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AMÉRICA MÓVILS FIRST QUARTER OF 2008
FINANCIAL AND OPERATING REPORT
Mexico City, April 24, 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 first quarter of 2008.
In the first quarter of 2008 América Móvil added 5.7 million subscribers bringing to 159.2 million our wireless subscriber base. Our Mexican operations gained 1.5 million subscribers in the quarter, followed by Brazil, with 953 thousand and Argentina, Peru and Colombia with 587 thousand, 555 thousand and 521 thousand, respectively.
The company had 3.9 million landlines in Central America and the Caribbean at the end of the quarter, for a total of 163 million lines in the Americas.
First quarter revenues totaled 81.3 billion pesos. They were up 20.6% year-on-year. Service revenues rose 20.8% annually. Noteworthy was service revenue growth in Argentina and Brazil, 33.2% and 22.0% year-on-year, respectively.
Our EBITDA margin came in at 41.7% . At 33.9 billion pesos, EBITDA was 17.8% higher year-on-year. Argentina saw its EBITDA margin rise 6.1 percentage points, while Brazil, Ecuador, the Caribbean and Tracfone showed improvements of around two percentage points.
Operating profits reached 23.4 billion pesos. They were up 11.3% over the previous year, and represented almost 30% of our revenues. Net profits of 13.8 billion pesos were equivalent to 40 peso cents per share and 74 dollar cents per ADR.
Our net debt was down 5.3 billion pesos in the quarter. Our strong cash flow allowed us to finance capital expenditures of 4.8 billion pesos and share buybacks of 6.3 billion pesos.
We launched our new UMTS/HSDPA services during the quarter in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. We are the first adopter of the new technology in most of the countries in which we operate. We are now offering 3G services in 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
América Móvil - Fundamentals |
Mex$ |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var. % | Jan-Mar'08 | Jan-Mar'07 | Var. % | |||||||
EPS (Mex$)* | 0.40 | 0.41 | -4.2% | 0.40 | 0.41 | -4.2% | ||||||
Earning per ADR (US$)** | 0.74 | 0.75 | -0.6% | 0.74 | 0.75 | -0.6% | ||||||
Net Income (millions of Mex$ ) | 13,776 | 14,636 | -5.9% | 13,776 | 14,636 | -5.9% | ||||||
EBITDA (millions of Mex$) | 33,943 | 28,939 | 17.3% | 33,943 | 28,939 | 17.3% | ||||||
EBIT (millions of Mex$) | 23,766 | 21,444 | 10.8% | 23,766 | 21,444 | 10.8% | ||||||
Shares Outstanding (billion)*** | 34.79 | 35.41 | -1.7% | 34.79 | 35.41 | -1.7% | ||||||
ADRs Equivalent (millions)*** | 643 | 757 | -15.1% | 643 | 757 | -15.1% | ||||||
* Net Income / Total Shares Outstanding
** 20 shares per ADR
Relevant Events
Beginning in January, and pursuant to changes in the guidelines that constitute Mexican GAAP, América Móvil will cease to use accounting figures that correct for inflation and will instead present its accounting in nominal terms. The new methodology affects only marginally our operating results, but has more of an impact on financing costs.
In the same month the interconnection rates from fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile were reduced by 11% in Mexico and 50% in Colombia.
On March 11th, América Móvil announced that its Board of Directors had decided to submit for the approval of the General Ordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held on April 29th, a proposal for the payment of a cash dividend in the amount of $0.26 (twenty-six peso cents) per share in one exhibition. If approved, América Móvil would pay in July an aggregate amount of approximately nine billion pesos. It also proposed to increase by 40 billion Mexican pesos the amount destined to the repurchase of shares.
We have continued rolling out our UMTS networks in several countries in Latin America. In February, we launched 3G services in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, bringing to 14 the number of countries where we were operating 3G services at the end of March. Over time, 3G will allow us to provide new services and shall result in new revenue streams.
In March, our operations in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (formerly CTI Móvil) were re-branded to Claro. Today, 12 of our subsidiaries, including all those in Central America and the Caribbean, share the same brand.
América Móvils Subsidiaries & Affiliates as of March 2007 |
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 | Mi Phone | 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 Móvils subscriber base reached 159.2 million wireless subscribers at the end of March, after net subscriber gains of 5.7 million wireless subscribers in the first three months of 2008. Together with our 3.9 million landlines in Central America and the Caribbean, we had a total of 163 million lines at the end of March.
