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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of October 2019

Commission File Number: 1-16269

 

 

AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.

(Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in the Charter)

 

 

America Mobile

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

 

 

Lago Zurich 245

Plaza Carso / Edificio Telcel, Piso 16

Colonia Ampliación Granada, Miguel Hidalgo

11529 Mexico City, Mexico

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

 

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América Móvil’s third quarter of

2019 financial and operating report

 

 

Mexico City, October 15th, 2019 - América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“América Móvil”) [BMV: AMX] [NYSE: AMX, AMOV], announced today its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2019.

 

 

We added 1.6 million postpaid subscribers in the third quarter, including 928 thousand in Brazil, 215 thousand in Mexico and 159 thousand in Austria. On the fixed-line platform we obtained 208 thousand new fixed-broadband clients.

 

 

Mobile postpaid and fixed-broadband remain the main drivers of access growth at 7.8% and 5.6% year-on-year respectively, while our mobile prepaid subs and PayTV units declined 3.5% and 2.5%; fixed-voice accesses were roughly flat.

 

 

Revenues of 248 billion pesos were 0.2% higher than a year before in Mexican peso terms notwithstanding the depreciation of various currencies vis-à-vis the Mexican peso, particularly the Colombian and Argentinean pesos.

 

 

At constant exchange rates (excluding Argentina, given that it is subject to inflation-adjusted accounting) service revenues accelerated somewhat to 2.5% from 2.3% in the prior quarter with those on the mobile platform growing 4.6% year-over-year—11.1% in Brazil, 8.2% in Mexico, 4.7% in both Colombia and our European operations—and those on the fixed-line segment falling 1.2% mostly on account of the reduction of voice revenues.

 

 

EBITDA of 78.8 billion pesos (under IFRS16) was equivalent to 31.7% of revenues. Under comparable accounting standards, and at constant exchange rates ex-Argentina, EBITDA shot up 7.2% after adjusting for extraordinary items in Brazil and Austria.

 

 

Our operating profits in the quarter were up 7.3% to 38.1 billion pesos.

 

 

We registered comprehensive financing costs of 12.4 billion pesos resulting mostly from foreign exchange losses derived mainly from the depreciation of the Colombian and Argentinean pesos relative to the U.S. dollar. After such costs, we obtained a net profit of 13.0 billion pesos in the period, equivalent to 20 peso cents per share or 20 dollar cents per ADR.

 

 

Our net debt ended the period at 672.8 billion pesos including 112.4 billion in capitalized lease obligations, with the net debt to EBITDA ratio falling to 1.92x (using the organic EBITDA figure).

 

 

Our cash flow, together with net financing of 15.9 billion pesos through September allowed us to fully cover capital expenditures of 99.9 billion pesos, fund shareholder distributions of 11.8 billion pesos, pay 6.3 billion pesos in acquisitions (Telefonica Guatemala) and amortize pension obligations in the amount of 17.1 billion pesos.


América Móvil Fundamentals

 

 
     3Q19                                                   3Q18  

 

 

Earnings per Share (Mex$)(1)

     0.20        0.29  

 

 

Earning per ADR (US$)(2)

     0.20        0.30  

 

 

EBITDA per Share (Mex$)(3)

     1.19        1.09  

 

 

EBITDA per ADR (US$)

     1.23        1.15  

 

 

Net Income (millions of Mex$)

     13,028        18,881  

 

 

Average Shares Outstanding (billion)

     66.01        66.05  

 

 

(1) Net Income / Average Shares Outstanding

(2) 20 shares per ADR

(3) EBITDA / Average Shares Outstanding

América Móvil’s Subsidiaries as of September 2019

 

 
Country    Brand    Business   

Equity

Participation

 

 

 

Mexico

  

Telcel

  

wireless

     100.0%  

 

 
  

Telmex

  

wireline

     98.8%  

 

 
  

Sección Amarilla(1)

  

other

     100.0%  

 

 
  

Telvista

  

other

     90.0%  

 

 

Argentina

  

Claro

  

wireless

     100.0%  

 

 
  

Telmex

  

wireline

     99.7%  

 

 

Brazil

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     98.5%  

 

 

Chile

  

Claro

  

wireless

     100.0%  

 

 
  

Telmex(1)

  

wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

Colombia

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     99.4%  

 

 

Costa Rica

  

Claro

  

wireless

     100.0%  

 

 

Dominicana

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

Ecuador

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

El Salvador

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     95.8%  

 

 

Guatemala

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     99.3%  

 

 

Honduras

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

Nicaragua

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     99.6%  

 

 

Panama

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

Paraguay

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

Peru

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

Puerto Rico

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

Uruguay

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.0%  

 

 

USA

  

Tracfone

  

wireless

     100.0%  

 

 

Netherlands

  

KPN

  

wireless/wireline

     16.1%  

 

 

Austria

  

Telekom Austria

  

wireless/wireline

     51.0%  

 

 

(1) Equity Participation of TELINT of which América Móvil owns 100%.


Access Lines

 

 

We ended September with 278.7 million wireless subscribers after adding 1.6 million postpaid subscribers in the quarter—of which 928 thousand came from Brazil, 215 thousand from Mexico and 159 thousand from Austria—and disconnecting 827 thousand prepaid subs, 905 thousand of them in Brazil.

As for fixed-RGUs, at the end of the quarter they totaled 84.3 million after net disconnections of 229 thousand fixed-RGUs, resulting from 208 thousand new broadband acceses and the disconnection of 247 thousand wire-lines and 190 thousand PayTV units.

Mobile postpaid and fixed-broadband remain the main drivers of access growth at 7.8% and 5.6% year-on-year respectively, with mobile prepaid and PayTV units declining 3.5% and 2.5%. Fixed-voice accesses were down 0.2% from a year before.

Wireless Subscribers as of September 2019

                                                                                                        
     Total(1) (Thousands)  

 

 
Country    Sep ‘19      Jun ‘19      Var.%      Sep ‘18      Var.%  

 

 

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

     24,536        24,417        0.5%        24,130        1.7%    

 

 

Austria & CEE

     21,520        21,180        1.6%        21,123        1.9%    

 

 

Brazil

     56,451        56,427        0.0%        58,954        -4.2%    

 

 

Central America

     15,290        15,450        -1.0%        15,954        -4.2%    

 

 

Caribbean

     6,139        6,064        1.2%        5,809        5.7%    

 

 

Chile

     6,779        6,725        0.8%        6,823        -0.6%    

 

 

Colombia

     30,577        30,144        1.4%        29,233        4.6%    

 

 

Ecuador

     8,422        8,356        0.8%        8,160        3.2%    

 

 

Mexico

     76,150        75,994        0.2%        74,704        1.9%    

 

 

Peru

     11,623        11,726        -0.9%        12,710        -8.6%    

 

 

USA

     21,229        21,435        -1.0%        21,793        -2.6%    

 

 

Total Wireless Lines

     278,716        277,916        0.3%        279,393        -0.2%    

 

 

(1) Includes total subscribers of all companies in which América Móvil holds an economic interest; does not consider the date in which the companies started being consolidated.


