23 | 27 | -12.9% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.7% | 2.6% | 1.1 | |||
Central America
Our operations in Central America, comprising Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, added 173 thousand subscribers in the third quarter, bringing to 892 thousand subscribers the figure for the nine months to September. Our wireless subscriber base in the region registered an annual increase of 23.2% to reach nine million clients. In addition, we have a total of 2.2 million wire-line accesses in the region.
Revenues totaled 367 million dollars in the quarter and one billion dollars in the first nine months of the year. The growth of our wireless revenues, which expanded 4.5% over the quarter and 5.0% year-on-year, allowed us to offset for the most part the contraction experienced by our fixed line revenues.
EBITDA came in at 169 million dollars in the quarter and represented 46.1% of revenues. In the first nine months of the year it totaled 524 million dollars.
One fourth of the population in this region has access to 3G services. Data represents 10.6% of our service revenues.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
Central America Consolidated | ||||||||||||
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 367 | 374 | -1.8% | 1,098 | 1,113 | -1.3% | ||||||
EBITDA | 169 | 186 | -9.1% | 524 | 569 | -8.0% | ||||||
% | 46.1% | 49.8% | 47.7% | 51.2% | ||||||||
EBIT | 92 | 118 | -21.9% | 305 | 370 | -17.6% | ||||||
% | 25.2% | 31.7% | 27.7% | 33.2% | ||||||||
Central America Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 9,048 | 7,345 | 23.2% | |||
Postpaid | 437 | 408 | 7.1% | |||
Prepaid | 8,611 | 6,937 | 24.1% | |||
Fixed Lines (thousands) | 2,234 | 2,114 | 5.7% | |||
Total Lines (Wireless + Fixed, 000's) | 11,283 | 9,458 | 19.3% | |||
MOU | 116 | 131 | -11.1% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 7 | 8 | -18.4% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.1% | 1.1% | 0.9 | |||
Caribbean
In the Caribbean we added a total of 329 thousand subscribers in the third quarter, 3.8 times as many as we gained in the same period of last year. In the nine months to September net additions climbed to 759 thousand and our wireless subscriber base ended at 4.3 million. As regards our wire line business, total accesses in the Dominican Republic rose 3.2% annually but we experienced important disconnections in Puerto Rico as a result of a tough macroeconomic environment in the island.
Revenues in the first nine months of the year came in at 1.6 billion dollars of which 543 thousand were obtained in the third quarter. Third quarter wireless revenues rose 9.2% sequentially and 7.0% over the previous years.
Third quarter EBITDA of 201 million dollars is equivalent to 37.1% of revenues. The EBITDA margin declined by 1.9 percentage points relative to the same period of last year which is fully explained by the fact that 43% of our net additions year-to-date were added in this quarter. Year-to-September, we generated 626 million dollars of EBITDA, 27.5% more than a year before.
Over two thirds of the population in The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico have access to 3G services. Just recently we launched our new UMTS/HSDPA network in Jamaica and also introduced Claro as our national brand in the island. We have completed our 3G footprint in Latina America and the Caribbean.
INCOME STATEMENT * | ||||||||||||
The Caribbean | ||||||||||||
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 543 | 551 | -1.5% | 1,618 | 1,642 | -1.5% | ||||||
EBITDA | 201 | 215 | -6.5% | 626 | 491 | 27.5% | ||||||
% | 37.1% | 39.0% | 38.7% | 29.9% | ||||||||
EBIT | 112 | 124 | -9.6% | 377 | 221 | 70.7% | ||||||
% | 20.6% | 22.5% | 23.3% | 13.5% | ||||||||
* Historical Figures include Jamaica |
Caribbean Operating Data * | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 4,255 | 3,000 | 41.9% | |||
Postpaid | 902 | 754 | 19.7% | |||
Prepaid | 3,353 | 2,246 | 49.3% | |||
Fixed Lines (thousands) | 1,620 | 1,688 | -4.1% | |||
Total Lines (Wireless + Fixed, 000's) | 5,875 | 4,688 | 25.3% | |||
MOU | 263 | 309 | -14.8% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 16 | 19 | -15.4% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.7% | 4.3% | (0.6) | |||
* Historical figures reflect Jamaica except subscribers |
United States
Our operation in the US added 341 thousand wireless subscribers in the third quarter, 50.4% more than a year before and 60.4% more than in the previous quarter. In the nine months to September we gained a total of 935 thousand clients, taking our subscriber base to 10.4 million. This represented an increase of 18.7% year-on-year and of 3.4% relative to the previous quarter.
We generated 374 million dollars in revenues during the quarter, which exceeded by 8.7% the previous years figure, on the back of service revenues that were up 11.1% year-on-year. In the first nine months of 2008 revenues totaled 1.1 billion dollars, 6.2% more than in 2007.
Even in the face of strong subscriber growth third quarter EBITDA jumped 79.0% year-on-year to reach 81 million dollars. Our margin for the period, 21.8%, escalated 8.6 percentage points from a year before. EBITDA through September came in at 245 million dollars, which represented 22.2% of revenues. It surpassed the previous years by 71% and implied a margin improvement of 900 basis points.