In Mexico we added 1.5 million subscribers to reach 51.5 million subscribers in March, an annual increase of 14.7% . Net additions in Brazil came in at 953 thousand, (31.1% more than in the same period of 2007), with Claros subscriber base rising to 31.2 million at the end of the period, 26.7% more than a year before.
Our operations in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay gained 649 thousand clients in the quarter, taking their combined subscriber base to 15.3 million. This represents a sequential increase of 4.4% and an annual increase of 28.6% . In Colombia, our net subscriber additions521 thousandwere 52.7% higher than those obtained the previous year. Our subscriber base topped 23.2 million. It was up 3.6% on the quarter and 15.4% annually.
In Ecuador, we added 258 thousand subscribers in the quarter to finish March with 7.2 million subscribers, 20.5% more than a year before. Peru, which continues to outpace the rest of our operations in terms of subscriber growth, saw its subscriber base climb to over 6 millionan annual growth rate of 55.7% on the back of 555 thousand net additions in the quarter. As regards to our operation in Chile, its subscriber base rose 6.0% in the quarter, to 2.7 million.
In Central America our subscriber base reached 8.6 million, having added 413 thousand new clients in the first quarter. Together with 2.2 million fixed lines, our operations in Central America have a combined total of 10.8 million lines.
In the CaribbeanDominicana, Puerto Rico and Jamaicawe gained 183 thousand subscribers, which took our subscriber base in the area to 3.7 million. In addition to the latter, those operations had 1.6 million fixed lines.
In the United States, Tracfone added 381 thousand subscribers in the periodwhich exceeded by 14.6% those obtained in 2007ending the quarter just shy of ten million subscribers, up 4.2% sequentially and 19.2% annually.
Subscribers as of March 2008 |
Thousands | ||||||||||
Total(1) | ||||||||||
Country | Mar'08 | Dec'07 | Var.% | Mar'07 | Var.% | |||||
Mexico | 51,540 | 50,011 | 3.1% | 44,946 | 14.7% | |||||
Brazil | 31,182 | 30,228 | 3.2% | 24,608 | 26.7% | |||||
Chile | 2,703 | 2,672 | 1.2% | 2,550 | 6.0% | |||||
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay | 15,267 | 14,618 | 4.4% | 11,874 | 28.6% | |||||
Colombia | 23,129 | 22,335 | 3.6% | 20,042 | 15.4% | |||||
Ecuador | 7,194 | 6,936 | 3.7% | 5,969 | 20.5% | |||||
Peru | 6,010 | 5,455 | 10.2% | 3,861 | 55.7% | |||||
Central America | 8,570 | 8,157 | 5.1% | 6,318 | 35.6% | |||||
Caribe | 3,679 | 3,496 | 5.2% | 2,831 | 30.0% | |||||
USA | 9,895 | 9,514 | 4.0% | 8,229 | 20.3% | |||||
Total Wireless | 159,168 | 153,422 | 3.7% | 131,227 | 21.3% | |||||
Central America | 2,212 | 2,197 | 0.66% | 2,178 | 1.6% | |||||
Caribe | 1,647 | 1,669 | -1.3% | 1,731 | -4.8% | |||||
Total Fixed | 3,859 | 3,866 | -0.2% | 3,909 | -1.3% | |||||
Total Lines | 163,027 | 157,287 | 3.6% | 135,136 | 20.6% | |||||
(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.
América Móvil
Our operations initiated 2008 very much along the lines seen throughout most of 2007, with a marked tendency for airtime prices to drop practically across the board but with traffic responding strongly to the lower prices. On the cost side the main development has been the introduction of 3G services in most of our operations (some of them late in 2007).
Consolidated revenues totaled 81.3 billion pesos in the quarter, expanding by 20.6% year-on-year, with service revenues growing at the same pace in spite of the reduction in interconnection rates that took effect on January 1st in Mexico and Colombia (11% and 50%, respectively). Equipment revenues fell by 29.3% quarter-over-quarter, which is explained basically by seasonal factors, but service revenues climbed 1.4% .