Fixed-Line and Other Accesses (RGUs) as of September 2019

                                                                                                        
     Total(1) (Thousands)  

 

 
Country    Sep ’19      Jun ’19      Var.%      Sep ’18      Var.%    

 

 

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

     1,023        924        10.7%        743        37.7%    

 

 

Austria & CEE

     6,135        6,172        -0.6%        6,134        0.0%    

 

 

Brazil

     34,448        34,800        -1.0%        35,602        -3.2%    

 

 

Central America

     7,031        6,958        1.1%        6,121        14.9%    

 

 

Caribbean

     2,537        2,545        -0.3%        2,571        -1.3%    

 

 

Chile

     1,418        1,427        -0.6%        1,399        1.4%    

 

 

Colombia

     7,555        7,459        1.3%        7,074        6.8%    

 

 

Ecuador

     431        409        5.4%        378        14.1%    

 

 

Mexico

     22,158        22,311        -0.7%        21,801        1.6%    

 

 

Peru

     1,578        1,540        2.5%        1,460        8.0%    

 

 

Total RGUs

     84,315        84,544        -0.3%        83,285        1.2%    

 

 

(1) Fixed Line, Broadband and Television (Cable & DTH).

Beginning January 1st we implemented IFRS 16 accounting standards. The information presented in this report was prepared in a prospective basis; comparable information is provided in the appendix.

The reported figures for Argentina corresponding to the third quarter of 2019 and the period January-September 2019 are presented in accordance with a) IAS29 reflecting the effects of the adoption of inflationary accounting that became mandatory after the Argentinean economy was deemed to be hyperinflationary in the third quarter of 2018 and b) IAS21 translated to Mexican pesos using the end-of-period exchange rate.

All comparisons at constant exchange rates for América Móvil’s consolidated figures will exclude Argentina to ensure consistency.

América Móvil Consolidated Results

 

 

Notwithstanding relatively strong economic reports in the U.S., as the global economy continued to slow down throughout the third quarter the concern that the country would follow brought about a major drop in U.S. interest rates in the period, with the Fed reducing the discount rate twice and 10 year Treasury yields falling to levels close to their all-time lows. In Latin America several central banks—Brazil, Mexico, Chile—introduced new interest rate reductions as well, as those countries were also experiencing a significant economic deceleration.

 

In spite of the above, we managed to post solid revenue growth in the quarter, with our revenues reaching 248 billion pesos. In Mexican peso terms they were slightly higher year-on-year, 0.2%, in spite of the depreciation of certain currencies (particularly the Colombian and Argentinean pesos) vis-à-vis the Mexican peso. At constant exchange rates revenue growth remained solid with service revenues expanding 2.5%, slightly faster than in the prior quarter (excluding Argentina in these calculations, since its accounting is expressed not in nominal terms but in inflation-adjusted terms). Several countries posted their best service revenue growth rates in over a year.

 

At 4.6%, mobile services were the driver of revenue growth, with revenues expanding 11.1% in Brazil, 8.2% in Mexico, 4.7% in both Colombia and our European operations. The Dominican Republic and Central America also registered strong performances. Postpaid revenues continued to accelerate, increasing at a pace of 5.8%, while prepaid revenues are exhibiting greater dynamism in several markets, including Mexico and Colombia, mainly on account of greater data consumption.

 

As for fixed-line service revenues, they declined 1.2%, principally because the reduction of fixed-voice revenues has countered the revenue increases from fixed-broadband services and corporate networks, 5.7% and 6.7% respectively. PayTV revenues, although still down 3.3% on a yearly basis, stabilized in the third quarter, posting a 2.0% sequential increase. In some countries—Colombia being an important example—the fixed line platform is growing well on all-three business lines.


Under IFRS16 our third quarter EBITDA came in at 78.2 billion pesos and was equivalent to 31.7% of revenues. Organically, and at constant exchange rates, our EBITDA expanded 3.0%. Adjusting for the booking last year of an extraordinary revenue item deriving from a legal proceeding in Brazil and for restructuring charges in Austria associated with its program of early retirement for employees, EBITDA increased 7.2% over the year-earlier quarter.

We registered operating profits of 38.1 billion pesos, up 7.3%, and comprehensive financing costs of 12.4 billion pesos resulting mostly from foreign exchange losses derived from the depreciation of the Colombian and Argentinean pesos relative to the U.S. dollar and their impact on accounts payable to suppliers and others. After these we obtained a net profit of 13.0 billion pesos in the period, equivalent to 20 peso cents per share or 20 dollar cents per ADR.

América Móvil’s Income Statement* Millions of Mexican pesos.

 

     3Q19(1)      3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)      Jan - Sep 18(2)      Var.%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     206,461        206,118        0.2%        622,158        636,642        -2.3%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     41,965        41,818        0.4%        122,003        121,811        0.2%  

 

 

Total Revenues

     248,426        247,936        0.2%        744,161        758,452        -1.9%  

 

 

Cost of Service

     73,810        79,638        -7.3%        223,151        243,273        -8.3%  

 

 

Cost of Equipment

     42,451        43,357        -2.1%        123,574        125,374        -1.4%  

 

 

Selling, General & Administrative Expenses

     52,018        51,236        1.5%        161,490        166,977        -3.3%  

 

 

Others

     1,341        1,761        -23.8%        3,939        5,370        -26.6%  

 

 

Total Costs and Expenses

     169,620        175,992        -3.6%(3)        512,154        540,995        -5.3%(3)  

 

 

EBITDA

     78,806        71,944        9.5%(3)        232,007        217,457        6.7%(3)  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     31.7%        29.0%           31.2%        28.7%     

 

 

Depreciation & Amortization

     40,740        36,463        11.7%        121,789        117,252        3.9%  

 

 

EBIT

     38,065        35,481        7.3%(3)        110,218        100,205        10.0%(3)  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     15.3%        14.3%           14.8%        13.2%     

 

 

Net Interest Expense

     8,431        4,927        71.1%        26,423        19,767        33.7%  

 

 

Other Financial Expenses

     -2,951        10,617        -127.8%        2,547        19,878        -87.2%  

 

 

Foreign Exchange Loss

     6,877        -18,775        136.6%        -3,540        -11,460        69.1%  

 

 

Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income)

     12,358        -3,231        n.m.(3)        25,431        28,186        -9.8%(3)  

 

 

Income & Deferred Taxes

     11,431        18,957        -39.7%        35,716        32,235        10.8%  

 

 

Net Income before Minority

                 

Interest and Equity Participation in Results

of Affiliates

     14,277        19,755        -27.7%        49,071        39,784        23.3%  

 

 

Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates

     -7        -17        60.7%        7        -23        128.9%  

 

 

Minority Interest

     -1,242        -856        -45.1%        -2,541        -1,679        -51.4%  

 

 

Net Income

     13,028        18,881        -31.0%(3)        46,537        38,082        22.2%(3)  

 

 

*Note: The consolidated information for 2018 does not include the inflationary corrections accounting for Argentina.

(1)  Under IFRS 16.

(2)  Under IAS 17.

(3)  The comparison is for reference only. It is not meaningful given figures were obtained with different methodologies. Comparable information is provided in the appendix 1.

n.m. Not meaningful.

At the end of September our net debt stood at 672.8 billion pesos, including 112.4 billion in capitalized lease obligations. Our net debt to EBITDA (last twelve months) ratio was 1.92 times (using for consistency the methodology prior to the introduction of IFRS 16).