INCOME STATEMENT | ||||||||||||
United States | ||||||||||||
Millions of Dollars | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Revenues | 374 | 344 | 8.7% | 1,102 | 1,038 | 6.2% | ||||||
EBITDA | 81 | 46 | 79.0% | 245 | 143 | 71.0% | ||||||
% | 21.8% | 13.2% | 22.2% | 13.8% | ||||||||
EBIT | 75 | 40 | 85.9% | 225 | 127 | 77.6% | ||||||
% | 20.0% | 11.7% | 20.4% | 12.2% | ||||||||
United States Operating Data | ||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 10,449 | 8,803 | 18.7% | |||
MOU | 76 | 73 | 4.0% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 11 | 12 | -6.2% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.8% | 5.0% | (1.3) | |||
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.
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution. A technology that gives GSM the capacity to handle data services for the third generation mobile telephony.
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.
GSM Global System for Mobile communications. It is the worlds leading and fastest growing mobile standard.
GPRS General Packet Radio Service. Enables GSM networks to offer higher capacity, Internet-based-content and packet-based data services. It is a second generation technology.
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.
Market share A companys subscriber base divided by the total number of subscribers in that country.
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.
Push-to-talk Enables compatible mobile phones to function like two-way radios.
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 | ||||||||||||
3Q08 | 3Q07 | Var.% | Jan - Sep 08 | Jan - Sep 07 | Var.% | |||||||
Mexico | ||||||||||||
EoP | 10.79 | 10.92 | -1.2% | 10.79 | 10.92 | -1.2% | ||||||
Average | 10.33 | 11.01 | -6.2% | 10.48 | 10.98 | -4.6% | ||||||
Brazil | ||||||||||||
EoP | 1.91 | 1.84 | 4.1% | 1.91 | 1.84 | 4.1% | ||||||
Average | 1.70 | 1.89 | -9.9% | 1.69 | 1.98 | -14.8% | ||||||
Argentina | ||||||||||||
EoP | 3.14 | 3.15 | -0.5% | 3.14 | 3.15 | -0.5% | ||||||
Average | 3.07 | 3.14 | -2.3% | 3.11 | 3.11 | 0.0% | ||||||
Chile | ||||||||||||
EoP | 551 | 511 | 7.8% | 551 | 511 | 7.8% | ||||||
Average | 524 | 519 | 1.0% | 488 | 529 | -7.6% | ||||||
Colombia | ||||||||||||
EoP | 2,175 | 2,013 | 8.0% | 2,175 | 2,013 | 8.0% | ||||||
Average | 1,958 | 2,053 | -4.6% | 1,882 | 2,088 | -9.9% | ||||||
Guatemala | ||||||||||||
EoP | 7.47 | 7.75 | -3.6% | 7.47 | 7.75 | -3.6% | ||||||
Average | 7.45 | 7.71 | -3.4% | 7.55 | 7.70 | -2.0% | ||||||
Honduras | ||||||||||||
EoP | 19.03 | 19.03 | 0.0% | 19.03 | 19.03 | 0.0% | ||||||
Average | 19.03 | 19.03 | 0.0% | 19.04 | 19.03 | 0.1% | ||||||
Nicaragua | ||||||||||||
EoP | 19.61 | 18.67 | 5.0% | 19.61 | 18.67 | 5.0% | ||||||
Average | 19.53 | 18.59 | 5.0% | 19.29 | 18.37 | 5.0% | ||||||
Peru | ||||||||||||
EoP | 2.98 | 3.09 | -3.6% | 2.98 | 3.09 | -3.6% | ||||||
Average | 2.92 | 3.14 | -7.1% | 2.89 | 3.17 | -8.9% | ||||||
Paraguay | ||||||||||||
EoP | 3,990 | 5,020 | -20.5% | 3,990 | 5,020 | -20.5% | ||||||
Average | 3,990 | 5,070 | -21.3% | 4,193 | 5,111 | -18.0% | ||||||
Uruguay | ||||||||||||
EoP | 21.47 | 23.15 | -7.3% | 21.47 | 23.15 | -7.3% | ||||||
Average | 19.99 | 23.49 | -14.9% | 20.15 | 23.91 | -15.8% | ||||||
Dominican | ||||||||||||
EoP | 35.00 | 33.59 | 4.2% | 35.00 | 33.59 | 4.2% | ||||||
Average | 34.85 | 33.20 | 4.9% | 34.40 | 33.07 | 4.0% | ||||||
Jamaica | ||||||||||||
EoP | 72.68 | 69.21 | 5.0% | 72.68 | 69.21 | 5.0% | ||||||
Average | 72.15 | 68.78 | 4.9% | 71.56 | 68.07 | 5.1% | ||||||
AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.
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Carlos García Moreno
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Carlos García Moreno
Chief Financial Officer
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