In comparing the first quarter revenues to those obtained a yerar before, it is important to consider that whereas this year the Easter holidays took place in the third an fourth weeks of March, in 2007 these festivities were celebrated in April. (In Mexico, an additional holiday took place in the first week leading to a more patent impact on revenues this year than has normally been the case.)
Service revenue growth has been particularly strong in Argentina and Brazil, at annual rates of 32.8% and 22.0%, respectively. Peru and Ecuador also saw their service revenues climb at a good pace. Altogether, our South American operations have increased their share of consolidated service revenues to 44.2% from 41.3% a year ago. The contribution of our combined international operations to our service revenues has risen to 62.4% .
At 33.9 billion pesos, EBITDA was up 17.8% relative to the same period a year before. Our EBITDA margin came in at 41.7%, holding firm in spite of the marketing expenses associated with the launch and promotion of our new 3G services in nine countries and of the costs of having the new networks in operation at a time when they are just beginning to be utilized. As with service revenues, the consolidated EBITDA share of our South American subsidiaries has gone up, from 31.3% a year ago to 35.3% . Argentina led the way in terms of margin improvement6.1 percentage points in twelve monthswith Brazil, Ecuador, the Caribbean and Tracfone, in the U.S., picking up around two percentage points. Just over half of our EBITDA was generated by our international operations.
America Movil's Income Statement |
Millions of Mex$ |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Service Revenues | 71,101 | 58,873 | 20.8% | |||
Equipment Revenues | 10,228 | 8,577 | 19.3% | |||
Total Revenues | 81,329 | 67,450 | 20.6% | |||
Cost of Service | 16,733 | 13,316 | 25.7% | |||
Cost of Equipment | 16,585 | 14,121 | 17.4% | |||
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses | 14,069 | 11,193 | 25.7% | |||
Total Costs and Expenses | 47,386 | 38,630 | 22.7% | |||
EBITDA | 33,943 | 28,820 | 17.8% | |||
% of Total Revenues | 41.7% | 42.7% | ||||
Depreciation & Amortization | 10,176 | 7,463 | 36.4% | |||
EBIT | 23,766 | 21,358 | 11.3% | |||
% of Total Revenues | 29.2% | 31.7% | ||||
Net Interest Expense | 1,869 | 1,305 | 43.3% | |||
Other Financial Expenses | 1,735 | 333 | n.m. | |||
Foreign Exchange Loss | -357 | -791 | 54.8% | |||
Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income) | 3,247 | 847 | 283.6% | |||
Other Income and Expenses | 402 | 206 | 95.0% | |||
Income & Deferred Taxes | 6,320 | 5,698 | 10.9% | |||
Net Income before Minority Interest and Equity | 13,797 | 14,607 | -5.5% | |||
Participation in Results of Affiliates | ||||||
minus | ||||||
Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates | 16 | 16 | 2.8% | |||
Minority Interest | -37 | -52 | 29.1% | |||
Net Income | 13,776 | 14,571 | -5.5% | |||
*n.m. = not meaningful
Balance Sheet (in accordance with Mexican GAAP)* |
América Móvil Consolidated |
Millions of Mex$ |
Mar'08 | Dec'07 | Var.% | Mar'08 | Dec'07 | Var.% | |||||||||
Current Assets | Current Liabilities | |||||||||||||
Cash & Securities | 17,862 | 12,022 | 48.6% | Short Term Debt** | 32,513 | 19,953 | 62.9% | |||||||
Accounts Receivable | 42,032 | 44,756 | -6.1% | Accounts Payable | 66,560 | 71,794 | -7.3% | |||||||
Other Current Assets | 8,099 | 4,488 | 80.4% | Other Current Liabilities | 22,566 | 23,214 | -2.8% | |||||||
Inventories | 22,946 | 21,060 | 9.0% | 121,640 | 114,960 | 5.8% | ||||||||
90,939 | 82,327 | 10.5% | ||||||||||||
Long-Term Assets | ||||||||||||||
Plant & Equipment | 165,745 | 167,084 | -0.8% | |||||||||||
Investments in Affiliates | 615 | 590 | 4.3% | Long-Term Liabilities | ||||||||||
Long Term Debt | 72,739 | 84,799 | -14.2% | |||||||||||
Deferred Assets | Other Liabilities | 22,527 | 22,504 | 0.1% | ||||||||||
Goodwill (Net) | 44,775 | 44,725 | 0.1% | 95,266 | 107,303 | -11.2% | ||||||||
Brands, Patents & Licenses | 40,737 | 42,165 | -3.4% | |||||||||||
Deferred Assets | 13,473 | 12,231 | 10.2% | Shareholder's Equity | 139,378 | 126,858 | 9.9% | |||||||
Total Assets | 356,284 | 349,121 | 2.1% | Total Liabilities and Equity | 356,284 | 349,121 | 2.1% | |||||||
* This presentation conforms with that of América Móvil's audited financial statements ** Includes current portion of Long Term Debt |
Depreciation and amortization charges came down in relation to revenues from 13.5% in the previous quarter to 12.5% in the first three months of this year. The ratio is still higher than a year ago (it was 11.0% then) but should continue to trend down in the months ahead.