Our cash flow, together with net financing of 15.9 billion pesos through September, allowed us to fully cover capital expenditures of 99.9 billion pesos, fund shareholder distributions of 11.8 billion pesos, pay 6.3 billion pesos in acquisitions (Telefonica Guatemala) and amortize pension obligations in the amount of 17.1 billion pesos.

Balance Sheet - América Móvil Consolidated Millions of Mexican Pesos

 

     Sep ‘19    Dec ‘18    Var.%           Sep ‘19    Dec ‘18    Var.%

 

Current Assets

            Current Liabilities         

 

Cash, Marketable Securities &

Other Short Term Ivestments

   67,025    70,676      -5.2    Short Term Debt*    131,420    96,231    36.6%

 

Accounts Receivable

   226,816    221,514      2.4    Lease-Related Debt    27,355      

 

Other Current Assets

   17,837    16,560      7.7    Accounts Payable    266,928    278,391    -4.1%

 

Inventories

   41,697    40,305      3.5   

Other Current

Liabilities

   91,632    92,469    -0.9%

 

   353,375    349,056      1.2       517,335    467,091    10.8%

 

                    

 

Non Current Assets

            Non Current Liabilities         

 

Plant & Equipment

   730,318    640,001      14.1    Long Term Debt    496,062    542,692    -8.6%

 

Investments in Affiliates

   2,496    3,133      -20.3    Lease-Related Debt    85,003      

 

            Other Liabilities    159,723    173,568    -8.0%

 

Deferred Assets

               740,788    716,260    3.4%

 

Goodwill (Net)

   145,991    145,566      0.3            

 

Intangible Assets

   115,806    122,138      -5.2    Shareholder’s Equity    238,815    245,872    -2.9%

 

Deferred Assets

   148,952    169,330      -12.0            

 

Total Assets

   1,496,939    1,429,223      4.7    Total Liabilities and Equity    1,496,939    1,429,223    4.7%

 

* Includes current portion of Long Term Debt.


Financial Debt of América Móvil* Millions

 

 
                 Sep -19     

 

            Dec -18

 

 

 

Peso - denominated debt (MxP)

     79,549        72,501  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     58,049        68,001  

 

 

Banks and others

     21,500        4,500  

 

 

U.S. Dollar - denominated debt (USD)

     9,717        9,947  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     8,975        9,353  

 

 

Banks and others

     742        594  

 

 

Euro - denominated Debt (EUR)

     11,062        11,281  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     10,942        11,036  

 

 

Banks and others

     120        245  

 

 

Sterling - denominated Debt (GBP)

     2,750        2,750  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     2,750        2,750  

 

 

Reais - denominated Debt (BRL)

     7,475        6,480  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     7,475        6,475  

 

 

Banks and others

     0        5  

 

 

Debt denominated in other currencies (MxP)

     18,772        14,203  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     6,143        6,240  

 

 

Banks and others

     12,629        7,963  

 

 

Total Debt (MxP)

     627,483        638,922  

 

 

Cash, Marketable Securities and Short Term Financial Investments (MxP)

     67,025        70,676  

 

 

Net Debt (MxP)

     560,458        568,246  

 

 

*This table does not include the effect of forwards and derivatives used to hedge our foreign exchange exposure.

Mexico

 

We added 215 thousand postpaid subscribers and disconnected 59 thousand prepaid subs in the third quarter. After these movements, our postpaid base was up 6.0% year-on-year and our prepaid base 1.1%. On the fixed-line platform we disconnected 140 thousand voice lines.

Revenues at our Mexican operations totaled 72.9 billion pesos in the third quarter, up 2.9% from a year before, with service revenues expanding 4.1% buoyed by mobile service revenues that expanded 8.2%, to 34.6 billion pesos. Prepaid revenues rose 10.5%, outpacing postpaid revenues by nearly two times. ARPU was up 6.5% from the year before, to 152 pesos, supported by continued increases in MOUs—at 530 minutes, they remain the highest in Latam—and MBOUs, that have nearly doubled every year.

As for fixed service revenues, they were down 2.6% to 19.2 billion pesos mostly on account of fixed-voice revenues off 5.3%. Whereas revenues from fixed-broadband services declined 1.9%, those from corporate networks continued to post solid growth rates, at 10.4%. Overall, fixed-line service revenues represent 35.7% of our Mexican service revenues.

Our EBITDA totaled 27.2 billion pesos under IFRS16, representing an EBITDA margin of 37.3%. Organically, our EBITDA was up 7.6% from the year-earlier quarter with the EBITDA margin climbing 1.5 percentage points on continued revenue growth on mobile and good control over costs.


INCOME STATEMENT - Mexico Millions of MxP

 

 
     3Q19(1)      3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19 (1)     

 

Jan - Sep 18(2)

     Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     72,926        70,877        2.9%        213,473        207,724        2.8%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     53,785        51,681        4.1%        158,614        153,392        3.4%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     52,699        49,354        6.8%        151,936        142,695        6.5%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     34,569        31,942        8.2%        100,462        93,529        7.4%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     18,130        17,412        4.1%        51,474        49,166        4.7%  

 

 

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     19,947        20,999        -5.0%        60,669        63,738        -4.8%  

 

 

EBITDA

     27,178        23,152           79,219        69,419     

 

 

% total revenues

     37.3%        32.7%           37.1%        33.4%     

 

 

EBIT

     18,431        15,776           53,008        46,985     

 

 

%

     25.3%        22.3%           24.8%        22.6%     

 

 

*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions.

Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under IAS 17.

Mexico Operating Data

 

 
    

 

                3Q19

                     3Q18                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     76,150        74,704        1.9%  

 

 

Postpaid

     14,107        13,315        6.0%  

 

 

Prepaid

     62,043        61,389        1.1%  

 

 

MOU

     530        521        1.8%  

 

 

ARPU (MxP)(1)

     152        143        6.5%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     4.2%        4.2%        (0.1)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     22,158        21,801        1.6%  

 

 

Fixed Lines

     12,448        12,428        0.2%  

 

 

Broadband

     9,710        9,373        3.6%  

 

 

* Fixed Line and Broadband.

(1) Under IFRS 15.

Argentina

 

For comparison purposes all comments in this section related to annual variations of the presented period for Argentina refer to figures in constant peso terms, that is, adjusted for inflation in accordance to NIC 29. Information of Uruguay and Paraguay are not presented in the table.

Third quarter revenues in Argentina declined 7.9% annually to 22.3 billion Argentinean pesos. Mobile service revenues were down 6.7% with those of the prepaid segment falling 15.2% as the contraction of disposable income was more hardly felt in such segment. On the other hand, fixed service revenues expanded 2.7% on the back of PayTV and corporate services. In an effort to maintain profitability, we have been able to reduce costs and expenses by 11.5% year-on-year. EBITDA (under IFRS16) was 9.2 billion Argentinean pesos, and the EBITDA margin stood at 41.3% of revenues. Under comparable accounting standards, it declined 10.0% in real terms.

In Paraguay service revenues increased 9.0% in local currency terms, accelerating from 8.2% in the precedent quarter, mostly on the back of PayTV; with EBITDA rising in line with revenues. In Uruguay, although service revenues were up 5.5%, EBITDA declined 9.6% due to a substantial increase in interconnection costs.