Our operating profits in the quarter totaled 23.8 billion pesos, an amount that represented just under 30% of revenues. They were up 11.3% year-on-year. Financing costs, 3.2 billion pesos, were up significantly from a year before as a consequence of a bigger net debt and lower foreign exchange gains. In the end we generated a net profit of 13.8 billion pesos, which was equivalent to 16.9% of revenues. Profits per share came in at 40 peso cents (or 74 dollar cents per ADR).
We were able to reduce our net debt in the quarter by 5.3 billion pesos, to 87.4 billion (0.67 times LTM EBITDA), aided by a strong cash flow that allowed us to cover capital expenditures in the amount of 4.8 billion pesos and share buybacks worth 6.3 billion pesos. Our working capital increased during the period as we took on new inventories and liquidated accounts payable associated with our purchases of handsets late last year and with capital expenditures that were commissioned, for the most part, in 2007.
Financial Debt of América Móvil* |
Millions of U.S. Dollars |
Mar-08 | Dec-07 | |||
Peso Denominated Debt | 3,794 | 2,962 | ||
Bonds and other securities | 2,678 | 2,407 | ||
Banks and others | 1,116 | 555 | ||
U.S. Dollar - denominated debt | 4,743 | 5,518 | ||
Bonds and other securities | 4,293 | 4,293 | ||
Banks and others | 450 | 1,225 | ||
Debt denominated in other currencies | 1,303 | 1,160 | ||
Bonds and other securities | 540 | 488 | ||
Banks and others | 763 | 672 | ||
Total Debt | 9,840 | 9,640 | ||
Short term debt and current portion of long-term debt | 3,040 | 1,836 | ||
Long-term debt | 6,800 | 7,804 | ||
* This table does not include the effect of forwards and derivatives used to hedge the foreign exchange exposure
Mexico
In the first quarter Telcel added 1.5 million clients bringing to 51.5 million our subscriber base at the end of March. It was up 14.7% year-on-year and 3.1% relative to the previous quarter. Our postpaid subscriber base grew 16.0% year-on-year, outpacing prepaid growth for the 13th consecutive quarter.
Revenues reached 32.2 billion Mexican pesos in the period, up 10.6% from the same period a year ago. As compared to the previous quarter, service revenues were slightly higher, but equipment revenues declined sequentially because of seasonal effects. Our airtime prices for voice have fallen year-on-yearat eight dollar cents they are amongst the lowest in Latin America and the second lowest within the OECDbut traffic per subscriber soared by 32.3% . Our blended ARPU has come down, mostly as a consequence of subscriber growth and the lag that typically exists between subscriber and revenue growth. As of January 1st, mobile termination rates declined 11% compared to the previous year.
EBITDA came in at 16.8 billion pesos in the first three months of the year, 6.6% above 2007 figures. Telcels EBITDA margin stood at 52.1% in the period and was somewhat held back by the costs associated with launching and operating its new UMTS/HSDPA network, which was introduced in February. By the end of the quarter we had coverage in 16 of the main cities in the country, which comprise 47 million pops. Telcel is the only carrier in Mexico offering UMTS/HSDPA services today, it being the first adopter of new technologies in Mexico. Our UMTS network with its high-speed data transmission will enable our clients to access broadband services on the wireless platform. Throughout the year we will keep on expanding our 3G coverage in Mexico.
INCOME STATEMENT |
Mexico |
Millions of Mx$ |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 32,182 | 29,098 | 10.6% | |||
EBITDA | 16,770 | 15,735 | 6.6% | |||
% | 52.1% | 54.1% | ||||
EBIT | 14,711 | 13,780 | 6.8% | |||
% | 45.7% | 47.4% | ||||
Mexico´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 51,540 | 44,946 | 14.7% | |||
Postpaid | 3,749 | 3,231 | 16.0% | |||
Prepaid | 47,791 | 41,715 | 14.6% | |||
MOU | 171 | 129 | 32.3% | |||
ARPU (Mex$) | 174 | 185 | -5.9% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.4% | 3.3% | 0.1 | |||
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay
In a setting of great growth and dynamic changes, our operations in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay were re-branded as Claro. Our new brand means greater integration and it shall bring about better services and more advanced applications for our subscribers in those countries.
Altogether, these operations added 587 thousand new clients bringing to 15.3 million our combined subscriber base at the end of the first quarter, up 28.6% annually and 4.4% on the quarter. At a pace of 48.0% year-on-year, our postpaid subscriber base grew even more rapidly.
We generated revenues of 1.7 billion Argentinean pesos in the quarter, which were 30.3% greater than those of the previous year. Service revenues increased at a somewhat greater clip (33.2%) . Due to seasonal factors, equipment revenues were down sequentially but service revenues showed an up-tick of 1.8% over the previous quarter. ARPU was up 1.1% as compared to a year before helped by greater data usage. Data-only ARPU increased by nearly 8% in the period.
EBITDA rose 58.4% year-on-year to 528 million Argentinean pesos. Our EBITDA margin came in at 31.6% of revenues, having expanded by 5.6 percentage points in one year.
We have experienced great acceptance of our 3G services in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, especially amongst corporate clients and those who live in the suburban areas where wireline accesses are rather limited. By the end of March, 70 cities and towns in the region had UMTS /HSDPA services.
INCOME STATEMENT |
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay |
Millions of ARP$ |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 1,673 | 1,284 | 30.3% | |||
EBITDA | 528 | 333 | 58.4% | |||
% | 31.6% | 26.0% | ||||
EBIT | 408 | 237 | 71.9% | |||
% | 24.4% | 18.5% | ||||
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 15,267 | 11,874 | 28.6% | |||
Postpaid | 1,775 | 1,199 | 48.0% | |||
Prepaid | 13,492 | 10,675 | 26.4% | |||
MOU | 119 | 121 | -1.7% | |||
ARPU (ARG$) | 32 | 31 | 1.1% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.3% | 1.9% | 0.3 | |||
Brazil
Claros subscriber base expanded 26.7% year-on-year to get to 31.2 million clients at the end of March. During the first quarter of the year, net additions for our operations in Brazil totaled 953 thousand. They were 31.1% higher than the ones registered last year. As our postpaid subscriber base continues to outpace the prepaid one, its relative share of the overall subscriber base has risen to nearly 20%.
Revenues increased by 22.8% year-on-year to 2.6 billion reais, a similar pace than that of service revenues (22.0%), with data revenues growing at a 49% rate in the period. Blended ARPUs were down 3.6% in the period mostly because of the fast tempo of postpaid subscriber growth. Prepaid ARPU was actually up 3.6% in the period on the back of additional promotions that boosted prepaid MOUs 34.8% .
Greater scale and good cost control have allowed us to continue to increase our EBITDA margin in spite of the rapid pace of subscriber growth. In the first quarter of the year we obtained 788 million reais of EBITDA, 33.5% more than in the same period of last year. Our EBITDA margin stood at 29.8%, 2.4 percentage points higher than that of 2007.
By the end of March, we had UMTS/HSDPA coverage in 40 cities and towns in Brazil, where nearly 20% of the population lives.