INCOME STATEMENT - Argentina Millions of Constant ARP of September 2019

 

 

 
     3Q19(1)      3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)     

 

Jan - Sep  18(2)

     Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     22,315        24,222        -7.9%        67,759        73,751        -8.1%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     18,273        19,433        -6.0%        55,146        58,815        -6.2%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     20,829        22,785        -8.6%        63,174        69,870        -9.6%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     16,787        17,997        -6.7%        50,561        54,934        -8.0%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     4,042        4,788        -15.6%        12,613        14,936        -15.6%  

 

 

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     1,646        1,595        3.2%        5,010        4,341        15.4%  

 

 

EBITDA

     9,214        9,424           28,028        28,507     

 

 

% total revenues

     41.3%        38.9%           41.4%        38.7%     

 

 

EBIT

     7,197        7,931           22,637        24,821     

 

 

%

     32.3%        32.7%           33.4%        33.7%     

 

 

* Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions.

Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under IAS 17.

Argentina Operating Data

 

 
    

 

                3Q19

                     3Q18                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)(1)

     21,885        21,797        0.4%  

 

 

Postpaid

     8,418        8,377        0.5%  

 

 

Prepaid

     13,467        13,421        0.3%  

 

 

MOU

     77        79        -2.2%  

 

 

ARPU (ARP)(2)

     240        169        42.0%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     1.8%        1.9%        (0.1)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     695        436        59.4%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) Hybrid subscribers are now included in our postpaid figures

(2) Under IFRS 15.

Brazil

 

We continued to make inroads in the mobile postpaid segment during the third quarter gaining 928 thousand subscribers, with Claro outdoing all competitors in this segment for the last ten consecutive months. At the end of September our postpaid base had increased 11.6% compared to December. As for the fixed-line platform, we disconnected 116 thousand fixed lines and 236 thousand PayTV clients.

Third quarter revenues were up 2.0% year-on-year to 9.1 billion reais, with service revenues rising 2.2% on the back of strong mobile revenues and the stabilization of fixed revenues. Mobile service revenues posted an 11.1% increase—up from 8.9% in the preceding quarter and 6.3% in the first quarter—mainly on the back of a surge in postpaid revenues, up 13.5%, with prepaid revenues also staging a comeback, having risen nearly 5%. ARPU jumped 15.7% to 19.1 reais on the back of major MOU and MBOU increases: approximately 40% and 80% respectively.

The investments made over the last decade to build a robust, state-of-the-art convergent platform in Brazil are paying off. They have allowed us to offer the fastest mobile network in the country, running 4.5G technology in several important cities, covering 73.7% of the population. This has been instrumental in driving up the share of mobile service revenues in the total to 37% of our Brazilian revenues.

On the fixed-line platform the revenue decline seen over a number of quarters has nearly stopped. Although still down compared to the prior year, fixed-revenues were practically flat quarter-over-quarter helped along by the apparent stabilization of PayTV revenues and the continued strong


performance in fixed-broadband services, whose revenues increased 11.1% from the year-earlier quarter. Both business lines were roughly flat on a sequential basis. In the ultrabroadband segment with speeds greater than 34Mbps we continue to be the leader with 49% market share.

EBITDA came in at 3.4 billion reais under IFRS16, representing an EBITDA margin of 37.3% of revenues. Organically—adjusting for the extraordinary booking last year of a revenue item derived from having won certain legal proceedings involving taxes—EBITDA was up 7.6% compared from a year before, with the EBITDA margin rising 1.7 percentage points.

INCOME STATEMENT - Brazil Millions of BrL

 

 

 
    

 

3Q19(1)

     3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)      Jan-Sep18(2)      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     9,111        8,932        2.0%        27,033        26,639        1.5%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     8,831        8,645        2.2%        26,192        25,831        1.4%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     3,493        3,195        9.3%        10,152        9,377        8.3%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     3,241        2,918        11.1%        9,361        8,605        8.8%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     251        277        -9.3%        791        772        2.5%  

 

 

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     5,590        5,726        -2.4%        16,831        17,225        -2.3%  

 

 

EBITDA

     3,400        3,329           10,046        9,011     

 

 

% total revenues

     37.3%        37.3%           37.2%        33.8%     

 

 

EBIT

     1,364        1,202           4,077        2,682     

 

 

%

     15.0%        13.5%           15.1%        10.1%     

 

 

* Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under IAS 17.

Brazil Operating Data

 

 
                     3Q19                      3Q18                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     56,451        58,954        -4.2%  

 

 

Postpaid

     26,243        22,279        17.8%  

 

 

Prepaid

     30,207        36,675        -17.6%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     160        115        39.4%  

 

 

ARPU (BrL)(2)

     19        17        15.7%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     4.2%        4.0%        0.1  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     34,448        35,602        -3.2%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

(2) Under IFRS 15.

Chile

 

 

Revenues of 206 billion Chilean pesos in the quarter were 3.0% lower than those obtained in the prior year with service revenues falling 5.0%. Whereas fixed-line service revenues—48% of the total—increased 0.5% over the year as revenues from enterprise solutions kept on rising 9.0% and those from PayTV 3.2%, mobile service revenues were down 9.6% dragged down by prepaid revenues that plummeted 40% in the face of disruptive competition and an 80% reduction in interconnection rates that took effect on January 1st. In the absence of such change in interconnection rates, mobile service revenues would have fallen 3.2%.


EBITDA under IFRS16 was nearly 47 billion Chilean pesos with a margin equivalent to 22.8%. Under the prior accounting methodology, EBITDA declined 8.3% from the year-earlier quarter.

INCOME STATEMENT - Chile Millions of ChPL

                                                                                                                                         

 

 
     3Q19(1)      3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)      Jan - Sep 18(2)      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     206,226        212,606        -3.0%        624,079        618,824        0.8%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     170,880        179,941        -5.0%        511,175        534,876        -4.4%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     124,123        130,985        -5.2%        377,100        380,643        -0.9%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     88,856        98,323        -9.6%        265,556        296,770        -10.5%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     35,268        32,663        8.0%        111,544        83,873        33.0%  

 

 

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     82,024        81,619        0.5%        245,619        238,105        3.2%  

 

 

EBITDA

     46,968        39,973           131,758        115,499     

 

 

% total revenues

     22.8%        18.8%           21.1%        18.7%     

 

 

EBIT

     -37,291        -17,115           -85,694        -54,782     

 

 

%

     -18.1%        -8.1%           -13.7%        -8.9%     

 

 

*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under lAS 17.

Chile Operating Data

 

 
                     3Q19                      3Q18                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     6,779        6,823        -0.6%  

 

 

Postpaid

     2,242        2,031        10.4%  

 

 

Prepaid

     4,537        4,792        -5.3%  

 

 

MOU

     168        164        2.3%  

 

 

ARPU (ChP)(1)

     5,161        5,187        -0.5%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     6.0%        6.4%        (0.4)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     1,418        1,399        1.4%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) Under IFRS 15.

Colombia

 

 

In the third quarter our Colombian operations added 134 thousand mobile postpaid clients and 298 thousand prepaid subs, while gaining 96 thousand clients on the fixed-line platform.

Revenues reached 3.3 trillion Colombian Pesos in the quarter on the back of service revenues that expanded 6.3% year-on-year, their best performance in more than four quarters, as both fixed and mobile service revenues grew more rapidly than they had for at least five quarters. Equipment revenues jumped 43.1% on the back of handset financing.