INCOME STATEMENT |
Brazil Consolidated |
Millions of R$ |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 2,645 | 2,155 | 22.8% | |||
EBITDA | 788 | 590 | 33.5% | |||
% | 29.8% | 27.4% | ||||
EBIT | 252 | 168 | 49.8% | |||
% | 9.5% | 7.8% | ||||
Brazil´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 31,182 | 24,608 | 26.7% | |||
Postpaid | 5,992 | 4,298 | 39.4% | |||
Prepaid | 25,190 | 20,309 | 24.0% | |||
MOU | 81 | 71 | 14.3% | |||
ARPU (R$) | 26 | 27 | -3.6% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.8% | 2.8% | (0.0) | |||
Chile
Our Chilean subscriber base finished March with 2.7 million wireless subscribers after adding 31 thousand clients in the first three months of the year. Claros subscriber base was up 6.0% as compared to the same period of the prior year. Having cleansed our subscriber base last year, churn figures were brought down 1.4 percentage points sequentially.
Revenues totaled 61.8 billion Chilean pesos, 7.3% below the same period of last year. Service revenues were flat over the quarter, but the contraction of equipment revenues pushed total revenues down by 6.9% sequentially, reflecting seasonal factors. We obtained 1.4 billion Chilean pesos of EBITDA, which is 2.3% higher than that of the same period of 2007.
INCOME STATEMENT |
Chile |
Millions of Ch$ |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 61,803 | 66,702 | -7.3% | |||
EBITDA | 1,444 | 1,410 | 2.4% | |||
% | 2.3% | 2.1% | ||||
EBIT | -7,615 | -5,783 | -31.7% | |||
% | -12.3% | -8.7% | ||||
Chile´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 2,703 | 2,550 | 6.0% | |||
Postpaid | 375 | 557 | -32.7% | |||
Prepaid | 2,329 | 1,993 | 16.8% | |||
MOU | 121 | 143 | -15.5% | |||
ARPU (Ch$) | 6,910 | 7,931 | -12.9% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.5% | 2.4% | 1.1 | |||
Colombia
In the first quarter of the year Comcel added 795 thousand new clients52.7% more than a year beforeand ended March with 23.1 million subscribers. Its subscriber base expanded 15.4% annually and 3.6% quarter-over-quarter.
First quarter revenues of 1.2 trillion Colombian pesos were slightly below last years figure, with service revenues remaining practically flat. To some extent, this is a reflection of the sharp reduction (50%) of mobile termination rates that took place in January, which ultimately translated into a reduction of 2.6% of its interconnection revenues. Comcel introduced commercial promotions that have brought down the average price per minute of voice by 30.7% year-on-year, to the equivalent of six dollar cents. The resulting increase in trafficMOUs rose by 23.5% in the periodhas helped compensate for the most part the impact on revenues brought about by the reduction in prices. We shall continue to see increases in traffic driven by good price-elasticity.
EBITDA for the quarter came in at 645 billion Colombian pesos. The margin remained unchanged relative to a year before at 48.3%, reflecting the effect of stronger subscriber growth, significant reductions in airtime and interconnection prices and the introduction of our 3G services.
As of February 1st, we began offering 3G services in Colombia. We took the lead in the introduction of UMTS and are today the only carrier offering access to cutting-edge applications on the wireless platform. The new 3G services are now available in the main 8 cities in Colombia, which today account for nearly 40% of the population.
INCOME STATEMENT |
Colombia |
Billions of COP$ |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 1,335 | 1,349 | -1.0% | |||
EBITDA | 645 | 651 | -1.0% | |||
% | 48.3% | 48.3% | ||||
EBIT | 415 | 500 | -17.1% | |||
% | 31.1% | 37.1% | ||||
Colombia´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 23,129 | 20,042 | 15.4% | |||
Postpaid | 3,352 | 2,993 | 12.0% | |||
Prepaid | 19,778 | 17,049 | 16.0% | |||
MOU | 144 | 117 | 23.5% | |||
ARPU (COP$) | 17,414 | 20,096 | -13.3% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.7% | 2.3% | 0.4 | |||
Ecuador
After adding 258 thousand new clients in the period, our subscriber base in Ecuador reached 7.2 million at the end of March, having risen 20.5% relative to a year before and 3.7% over the previous quarter.
First quarter revenues, 238 million dollars, were 13.2% higher than a year before, with service revenues expanding at a faster pace: 16.3% . Over the previous quarter, total revenue growth was 3.1% . EBITDA for the period totaled 106 million dollars, up 18.8% year-on-year and 17.0% sequentially. The EBITDA margin reached 44.2% of revenues, climbing two percentage points in one year.
INCOME STATEMENT |
Ecuador |
Millions of Dollars |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 238 | 211 | 13.2% | |||
EBITDA | 106 | 89 | 18.8% | |||
% | 44.2% | 42.1% | ||||
EBIT | 85 | 67 | 27.3% | |||
% | 35.5% | 31.6% | ||||
Ecuador´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 7,194 | 5,969 | 20.5% | |||
Postpaid | 805 | 639 | 26.1% | |||
Prepaid | 6,389 | 5,331 | 19.8% | |||
MOU | 74 | 58 | 27.9% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 9 | 9 | -4.3% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.7% | 3.4% | (0.7) | |||
Peru
Our subscriber base in Peru rose 55.7% year-on-year and 10.2% over the quarter, to over six million clients, after 555 thousand net additions in the first three months of the year.
Revenues reached 482 million soles, up 18.9% year-on-year, with service revenues growing at 15.5% even in the face of pointed reductions in airtime prices, which plummeted 41.4% as compared to last year. Traffic has so far compensated only partially the impact of the price declines, as MOUs went up by 22.7% . We intend to push for usage growth, as average spending on mobile relative to GDP per capita is still low in Peru as compared to some of its neighbor countries.
EBITDA was down 3.5% relative to the same quarter of last year and came in at 130 million soles. Our EBITDA margin for the period, 27.0%, was below that observed a year ago derived of strong subscriber growth, especially on postpaid.
We took the lead, and began offering our 3G services in Peru. At the end of the quarter, we had coverage in Lima, Callao and the beach areas. Our services are accessible to over nine million people. The expansion of UMTS/HSDPA coverage will continue, and by the end of this year, the country´s six largest cities will have 3G services.
INCOME STATEMENT |
Peru |
Millions of Soles |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 482 | 405 | 18.9% | |||
EBITDA | 130 | 135 | -3.5% | |||
% | 27.0% | 33.2% | ||||
EBIT | 80 | 86 | -6.4% | |||
% | 16.7% | 21.2% | ||||
Peru´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 6,010 | 3,861 | 55.7% | |||
Postpaid | 586 | 371 | 58.0% | |||
Prepaid | 5,424 | 3,490 | 55.4% | |||
MOU | 83 | 68 | 22.7% | |||
ARPU (Sol) | 23 | 31 | -27.3% | |||
Churn (%) | 2.6% | 2.0% | 0.7 | |||
Central America
Our combined wireless subscriber base in Central America expanded by 35.6% year-on-year to 8.6 million clients after net additions of 413 thousand in the first quarter. Together with 2.2 million fixed lines, América Móvil had a total of 10.8 million lines in the region.
Altogether, our operations in Central America generated revenues of 366 million dollars, which were practically identical to those of the same quarter of 2007, reflecting continued migration from fixed lines to mobile accesses and important price reductions in airtime prices.
EBITDA totaled 179 million dollars and was equivalent to 48.8% of revenues, held back by the fast pace of subscriber growth in some markets and the loss of fixed line revenues in others.
INCOME STATEMENT |
Central America Consolidated |
Millions of Dollars |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 366 | 369 | -0.8% | |||
EBITDA | 179 | 192 | -6.8% | |||
% | 48.8% | 51.9% | ||||
EBIT | 110 | 126 | -12.5% | |||
% | 30.1% | 34.1% | ||||
Central America´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 8,570 | 6,318 | 35.6% | |||
Postpaid | 417 | 376 | 10.8% | |||
Prepaid | 8,153 | 5,942 | 37.2% | |||
Fixed Lines (thousands) | 2,212 | 2,178 | 1.6% | |||
Total Lines (Wireless + Fixed, 000's) | 10,781 | 8,496 | 26.9% | |||
MOU | 122 | 134 | -9.4% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 7 | 9 | -22.3% | |||
Churn (%) | 1.6% | 0.9% | 0.8 | |||
Caribbean
With net additions of 183 thousand that were 44.8% higher than those obtained in the same quarter of 2007, our wireless subscriber base in the islands reached 3.5 million at the close of March, 21.9% more than a year before and 5.4% higher than at the end of 2007. Along with 1.6 million fixed lines in Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, we had a total of 5.1 million lines in the Caribbean.