Fixed-line service revenues rose 8.9%, driven by fixed-broadband services, offered to both retail and corporate clients, that expanded 13.6% over the year-earlier quarter, roughly twice as fast as those coming from PayTV and fixed-telephony. Fixed-line service revenues have seen their share of our integrated service revenues rise significantly over the last several quarters, to nearly 40%.

On the mobile platform service revenues reached 1.5 trillion Colombian pesos; they were up 4.7% from the year before, as prepaid revenues accelerated sharply even though postpaid revenues slowed down somewhat. Both prepaid and postpaid revenues were growing at roughly similar paces.

Under IFRS16 our EBITDA totaled 1.4 trillion Colombian pesos. It increased 12.8% organically from the year-earlier quarter, with the corresponding EBITDA margin roughly flat in relation to total revenues, but increasing 3.2 percentage points relative to service revenues.


INCOME STATEMENT - Colombia Billions of COP

                                                                                                                                         

 

 
     3Q19(1)      3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)      Jan-  Sep 18(2)      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     3,269        2,880        13.5%        9,302        8,582        8.4%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     2,462        2,317        6.3%        7,219        6,876        5.0%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     2,293        1,997        14.8%        6,452        5,990        7.7%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     1,528        1,459        4.7%        4,488        4,360        2.9%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     766        538        42.4%        1,964        1,629        20.6%  

 

 

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     962        875        10.1%        2,794        2,562        9.0%  

 

 

EBITDA

     1,413        1,198           4,051        3,536     

 

 

%

     43.2%        41.6%           43.5%        41.2%     

 

 

EBIT

     838        683           2,334        2,022     

 

 

%

     25.6%        23.7%           25.1%        23.6%     

 

 

*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions.

Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under IAS 17.

 

                                                                                                                             

Colombia Operating Data

                    

 

 
     3Q19      3Q18      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers* (thousands)

     30,577        29,233        4.6%  

 

 

Postpaid

     7,249        6,887        5.3%  

 

 

Prepaid

     23,328        22,346        4.4%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     279        213        31.0%  

 

 

ARPU (COP)(2)

     16,649        16,593        0.3%  

 

 

Churn(%)

     4.6%        4.5%        0.1  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)**

     7,555        7,074        6.8%  

 

 

*Due to differences in the policy for accounting active subscribers, the figures in this report are different from those published by the Ministry of Communications of Colombia (MinTIC).

**Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

(2) Under IFRS 15.

Ecuador

 

 

Third quarter revenues declined 1.3% to 327 million dollars, with service revenues falling 0.9% from the year-earlier quarter. Mobile service revenues were off 1.5% in spite of steady improvements in the postpaid segment as prepaid revenues were dragged down by aggressive pricing promotions. As for fixed-line service revenues, they helped offset part of the decline in mobile revenues, having increased 7.2% on the back of broadband revenues, up 16.6%.

Under IFRS16 third quarter EBITDA came in at 143 million dollars or 43.6% of revenues. On a comparable basis, EBITDA was up 5.4% and the EBITDA margin 2.6 percentage points higher than a year before.


                                                                                                                                         

INCOME STATEMENT - Ecuador Millions of Dollars

                             

 

 
     3Q19(1)      3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)      Jan - Sep 18(2)      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     327        331        -1.3%        987        979        0.8%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     275        277        -0.9%        826        828        -0.2%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     304        309        -1.9%        917        914        0.3%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     253        257        -1.5%        761        767        -0.8%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     51        53        -3.7%        156        147        6.4%  

 

 

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     23        22        6.4%        69        65        5.8%  

 

 

EBITDA

     143        128           427        381     

 

 

% total revenues

     43.6%        38.6%           43.2%        38.9%     

 

 

EBIT

     86        77           256        226     

 

 

%

     26.5%        23.1%           26.0%        23.0%     

 

 

*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under IAS 17.

 

                                                                                                                             

Ecuador Operating Data

                    

 

 
     3Q19      3Q18      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     8,422        8,160        3.2%  

 

 

Postpaid

     2,672        2,603        2.7%  

 

 

Prepaid

     5,750        5,557        3.5%  

 

 

MOU

     447        429        4.2%  

 

 

ARPU (US$)(1)

     10        11        -4.8%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     4.3%        4.7%        (0.4)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     431        378        14.1%  

 

 

*Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) Under IFRS 15.

Peru

 

 

Revenues of 1.3 billion soles in the third quarter were up 1.7% year-on-year with service revenues declining 6.2% reflecting both the 36% reduction in interconnection rates in 2019 and a competitive market. Mobile service revenues came down 7.7%, partly on account of the move in interconnection rates; in its absence the decline would have been -2.9%. Fixed service revenues, which represent 22% of the total, were 0.3% lower than a year before as voice revenues fell 8.9% offsetting the 7.6% growth of broadband revenues.

EBITDA came in at 395 million soles under IFRS16, equivalent to 30.2% of revenues. Under comparable accounting standards, EBITDA rose 14.8% and the margin climbed 3.1 percentage points on the back of strict cost controls, posting the highest EBITDA figure in nine quarters.


INCOME STATEMENT - Peru Millions of Soles

                                                                                                                                         

 

 
     3Q19(1)      3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)     

 

Jan - Sep  18(2)

     Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     1,307        1,284        1.7%        3,832        3,888        -1.4%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     940        1,002        -6.2%        2,788        2,997        -7.0%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     1,091        1,069        2.0%        3,177        3,238        -1.9%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     730        791        -7.7%        2,161        2,369        -8.8%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     361        278        29.7%        1,016        869        17.0%  

 

 

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     210        211        -0.3%        627        629        -0.3%  

 

 

EBITDA

     395        310           1,101        897     

 

 

% total revenues

     30.2%        24.1%           28.7%        23.1%     

 

 

EBIT

     129        134           354        347     

 

 

%

     9.8%        10.4%           9.2%        8.9%     

 

 

*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under lAS 17.

Peru Operating Data

 

 
    

 

                3Q19

                     3Q18                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     11,623        12,710        -8.6%  

 

 

Postpaid

     4,090        4,178        -2.1%  

 

 

Prepaid

     7,533        8,531        -11.7%  

 

 

MOU

     270        244        10.6%  

 

 

ARPU (Sol)(1)

     21        21        0.2%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     5.2%        6.0%        (0.7)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     1,578        1,460        8.0%  

 

 

*Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) Under IFRS 15.

Central America

 

Third quarter revenues of 609 million dollars were down 4.0% on a pro-forma basis with service revenues declining 1.0% (they were up 7.2% incorporating our recent acquisition in Guatemala). Mobile service revenues increased 0.7% with postpaid revenues growing as fast as prepaid, whereas fixed service revenues—35% of the total—fell 4.0%.

In local currency terms, service revenues expanded in most markets, rising 7.4% and 6.5% in Costa Rica and Panama, respectively. In Nicaragua, service revenues fell 5.9% and in Guatemala mobile service revenues were up 2.2%, but growth was off-set by fixed-voice revenues that fell 10.8%. Service revenue growth in Guatemala was 20.4% including our recent acquisition.