First quarter revenues of 544 million dollars were practically flat, weighed down by fixed line losses in Puerto Rico that have arisen mostly due to weak economic activity in the island. In spite of this, EBITDA in the region was up 7.9% year-on-year to 255 million dollars. Our EBITDA margin, 41.3%, is up 3.1 percentage points in twelve months.
INCOME STATEMENT |
The Caribbean |
Millions of Dollars |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 544 | 546 | -0.4% | |||
EBITDA | 225 | 208 | 7.9% | |||
% | 41.3% | 38.2% | ||||
EBIT | 138 | 117 | 17.7% | |||
% | 25.3% | 21.4% | ||||
The Caribbean´s Operating Data * |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 3,450 | 2,831 | 21.9% | |||
Postpaid | 851 | 702 | 21.2% | |||
Prepaid | 2,599 | 2,129 | 22.1% | |||
Fixed Lines (thousands) | 1,647 | 1,731 | -4.8% | |||
Total Lines (Wireless + Fixed, 000's) | 5,097 | 4,562 | 11.7% | |||
MOU | 291 | 313 | -6.8% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 18 | 20 | -10.6% | |||
Churn (%) | 4.0% | 4.2% | (0.2) | |||
* Does not includes Jamaica
United States
Tracfone added 381 thousand clients in the period14.6% more than in the same period of last year to finish March with 9.9 million subscribers, 20.3% more than a year ago and 4.0% above the previous quarter.
First quarter revenues rose 1.5% year-on-year, to 356 million dollars. Airtime prices have trended down but so have the costs of the airtime paid to the various carriers.
EBITDA was up 11.4% relative to the same period of 2007 to 76 million dollars. The EBITDA margin stood at 21.3% in the quarter; almost two percentage points higher than a year before.
INCOME STATEMENT |
United States |
Millions of Dollars |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Revenues | 356 | 351 | 1.5% | |||
EBITDA | 76 | 68 | 11.4% | |||
% | 21.3% | 19.4% | ||||
EBIT | 70 | 63 | 11.1% | |||
% | 19.6% | 17.9% | ||||
United State´s Operating Data |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) | 9,895 | 8,229 | 20.3% | |||
MOU | 77 | 69 | 12.4% | |||
ARPU (US$) | 11 | 13 | -11.7% | |||
Churn (%) | 3.5% | 5.0% | (1.5) | |||
Exchange Rates |
1Q08 | 1Q07 | Var.% | ||||
Mexico | ||||||
EoP | 10.70 | 11.08 | -3.5% | |||
Average | 10.76 | 11.08 | -2.9% | |||
Brazil | ||||||
EoP | 1.75 | 2.05 | -14.7% | |||
Average | 1.73 | 2.10 | -17.5% | |||
Argentina | ||||||
EoP | 3.17 | 3.10 | 2.2% | |||
Average | 3.16 | 3.10 | 1.9% | |||
Chile | ||||||
EoP | 438 | 539 | -18.8% | |||
Average | 452 | 541 | -16.4% | |||
Colombia | ||||||
EoP | 1,822 | 2,155 | -15.5% | |||
Average | 1,868 | 2,213 | -15.6% | |||
Guatemala | ||||||
EoP | 7.61 | 7.69 | -1.0% | |||
Average | 7.70 | 7.71 | -0.1% | |||
Honduras | ||||||
EoP | 19.03 | 19.03 | 0.0% | |||
Average | 19.03 | 19.03 | 0.0% | |||
Nicaragua | ||||||
EoP | 19.13 | 18.22 | 5.0% | |||
Average | 19.06 | 18.15 | 5.0% | |||
Peru | ||||||
EoP | 2.75 | 3.18 | -13.8% | |||
Average | 2.86 | 3.19 | -10.5% | |||
Paraguay | ||||||
EoP | 4,380 | 5,050 | -13.3% | |||
Average | 4,557 | 5,167 | -11.8% | |||
Uruguay | ||||||
EoP | 20.35 | 24.11 | -15.6% | |||
Average | 20.74 | 24.25 | -14.5% | |||
Dominican | ||||||
EoP | 34.08 | 32.44 | 5.1% | |||
Average | 34.07 | 33.18 | 2.7% | |||
Jamaica | ||||||
EoP | 71.60 | 67.6 | 5.9% | |||
Average | 71.29 | 67.5 | 5.6% | |||
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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