EBITDA under IFRS16 was 232 million dollars. Under prior accounting standards, EBITDA rose 0.9% and the margin expanded 1.6 percentage points. All operations in Central America exhibited EBITDA expansion in local currency terms except for Nicaragua whose EBITDA declined 5%.


INCOME STATEMENT - Central America Pro forma Millions of Dollars

                                                                                                                                         

 

 
    

 

3Q19(1)

     3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)      Jan - Sep 18(2)      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     609        635        -4.0%        1,825        1,915        -4.7%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     526        531        -1.0%        1,573        1,607        -2.1%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     414        427        -2.9%        1,240        1,297        -4.4%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     343        341        0.7%        1,024        1,043        -1.8%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     71        86        -17.4%        217        255        -15.0%  

 

 

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     190        198        -3.9%        570        591        -3.5%  

 

 

EBITDA

     232        198           689        608     

 

 

% total revenues

     38.2%        31.1%           37.7%        31.7%     

 

 

EBIT

     91        72           239        225     

 

 

%

     14.9%        11.4%           13.1%        11.7%     

 

 

*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under lAS 17.

Central America Operating Data

                                                                                                                             

 

 
    

 

                3Q19

                     3Q18                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     15,290        15,954        -4.2%  

 

 

Postpaid

     2,508        2,445        2.6%  

 

 

Prepaid

     12,782        13,509        -5.4%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     166        152        9.4%  

 

 

ARPU (US$)(2)

     7        7        5.7%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     6.8%        7.2%        (0.4)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     7,031        6,121        14.9%  

 

 

*Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

(2) Under IFRS 15.

Caribbean

 

 

Revenues for the Dominican Republic increased 6.6%, its best performance in nearly five quarters, to reach 12.7 billion Dominican pesos, with service revenues rising 5.7%. On the mobile segment we have seen an acceleration in service revenue growth over the past few quarters to 8.4%, with prepaid revenues increasing 13.1%, whereas on the fixed-line platform service revenues were up 2.4%. EBITDA for the period, 5.9 billion Dominican pesos under IFRS16, rose 6.8% organically.

Economic and sociodemographic conditions in Puerto Rico remain very complicated. However, we are committed to invest in reconstructing and further developing our fixed and mobile platforms. Third quarter revenues of 197 million dollars rose 0.8%—adjusted for extraordinary revenues booked in the same quarter of last year. On the fixed-line segment service revenues increased 3.1% but mobile service revenues were down 2.4%. on a comparable basis. Adjusting for one-offs and under equal accounting methodology, EBITDA was four times greater than in the prior year with an improvement in the margin of 8.2 percentage points. Under IFRS 16 EBITDA reached 31 million dollars.


                                                                                                                                         
INCOME STATEMENT - Caribbean Millions of Dollars                                  
     

 

3Q19(1)

     3Q18(2)      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19(1)      Jan - Sep 18(2)      Var.%  

Total Revenues*

     441        466        -5.3%        1,342        1,420        -5.5%  

Total Service Revenues

     391        414        -5.6%        1,192        1,212        -1.7%  

Wireless Revenues

     260        257        1.3%        790        776        1.8%  

Service Revenues

     210        208        1.2%        640        622        2.8%  

Equipment Revenues

     50        49        1.6%        150        154        -2.4%  

Fixed Line and Other Revenues

     183        209        -12.2%        560        599        -6.4%  

EBITDA

     145        144                 440        418           

% total revenues

     32.8%        31.0%                 32.8%        29.4%           

EBIT

     66        82                 198        221           

%

     15.0%        17.5%                 14.7%        15.6%           

*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions. Total revenues include other income.

(1) Under IFRS 16.

(2) Under lAS 17.

 

                                                                                                                             
Caribbean Operating Data                        
     

 

3Q19

     3Q18      Var.%  

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     6,139        5,809        5.7%  

Postpaid

     1,994        1,917        4.0%  

Prepaid

     4,145        3,892        6.5%  

MOU(1)

     227        251        -9.8%  

ARPU (US$)(2)

     12        12        -3.8%  

Churn (%)

     3.4%        3.5%        -0.1  

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     2,537        2,571        -1.3%  

*Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

(2) Under IFRS 15.

United States

 

 

TracFone’s revenues totaled 2.0 billion dollars in the third quarter, with service revenues of 1.7 billion dollars expanding 0.9% from the year before. Our main brand, StraightTalk, saw revenues increasing slightly, while most other brands posted an aggregate growth rate of 1.4%. Our Safelink brand, associated with the Lifeline program of the U.S. government, has stabilized after declining over several quarters.

EBITDA was up 9.5%—its best performance in over a year—to 159 million dollars. The EBITDA margin, 7.8%, was up 0.7 percentage points from the prior year.


INCOME STATEMENT - United States Millions of Dollars

 

 
     3Q19      3Q18      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19      Jan - Sep 18      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues

     2,030        2,040        -0.5%        6,020        5,967        0.9%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     1,704        1,689        0.9%        5,103        5,053        1.0%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     325        351        -7.3%        917        914        0.4%  

 

 

EBITDA

     159        145        9.5%        460        461        -0.3%  

 

 

% total revenues

     7.8%        7.1%           7.6%        7.7%     

 

 

EBIT

     142        125        13.6%        405        401        0.9%  

 

 

%

     7.0%        6.1%           6.7%        6.7%     

 

 

United States Operating Data

 

 
     3Q19                                   3Q18                              Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     21,229        21,793        -2.6%  

 

 

Straight Talk

     9,307        8,994        3.5%  

 

 

SafeLink

     2,448        3,043        -19.6%  

 

 

Other Brands

     9,474        9,756        -2.9%  

 

 

MOU

     591        543        8.7%  

 

 

ARPU (US$)

     27        26        3.8%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     4.0%        4.0%        (0.0)  

 

 

Telekom Austria Group

 

 

Our European operations obtained 239 thousand new postpaid clients in the third quarter while adding 101 thousand prepaid ones. On the fixed-line platform we lost 37 thousand clients.

Telekom Austria’s revenues rose 3.4% from the year-earlier quarter to 1.2 billion euros, with service revenues growing slightly faster mostly on account of the acceleration of mobile revenues. The latter expanded 4.7%, the fastest pace in several quarters, on the back of more rapid postpaid revenue growth.

On the fixed-line platform service revenues—which already account for 44% of the total—increased 3.3%, a similar pace to the one seen the preceding quarter, as revenues coming from corporate networks accelerated sharply to 15%, while those from telephony declined somewhat more rapidly, to -5.4%. PayTV revenues increased nearly 7% in the quarter.

Under IFRS16 EBITDA of 439 million euros was up 2.2% from a year before, representing an EBITDA margin of 38.1%. Adjusting for restructuring expenses, the increase in EBITDA came to be 5.1% year-on-year.


INCOME STATEMENT (In accordance with IFRS 16) - A1 Telekom Austria Group Millions of Euros

 

 

 
     3Q19      3Q18      Var.%      Jan - Sep 19      Jan - Sep 18      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues

     1,153        1,115        3.4%        3,365        3,282        2.5%  

 

 

Total service revenues

     975        936        4.1%        2,843        2,751        3.3%  

 

 

Wireless service revenues

     545        520        4.7%        1,555        1,511        2.9%  

 

 

Fixed-line service revenues

     430        416        3.3%        1,288        1,240        3.9%  

 

 

Equipment revenues

     158        155        1.6%        451        461        -2.1%  

 

 

Other operating income

     20        23        -12.4%        71        70        0.8%  

 

 

EBITDA

     439        430        2.2%        1,205        1,215        -0.8%  

 

 

% total revenues

     38.1%        38.5%           35.8%        37.0%     

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

     460        438        5.1%        1,268        1,223        3.7%  

 

 

% total revenues

     39.9%        39.3%           37.7%        37.3%     

 

 

EBIT

     202        188        7.2%        497        351        41.7%  

 

 

% total revenues

     17.5%        16.9%           14.8%        10.7%     

 

 

For further detail please visit www.al.group/en/investor-relations

(1) Does not include restructuring charges in Austria.

A1 Telekom Austria Group Operating Data

 

 
                 3Q19                             3Q18                        Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     21,520        21,123        1.9%  

 

 

Postpaid

     16,822        16,134        4.3%  

 

 

Prepaid

     4,698        4,989        -5.8%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     358        344        4.1%  

 

 

ARPU (Euros)

     9        8        2.7%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     1.6%        1.6%        (0.0)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     6,135        6,134        0.0%  

 

 

*Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

(1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers


Appendix 1: Income Statement Reconciliation from IAS 17 to IFRS 16

 

 

América Móvil’s Income Statement

 

 

 
    Millions of Mexican pesos   

 

Jan -Sep 19
IAS 17

     Changes brought
about by IFRS 16
    

        Jan - Sep 19

IFRS 16

     Var.%  

 

 

Total Costs and Expenses

     533,785        (21,631)        512,154        -1.3%  

EBITDA

     210,376        21,631        232,007        -3.3%  

 

 

Depreciation & Amortization

     103,681        18,107        121,789        -11.6%  

 

 

EBIT

     106,695        3,524        110,218        6.5%  

 

 

Net Interest Expense

     20,264        6,160        26,423        2.5%  

 

 

Other Financial Expenses

     2,547           2,547        -87.2%  

 

 

Foreign Exchange Loss

     (3,540)           (3,540)        -69.1%  

 

 

Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income)

     19,271        6,160        25,431        -31.6%  

 

 

Income & Deferred Taxes

     35,836        (120)        35,716        11.2%  

 

 

Net Income before Minority

Interest and Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates

     51,588        (2,517)        49,071        29.7%  

 

 

Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates

     7           7        -128.9%  

 

 

Minority Interest

     (2,541)           (2,541)        51.4%  

 

 

Net Income

     49,054        (2,517)        46,537        28.8%  

 

 


Appendix 2: Balance Sheet Reconciliation from IAS 17 to IFRS 16

 

 

Balance Sheet - América Móvil Consolidated

 

      Millions of Mexican

      Pesos

   Sep ‘19
IAS 17
     Changes
brought
about by
IFRS 16
    

Sep ‘19

IFRS 16

          Sep ‘19
IAS 17
     Changes
brought
about by
IFRS 16
     Sep ‘19
IFRS 16
 

 

 

Current Assets

     353,375           353,375      Current Liabilities         

 

 
            Short Term Debt*      131,420           131,420  

 

 
            Lease-Related Debt         27,355        27,355  

 

 
           

Other Current

Liabilities

     358,056        504        358,560  

 

 
                 489,476        27,860        517,335  

 

 

Non Current Assets

     1,033,556        110,007        1,143,563      Non Current Liabilities         

 

 
            Long Term Debt      496,062           496,062  

 

 
            Lease-Related Debt         85,003        85,003  

 

 
            Other Liabilities      159,541        182        159,723  

 

 
                 1,145,079        113,044        1,258,123  

 

 
            Shareholder’s Equity      241,852        (3,037)        238,815  

 

 

Total Assets

  

 

1,386,931

 

     110,007     

 

1,496,939

 

  

Total Liabilities

and Equity

     1,386,931        110,007        1,496,939  

 

 


Appendix 3: EBITDA under IAS 17

 

 

EBITDA (IAS 17) Millions in Local Currency

 

 

 
     3Q19      3Q18      Var.%      Jan-Sep 19      Jan-Sep 18      Var.%  

 

 

Mexico

                 

EBITDA

     24,919        23,152        7.6%        72,554        69,419        4.5%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     34.2%        32.7%           34.0%        33.4%     

 

 

Argentina(1)

                 

EBITDA

     8,145        9,050        -10.0%        24,869        27,823        -10.6%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     36.5%        37.4%           36.7%        37.7%     

 

 

Brazil

                 

EBITDA

     3,025        3,329        -9.1%        8,963        9,011        -0.5%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     33.2%        37.3%           33.2%        33.8%     

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA(2)

     3,025        2,811        7.6%        8,963        8,493        5.5%  

 

 

% Total Revenues

     33.2%        31.5%           33.2%        31.9%     

 

 

Chile

                 

EBITDA

     36,650        39,973        -8.3%        100,804        115,499        -12.7%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     17.8%        18.8%           16.2%        18.7%     

 

 

Colombia

                 

EBITDA

     1,351        1,198        12.8%        3,867        3,536        9.4%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     41.3%        41.6%           41.6%        41.2%     

 

 

Ecuador

                 

EBITDA

     135        128        5.4%        402        381        5.7%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     41.2%        38.6%           40.7%        38.9%     

 

 

Perú

                 

EBITDA

     356        310        14.8%        983        897        9.6%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     27.2%        24.1%           25.7%        23.1%     

 

 

Central America

                 

EBITDA Pro Forma

     199        198        0.9%        587        608        -3.5%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     32.7%        31.1%           32.1%        31.7%     

 

 

Caribbean

                 

EBITDA

     132        144        -8.9%        403        418        -3.6%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     29.8%        31.0%           30.0%        29.4%     

 

 

(1) EBITDA in millions of constant ARP of September 2019.

(2) Adjusted EBITDA does not include the effects of one-off items.


Glossary of Terms

ARPU   

Average Revenue per User. The ratio of service revenues in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in the same period. It is presented on a monthly basis.

ARPM   

Average Revenue per Minute. The ratio of service revenues to airtime traffic.

Capex   

Capital Expenditure. Accrued capital expenditures related to the expansion of the telecommunications infrastructure.

Churn   

Disconnection Rate. The ratio of wireless subscribers disconnected during a given period to the number of wireless subscribers at the beginning of that period.

EBIT   

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, also known as Operating Profit.

EBIT margin   

The ratio of EBIT to total operating revenue.

EBITDA   

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization.

EBITDA margin   

The ratio of EBITDA to total operating revenue.

EPS (Mexican pesos)   

Earnings per share. Total earnings in Mexican pesos divided by total shares.

Earnings per ADR (US$)   

Total earnings in U.S. dollars divided by total ADRs equivalent.

Gross additions   

Total number of subscribers acquired during the period.

Licensed pops   

Licensed population. Population covered by the licenses that each of the companies manage.

LTE   

Long-term evolution is a 4th generation standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals.

Market share   

A company’s subscriber base divided by the total number of subscribers in that country.

MBOU   

Megabytes of Use per subscriber. The ratio of wireless data in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in that same period. It is presented on a monthly basis.

MOU   

Minutes of Use per subscriber. The ratio of wireless traffic in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in that same period. It is presented on a monthly basis.

Net subscriber additions   

The difference in the subscriber base from one period to another. It is the different between gross additions and disconnections.

Net debt   

Total short and long term debt minus cash and marketable securities.

Net debt / EBITDA   

The ratio of total short and long term debt minus cash and securities to trailing 12-month income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Prepaid   

Subscriber that may purchase airtime to recharge a cellular phone. The client does not hold a contract with the company for voice and data services.

Postpaid   

Subscriber that has a contract for the use of airtime. The client has no need of activating airtime, it is done so immediately.

SMS   

Short Message Service.

SAC   

Subscriber Acquisition Cost. The sum of handset subsidies, marketing expenses and commissions to distributors for handset activation. Handset subsidy is calculated as the difference between equipment cost and equipment revenues.

Wireless penetration   

The ratio of total wireless subscribers in any given country divided by the total population in that country.


                                                                                                                                         

Exchange Rates Local Currency Units per USD

               
     

3Q19

    

3Q18

    

Var.%

    

Jan-Sep 19

    

Jan-Sep 18

    

Var.%

Euro

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

0.9175

 

  

 

0.8618

 

  

 

6.5%

 

  

 

0.9175

 

  

 

0.8618

 

  

6.5%

Average

  

 

0.8998

 

  

 

0.8602

 

  

 

4.6%

 

  

 

0.8901

 

  

 

0.8370

 

  

6.3%

Mexican Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

19.6363

 

  

 

18.8986

 

  

 

3.9%

 

  

 

19.6363

 

  

 

18.8986

 

  

3.9%

Average

  

 

19.4227

 

  

 

18.9909

 

  

 

2.3%

 

  

 

19.2546

 

  

 

19.0428

 

  

1.1%

Brazilean Real

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

4.1644

 

  

 

4.0039

 

  

 

4.0%

 

  

 

4.1644

 

  

 

4.0039

 

  

4.0%

Average

  

 

3.9694

 

  

 

3.9550

 

  

 

0.4%

 

  

 

3.8868

 

  

 

3.6017

 

  

7.9%

Argentinean Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

57.5900

 

  

 

41.2500

 

  

 

39.6%

 

  

 

57.5900

 

  

 

41.2500

 

  

39.6%

Average

  

 

50.4516

 

  

 

32.0148

 

  

 

57.6%

 

  

 

44.4612

 

  

 

25.0720

 

  

77.3%

Chilean Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

728.2100

 

  

 

660.4200

 

  

 

10.3%

 

  

 

728.2100

 

  

 

660.4200

 

  

10.3%

Average

  

 

705.4527

 

  

 

662.7788

 

  

 

6.4%

 

  

 

685.4349

 

  

 

628.5342

 

  

9.1%

Colombian Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

3,462.0100

 

  

 

2,989.5800

 

  

 

15.8%

 

  

 

3,462.0100

 

  

 

2,989.5800

 

  

15.8%

Average

  

 

3,337.9230

 

  

 

2,960.6393

 

  

 

12.7%

 

  

 

3,238.6848

 

  

 

2,885.1719

 

  

12.3%

Guatemalan Quetzal

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

7.7355

 

  

 

7.7021

 

  

 

0.4%

 

  

 

7.7355

 

  

 

7.7021

 

  

0.4%

Average

  

 

7.6842

 

  

 

7.5466

 

  

 

1.8%

 

  

 

7.6919

 

  

 

7.4515

 

  

3.2%

Peruvian Sol

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

3.3850

 

  

 

3.3020

 

  

 

2.5%

 

  

 

3.3850

 

  

 

3.3020

 

  

2.5%

Average

  

 

3.3439

 

  

 

3.2932

 

  

 

1.5%

 

  

 

3.3300

 

  

 

3.2639

 

  

2.0%

Dominican Republic Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

52.8100

 

  

 

50.0800

 

  

 

5.5%

 

  

 

52.8100

 

  

 

50.0800

 

  

5.5%

Average

  

 

52.0039

 

  

 

49.8060

 

  

 

4.4%

 

  

 

51.1082

 

  

 

49.3921

 

  

3.5%


                                                                                                                                         

Exchange Rates Local Currency Units per MxP

               
     

3Q19

    

3Q18

    

Var.%

    

Jan-Sep 19

    

Jan-Sep 18

    

Var.%

Euro

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

0.0467

 

  

 

0.0456

 

  

 

2.5%

 

  

 

0.0467

 

  

 

0.0456

 

  

2.5%

Average

  

 

0.0463

 

  

 

0.0453

 

  

 

2.3%

 

  

 

0.0462

 

  

 

0.0440

 

  

5.2%

U.S.

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

0.0509

 

  

 

0.0529

 

  

 

-3.8%

 

  

 

0.0509

 

  

 

0.0529

 

  

-3.8%

Average

  

 

0.0515

 

  

 

0.0527

 

  

 

-2.2%

 

  

 

0.0519

 

  

 

0.0525

 

  

-1.1%

Brazilean Real

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

0.2121

 

  

 

0.2119

 

  

 

0.1%

 

  

 

0.2121

 

  

 

0.2119

 

  

0.1%

Average

  

 

0.2044

 

  

 

0.2083

 

  

 

-1.9%

 

  

 

0.2019

 

  

 

0.1891

 

  

6.7%

Argentinean Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

2.9328

 

  

 

2.1827

 

  

 

34.4%

 

  

 

2.9328

 

  

 

2.1827

 

  

34.4%

Average

  

 

2.5976

 

  

 

1.6858

 

  

 

54.1%

 

  

 

2.3091

 

  

 

1.3166

 

  

75.4%

Chilean Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

37.0849

 

  

 

34.9454

 

  

 

6.1%

 

  

 

37.0849

 

  

 

34.9454

 

  

6.1%

Average

  

 

36.3210

 

  

 

34.8998

 

  

 

4.1%

 

  

 

35.5985

 

  

 

33.0064

 

  

7.9%

Colombian Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

176.3066

 

  

 

158.1906

 

  

 

11.5%

 

  

 

176.3066

 

  

 

158.1906

 

  

11.5%

Average

  

 

171.8567

 

  

 

155.8977

 

  

 

10.2%

 

  

 

168.2032

 

  

 

151.5097

 

  

11.0%

Guatemalan Quetzal

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

0.3939

 

  

 

0.4075

 

  

 

-3.3%

 

  

 

0.3939

 

  

 

0.4075

 

  

-3.3%

Average

  

 

0.3956

 

  

 

0.3974

 

  

 

-0.4%

 

  

 

0.3995

 

  

 

0.3913

 

  

2.1%

Peruvian Sol

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

0.1724

 

  

 

0.1747

 

  

 

-1.3%

 

  

 

0.1724

 

  

 

0.1747

 

  

-1.3%

Average

  

 

0.1722

 

  

 

0.1734

 

  

 

-0.7%

 

  

 

0.1729

 

  

 

0.1714

 

  

0.9%

Dominican Republic Peso

                                                 

End of Period

  

 

2.6894

 

  

 

2.6499

 

  

 

1.5%

 

  

 

2.6894

 

  

 

2.6499

 

  

1.5%

Average

  

 

2.6775

 

  

 

2.6226

 

  

 

2.1%

 

  

 

2.6543

 

  

 

2.5937

 

  

2.3%


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: October 16, 2019     AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.
    By:  

/s/ Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo

    Name:   Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer