2006January-December Rslts-P1
Telefonica SA
01 March 2007
Part 1
Quarterly results
January-December 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TELEFONICA GROUP
Market Size
Financial Highlights
Consolidated Results
Financial Data
RESULTS BY BUSINESS LINES
Fixed Line Business
• Telefonica de Espana Group
• Telefonica Latinoamerica Group
Telefonica Moviles Group
Telefonica O2 Europe
• O2 Group
• Telefonica O2 Czech Republic
• Telefonica Deutschland
Other Business
• Atento Group
• Content and Media Business
ADDENDA
Companies included in each Financial Statement
Key Holdings of the Telefonica Group and its Subsidiaries
Significant Events
Changes to the Perimeter and Accounting Criteria of Consolidation
Consolidated Statements by Regional Business Units
Corporate Responsibility
The financial information contained in this document has been prepared under
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This financial information
is unaudited and, therefore, is subject to potential future modifications.
The English language translation of the consolidated financial statements
originally issued in Spanish has been prepared solely for the convenience of
English speaking readers. Despite all the efforts devoted to this translation,
certain omissions or approximations may subsist. Telefonica, its representatives
and employees decline all responsibility in this regard. In the event of a
discrepancy, the Spanish-language version prevails.
These consolidated financial statements are presented on the basis of accounting
principles generally accepted in International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS). Certain accounting practices applied by the Group that conform with
generally accepted accounting principles in IFRS may not conform with generally
accepted accounting principles in other countries.
TELEFONICA GROUP
Market Size
TELEFONICA GROUP
ACCESSES
Unaudited figures (thousands)
January - December
2006 2005 % Chg
Final Clients Accesses 200,700.7 151,669.6 32.3
Fixed telephony accesses (1) 42,340.7 40,859.9 3.6
Internet and data accesses 12,170.9 11,002.6 10.6
Narrowband 3,997.7 5,166.9 (22.6)
Broadband (2) 7,974.8 5,653.0 41.1
Other (3) 198.4 182.7 8.6
Cellular accesses 145,125.1 99,124.0 46.4
Pay TV 1,064.0 683.2 55.7
Wholesale Accesses 2,479.4 1,827.4 35.7
Unbundled loops 962.2 441.7 117.8
Shared UL 527.7 279.0 89.1
Full UL 434.5 162.7 167.1
Wholesale ADSL (4) 1,288.6 1,330.1 (3.1)
Other (5) 228.6 55.6 n.s.
Total Accesses 203,180.2 153,497.0 32.4
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary
access; 2/6 Access x30. Company's accesses for internal use included.
(2) ADSL, satelite, optical fibre, cable modem and broadband circuits.
(3) Remaining non-broadband final client circuits.
(4) Includes T. Deutschland connections resold on a retail basis.
(5) Circuits for other operators.
Note: Cellular accesses, Fixed telephony accesses and Broadband accesses include
MANX customers and Telefonica Telecom.
TELEFONICA GROUP
Financial Highlights
The most relevant facts of Telefonica Group results for the January-December
2006 period are the following:
• Telefonica Group strengthens the best combination of growth and returns in
the European industry:
• Revenues posted 41.5% year-on-year growth to 52,901 million euros.
In the fourth quarter the year-on-year growth stood at 37.4%.
• Basic earnings per share increased 42.9% year-on-year to 1.304 €/
share.
• Net income reached an historic record figure of 6,233 million euros
compared to 4,446 million euros in 2005 (+40.2%).
• The higher Telefonica Group top line growth is sustained by the solid
increase in the customer base, thanks to the strong commercial activity
developed during the year and specially in the fourth quarter:
• Total accesses stood at 203.2 millions, 32.4% more than in December
2005.
• Telefonica Group's Double Play and Triple Play Offers exceeded 3
million at the end of the year.
• Only in the fourth quarter, total accesses net additions surpassed 7.3
millions, of which more than 6.6 million corresponded to cellular
accesses, close to 0.7 million to retail internet broadband and nearly
200,000 to Pay TV.
• The organic growth1 of revenues reached 7.8%, at the top of the peer
Group.
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1 Assuming constant exchange rates and including the consolidation of
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic in January -December 2005 and O2 Group in
February-December 2005. Excluding the consolidation of Telefonica Telecom
(formerly Colombia Telecom) in May-December 2006 and Iberbanda in July-December
2006.
• The ongoing efficiency in the integrated management of operations, cost
optimisation and tangible synergies achieved flows to:
• Increased OIBDA by 27.0% with respect to January-December 2005.
• Operating free cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) which rose 12.3% vs. 2005 and
totalled 11,122 million euros, despite the higher investment effort.
• Telefonica Group achieved and even surpassed the financial targets2 set
for 2006 in terms of revenues, OIBDA and OI:
• Revenue2 increased year-on-year 38.8%, confirming the guidance of
'higher than 37%' upgraded from the initial range of +34%/+37%.
• OIBDA2 increased year-on-year 28.9%, in the high end of the range
communicated (+26%/+29%).
• OI growth2 stood at 29.2%, in line with the range of +26%/+30%
announced.
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2 2006 guidance assumes constant exchange rates as of 2005. Base reported
numbers include six months of Telefonica O2 Czech Republic (consolidated since
July 2005) and include TPI as a discontinued operation. All figures exclude
changes in consolidation, other than O2 (Feb-Dec 06 included). In terms of
guidance calculation, OIBDA and OI exclude other exceptional revenues/expenses
not foreseeable in 2006. Personnel Restructuring and Real Estate Programs are
included as operating revenues/expenses. For comparison, the equivalent other
exceptional revenues/expenses registered in 2005 are also deducted from reported
figures. The assignment of O2's goodwill is not included in OI guidance
calculation.
• After the fast integration of acquired assets, the Company presented a
higher geographic diversification:
• Latinoamerica and Europe represented already a 61.2% of total sales
and a 55.6% of the total OIBDA.
• Spain reduced its contribution to the consolidated revenues to 37.9%
and to the consolidated OIBDA to 43,8%.
• Shareholder remuneration policy more attractive:
• An interim dividend of 0.3 euros per share has been paid the 10th of
November 2006. An additional 0.3 euros per share to be paid in the first
semester of 2007.
• Share buy-back program to be completed until the end of 2007 by an
amount of 2,700 million euros (treasury stock as of 31st January 2006
stood at 1.5% of the current share capital).
TELEFONICA GROUP
Consolidated Results
The results obtained by Telefonica Group and the management report included in
this report are based on the actions carried out by the various business units
in the Group and which constitute the units over which management of these
businesses is conducted. This implies a presentation of results based on the
actual management of the various businesses in which Telefonica Group is
present, instead of adhering to the legal structure observed by the
participating companies.
In this sense, income statements are presented by businesses, which basically
implies that each business line participate in the companies that the Group
holds in the corresponding business, independently of the legal structure.
It should be emphasized that this presentation by businesses in no case alters
the total results obtained by Telefonica Group. These results are incorporated
from the date of effective acquisition of the holding.
From the first quarter of 2007 and according to the new regional and integrated
management model approved on the 26th July 2006 by the Board of Directors of the
Company, the consolidated results for the Telefonica Group will be presented
with information segmented into three Regional Business Units: Telefonica Spain,
Telefonica Europe and Telefonica Latin America. In this document addenda, the
2006 results are published under this new model.
The results of the Telefonica de Espana Group and the Telefonica Latinoamerica
Group include the results from Terra Networks operations as of 1st January 2005.
Hence, Terra Espana, Azeler and Maptel results are included in the Telefonica de
Espana Group, whereas the Terra results in Latin America are included in the
Telefonica Latinoamerica Group.
As of 1st February 2006, the results of the O2 Group are consolidated into
Telefonica O2 Europe business line. This business line is integrated by the
assets of O2 Group, Telefonica O2 Czech Republic (during the July-December 2005
period it was an independent business line) and Telefonica Deutschland (in 2005
it was included in Other companies of the Telefonica Group).
As of 1st May 2006, the results of Colombia Telecom (from November Telefonica
Telecom) are consolidated into Telefonica Latinoamerica Group. As of 1st July
2006, the results of Iberbanda are consolidated into Telefonica de Espana Group.
In the last quarter of 2006 the results of Telefonica O2 Slovakia are included
into Telefonica O2 Europe.
Due to Telefonica's disposal of TPI, the Telefonica Group's 2005 and 2006
results include the Directories Business as a discontinued operations, in line
with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
2006 results strengthen the Telefonica Group as the incumbent European operator
that offers the best combination of growth and returns in the industry.
Growth differential takes place in all items of P&L, from revenues, which grew
by 41.5% with respect to the previous year, to basic earnings per share, which
rose 42.9% (1.304 euros per share). Thus, in 2006 the Telefonica Group obtained
a historic record figure of net profit (6,233 million euros), 40.2% above the
2005 figure.
2006 was also characterised by the rapid and successful integration of recent
acquisitions, the O2 Group and Telefonica Telecom amongst others. Thus, the
efficiency in integrated management, the optimisation of costs and synergies
already achieved delivered a OIBDA growth of 27.0% year-on-year and an operating
free cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) of 12.3% totalling 11,122 million euros. This has
been achieved despite important commercial expenses, which allowed the total
accesses to rise to 203.2 million at the end of the year.
The evolution of the results has allowed the Telefonica Group to achieve and
surpass its guidance1 for 2006. Thus, the growth in revenues stands at 38.8%,
confirming the growth guided of over 37%; the growth in operating income before
depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) stands at 28.9%, in line with the
objective set at the high end of the announced range (+26%/+29%); Operating
Income (OI) increased 29.2%, also at the high end of the range (+26%/+30%).
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1 2006 guidance assumes constant exchange rates as of 2005. Base reported
numbers include six months of Telefonica O2 Czech Republic (consolidated since
July 2005) and include TPI as a discontinued operation. All figures exclude
changes in consolidation, other than O2 (Feb-Dec 06 included). In terms of
guidance calculation, OIBDA and OI exclude other exceptional revenues/expenses
not foreseeable in 2006. Personnel Restructuring and Real Estate Programs are
included as operating revenues/expenses. For comparison, the equivalent other
exceptional revenues/expenses registered in 2005 are also deducted from reported
figures. The assignment of O2's goodwill is not included in OI guidance
calculation.
In 2006, a new and more attractive and competitive long-term shareholder
remuneration policy was announced, which has as a strategic target for the year
2009 to double both the earnings per share and dividend per share from the 0.91
euros and 0.5 euros per share reported for 2005. In this sense, an interim
dividend of 0.3 euros per share has been paid the 10th of November 2006 from
2006 profits. This payment will be followed by an additional 0.3 euros per share
to be paid in the first semester of 2007. The share buyback programme for an
amount of 2,700 million euros will be completed before the end of 2007 and these
shares will be cancelled. As of 31st of December, the Company's treasury stock
represented 1.5% of the current share capital, equivalent to 75,632.559 shares.
Telefonica Group's total accesses rose to 203.2 million by the end of 2006
(+32.4% year-on-year) as much as a consequence of the strong commercial activity
and the dynamism of the markets of operations, which allowed us to maintain our
strong competitive position. It is worth mentioning in the fourth quarter the
Christmas campaigns, especially with regards to broadband, mobile telephony and
the extension of bundles offers for voice, ADSL and TV. Geographically, accesses
in Spain reached 44.2 million (41.8 million in 2005), 114.7 million in Latin
America (98.8 million at December 2005) and 39.2 million in Europe (8.8 million
by the end of 2005).
By the end of December 2006, cellular access managed by the Telefonica Group
stood at 145.1 million (99.1 million in 2005 and 138.4 in September 2006),
reflecting the good quality of acquisition and retention of value customers
carried out by the different operators. In Spain, after registering in the
fourth quarter net adds of 426,000 and 1.6 million since the beginning of the
year, the total customer base reached 21.4 million. In Latin America the
customer base reached 83.3 million, with net adds of 4.5 million in the fourth
quarter and 12.8 million since the beginning of the year. In Europe, quarterly
net adds surpassed 824,000, totalling 35.2 million. Lastly, in Morocco the total
customer base grew by 28.1%, with respect to the previous year, to reach 5.2
million.
At the end of the year, the Telefonica Group recorded 8.0 million retail
broadband internet connections, a year-on-year increase of 41.1% and 9.5% with
respect to September 2006. The bundle offers of voice, ADSL and TV continues to
have a significant influence in Spain and Latin America on the previously
mentioned growth and serves as an instrument of customer loyalty. In Spain, 3.7
million connections (3.4 million in September 2006 and 2.7 million in December
2005) led to an estimated broadband market share of 56%. Latin America recorded
3.8 million, 40.0% more than in December 2005 and 8.1% more than in September
2006.
In 2006 revenues for the Telefonica Group amounted 52,901 million euros, 41.5%
higher than that registered in 2005. Of this growth, the incorporation of the 02
Group, Telefonica O2 Czech Republic, Telefonica Telecom and Iberbanda
contributed with 32.1 percentage points, (+32.4 percentage points in
January-September 2006) and the positive impact of exchange rates, despite
showing a downwards trend throughout the year, contributed with 1.6 percentage
points (+3.2 percentage points in January-September 2006). Organic growth2
reached 7.8% (0.3 percentage points up on those obtained in the first nine
months of the year), based on the positive contribution of all business,
standing out Moviles Latinoamerica and the O2 Group, jointly with the solid
performance in the fixed line business, due to the higher contribution of
broadband.
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2 Assuming constant exchange rates and including the consolidation of
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic in January -December 2005 and O2 Group in
February-December 2005. Excluding the consolidation of Telefonica Telecom in
May-December 2006 and Iberbanda in July-December 2006.
Telefonica Moviles Group, with revenues of 18,403 million euros, registered a
year-on-year growth of 11.4% (+11.2% in constant euros). Telefonica Moviles
Spain closed the year with a 4.1% year-on-year sales increase, mainly due to the
good performance of service revenues (+4.5%) and higher customer revenues
(+6.5%), which grew in line with the customer base (+7.8%). In the fourth
quarter, revenues for Telefonica Moviles Spain accelerated (+5.4%) with respect
to the third quarter (+5.1%), due to the higher sales of handsets during the
Christmas campaign. Revenues for Telefonica Moviles Latinoamerica grew 19.9%
with respect to 2005 (+19.4% excluding exchange rates), standing out the
contributions of Venezuela (+45.7% in local currency), Argentina (+32.5% in
local currency) and Mexico (+28.2% in local currency).
Telefonica O2 Europe, constituted by the O2 Group since the 1st of February 2006
and Telefonica O2 Czech Republic and Telefonica Deutschland from the 1st of
January 2006, contributed to the consolidated revenues for 2006 with 13,159
million euros. In a dynamic and demanding competitive environment , service
revenues in O2 UK continued to show strong growth (+14.7% in local currency)
sustained by the increase in the customer base and ARPU, meanwhile O2 Germany
recorded a year-on-year increase of 6.7%. Revenues for Telefonica O2 Czech
Republic increased 0.4% in local currency (including other recurrent revenues)
from 2005 thanks to growth in mobile telephony (+6.1% in local currency).
Revenues for the Telefonica de Espana Group rose to 11,964 million euros in the
period from January-December 2006 and grew 1.8% with respect to the same period
the previous year. Higher revenues from Internet and broadband (+26.2%), Data
(+4.4%) and Information Technology (+19.9%) more than compensated the fall in
traditional access (-2.1%) and traditional voice services (-5.7%).
Revenues for the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group amounted to 9,537 million euros
in 2006, 14.2% more than in 2005 in current euros, showing a downwards trend
with respect to January-September 2006 (+17.5%) due primarily to the lower
positive effect of exchange rates (+6.0 percentage points up to December in
comparison to +10.2 percentage points up to September). In constant euros and
excluding revenues from Telefonica Telecom from the 1st of May 2006 (398 million
euros), year-on-year revenue growth reached 2.1%.TASA, with a 13.6% growth in
local currency is the operator who has contributed the most to the growth
followed by Telesp (+1.5% despite showing a slowdown in growth compared to
September: +2.1%), Telefonica Peru (+2.6% in local currency) and Telefonica
Chile (+0.2% in local currency). Revenues from operators were based on the
higher contribution of the Internet and broad band, which has permitted,
partially, to offset the lower revenues from traditional business.
Apart from the business revenue diversification highlighted, geographic
diversity is also worth mentioning. By the end of December 2006, Spain
represented 37.9% of consolidated revenues (13.6 percentage points less than in
2005), Latin America 34.7% (-6.9 percentage points with respect to the previous
year) and Europe 26.5% (20.9 percentage points more than twelve months ago
following the incorporation of the O2 Group in February). Brazil's contribution
over total sales fell to 14.4% (18.4% in December 2005); meanwhile the UK
contributed 12.8% (0.5% in the previous year) and Germany 6.4% (1.0% twelve
months ago).
Operating expenses for the Telefonica Group rose to 34,386 million euros in
2006, a year-on-year increase of 49.7% and slightly higher than in
January-September (+47.8%) period. The higher level of costs, with respect to
the previous year, is due to the incorporation of new companies to the perimeter
of consolidation and the higher commercial efforts in the markets of operations,
mainly in mobile telephony, in a context of continued effort to achieve maximum
efficiency in the cost structure.
Supplies expenses for the financial the year rose 66.3% with respect to 2005
(+65.0% excluding the effects of exchange rates) totalling 16,629 million euros.
This variation is explained by changes in the perimeter of consolidation,
principally the O2 Group, by Telefonica Moviles Latin America for the higher
handsets purchases, and by Telefonica Latin America for the higher
interconnection costs. With respect to January-September the growth dropped 1.6
percentage points in constant currency of 2005.
In the period January-December 2006 personnel expenses amounted to 7,622 million
euros, presenting a year-on-year growth of 37.8% (+36.6% in constant euros). The
average workforce increased by 36,752 employees to 227,137 employees due to the
incorporation of the 02 Group and the Atento Group (+20.1% excluding Atento
Group up to 127,364). Additionally, it is important to highlight that the
provision with respect to the Telefonica de Espana Group's redundancy plan rose
to 982 million euros. Of this figure, 479 million euros corresponds to the
provision of 1,542 employees initially forecast for 2006 and 503 million euros
because of bringing forward to September 21st 2006 the period for joining the
E.R.E 2007 that resulted in 1,762 employees signing earlier. During the last
quarter of the year, personnel costs accelerated growth (+72.2% vs. +26.1% up to
September) mainly due to two reasons: 1) workforce restructuring expenses
related to bringing forward the period for joining the E.R.E. 2007 that resulted
in 1,762 employees signing earlier 2) New management pension scheme in the
Telefonica Group that records 21 million euros of costs related to 2006 and 113
million euros of extraordinary costs.
External services accumulated in 2006 (9,230 million euros) increased 38.6%
year-on-year (+36.9% in constant euros), mainly due to the incorporation of the
O2 Group (where there is a strong commercial effort), to Telefonica Moviles
Latin America (higher commercial, advertising and network costs) and to
Telefonica Moviles Espana (customer management costs). With regard to the first
nine months of the year (+33.3% excluding the effects of exchange rates) there
was an acceleration of costs due to the higher commercial activity in the
Telefonica de Espana Group and the Telefonica Moviles Espana, together with
higher costs for O2 Germany and Telefonica O2 Czech Republic (costs relative to
the launch of operations of O2 Slovakia and the rebranding).
With respect to the sale of fixed assets, it amounted to 236 million euros in
January-December 2006, compared to 250 million euros accrued the previous year.
The figure for 2006 corresponds mainly to the sale of shares of Sogecable (6.6%
of capital share) after the takeover bid launched by the Prisa Group and the
capital gain of real state in the Telefonica de Espana Group.
The Telefonica Group consolidated OIBDA for January-December 2006 totalled
19,126 million euros, 27.0% up on that obtained during the same period in 2005.
The positive effects of exchange rates contributed 1.8 percentage points to the
growth (+3.3 percentage points cumulative to September). Organic 3 variation
would stand at 2.8%. If we exclude the provision related to bringing forward to
September 21st 2006, the period for joining to the E.R.E 2007, that resulted in
1,762 employees and the new management pension scheme, OIBDA organic growth
would reach 6.4%. In terms of the OIBDA margin, this stood at 36.2% at the end
of the year, presenting a year-on-year fall of 4.1 percentage points, impacted
mainly by the incorporation of the O2 Group since the month of February, with
lower margin.
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3 Assuming constant exchange rates and including the consolidation of
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic in January -December 2005 and O2 Group in
February-December 2005. Excluding the consolidation of Telefonica Telecom in
May-December 2006, Iberbanda in July-December 2006 and Telefonica O2 Slovakia in
October-December 2006.
The Telefonica Moviles Group represented 33.7% of the total OIBDA and reached
6,443 million euros over the year, an increase of 10.8% than the same period in
2005 (+10.7% in constant euros). Despite the high commercial activity carried
out, OIBDA for Telefonica Moviles Espana (4,128 million euros) was practically
in line with the previous year . The OIBDA margin reached 44.9% compared with
46.7% in 2005. Telefonica Moviles Latin America amounted an OIBDA of 2,429
million euros registering a strong year-on-year growth of 38.5% (+38.3%
eliminating the effect of exchange rates) mainly due to the lower losses of
Telefonica Moviles Mexico (-10 million euros in 2006 vs. -159 million euros in
2005) and the higher efficiency in regional management. However, Telefonica
Moviles Latin America still registered an improvement year-on-year of OIBDA
margin of 3.5 percentage points, reaching 26.3% (24.7% up to September).
OIBDA for the Telefonica de Espana Group (23.9% of the consolidated OIBDA) stood
at 4,572 million euros recording a year-on-year fall of 4.4%, after registering
in the fourth quarter a year-on-year drop of 37.3%, as a result of the provision
accounted for the workforce reduction program. Thus, the OIBDA margin reached
38.2%. Excluding the effect of the redundancy plan in both periods the margin
would reach 46.4%, 0.6 percentage points higher than the previous year.
OIBDA for the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group represented 22.0% of the total
OIBDA, and reached 4,209 million euros in 2006, (+11.7% compared to 2005).
Excluding the positive effects of exchange rates (+6.1 percentage points
compared to +10.4 percentage points cumulative to September) and of Telefonica
Telecom (203 million euros), growth declined to 0.3% (+3.3% eliminating the
results of the disposal of fixed assets in both periods). The OIBDA margin,
without taking Telefonica Telecom into account and the results of the disposal
of fixed assets, is 42.0% compared with 43.8% in 2005.
Telefonica O2 Europe contributed 3,708 million euros to the consolidated OIBDA,
which represents 19.4% of the consolidated OIBDA. The O2 Group contributed 2,773
million euros to the OIBDA in the first 11 months of the year. For O2 UK, the
margin over revenues fell 0.9 percentage points from February-December 2005 to
28.4%, reflecting the high growth of customers. OIBDA margin for O2 Germany
reached 20.7%, 1 percentage points lower to the one registered in
February-December 2005. OIBDA for Telefonica O2 Czech Republic totalled 985
million euros during the year 2006 and the OIBDA margin stood at 45.8%.
At the end of 2006, the geographical split of OIBDA also reflected a higher
diversification than the previous year. Spain's contribution to the consolidated
OIBDA was reduced to 43.8%, 14.1 percentage points lower than in 2005,
increasing Europe's contribution to 20.0% (6.1% in January-December 2005) and
Latin America's weight remaining practically stable (35.6% in 2006 vs. 36.6% in
2005).
Depreciation and amortization totalled 9,704 million euros in 2006, presenting a
year-on-year growth of 45.0%. This increase is explained by the consolidation of
the O2 Group since the month of February 2006 and the O2 Group Purchase Price
Allocation (861 million euros February-December 2006) and Telefonica O2 Czech
Republic (155 million euros in January-December 2006). Organic4 growth of
depreciation and amortization would stand at 8.1% (+9.1% in the first nine
months of the year).
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4 Assuming constant exchange rates and including the consolidation of
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic in January -December 2005 and O2 Group in
February-December 2005. Excluding the consolidation of Telefonica Telecom in
May-December 2006, Iberbanda in July-December 2006 and Telefonica O2 Slovakia in
October-December 2006.
Operating income grew 12.7% with respect to the period January-December 2005
reaching 9,421 million euros. In organic4 terms, the operating income presented
a fall of 2.0% (+6.2% cumulative to September), although excluding the provision
related to bringing forward to September 21st 2006, the period for joining to
the E.R.E 2007, that resulted in 1,762 employees and the new management pension
scheme, the growth would stand at 4.8%.
Results of associated companies stood at 77 million euros in 2006, changing the
trend with respect to 2005 (-128 million euros). In the fourth quarter 2005 was
accrued the write-down of the remaining value of the UMTS licence of IPSE. The
positive results for 2006 were produced mainly by the higher contribution of
Portugal Telecom.
Net financial result for 2006 amounted to 2,734 million euros, 68% above those
of 2005. Excluding FX results, net financial debt figures would be 2,795 million
euros for 2006 and 1,792 million euros for 2005. This would imply a 55.9%
increase in the adjusted net financial result in the period 05-06. This
variation arises from two different effects. On one hand, an increase of 1,372
million euros as the result of a 83.9% rise in average total net debt (54,315
million euros as of December 31, 2006, including pre-retirement plan
commitments). On the other hand, a decrease of 369 million euros due to a
reduction of 47 million euros in the cost associated to marked-to-market
positions together with 109 b.p reduction (2006 vs. 2005) in the average cost of
debt for the Telefonica Group. Both these facts have allowed for savings of 322
million euros the reason being average interest rate at which the increase in
debt was held during 2006 was lower than the average rate for 2005. The average
cost calculated on average total net debt for 2006 is 5.0% and 5.1% when
excluding FX results.
The net free cash flow after CapEx generated by the Telefonica Group in 2006
totalled 8,916 million euros of which 2,401 were assigned to Telefonica's share
buyback program, 2,627 million euros to dividend payments and 830 million euros
to commitment cancellations derived mainly from the pre-retirement plans.
Financial Investment for the period amounted to 21,550 million euros (net of
real state divestment and net of cash from O2, Colombia Telecom and TPI at the
time of acquisition/disposal) due fundamentally to O2 take-over (which had been
initiated in 2005 through the purchase of shares in the stock market). This fact
has caused the need to increase net financial debt in 18,492 million euros plus
another 3,586 million euros due to changes in the perimeter of consolidation
(fundamentally due to the incorporation of O2's gross debt and Telefonica
Telecom), other effects on financial accounts and to the depreciation in debt
caused by FX results. As a result, starting from a net financial debt of 30,067
million euros in 2005 plus a debt variation of 22,078 million euros during 2006,
we get to a closing net financial debt of 52,145 million euros in 2006 .
The tax provision accrued in the year 2006 amounted to 1,781 million euros,
which implies a tax rate of 26.3% in the period, although the cash outflow for
the Telefonica Group will be further reduced as negative tax bases generated in
past years are compensated.
The tax rate in the year 2006 has been affected by several issues with opposite
effects. On one hand, the partial modification of the Corporate Tax Law in
Spain, that translated into a reduction of the current tax rate (35%),
establishing a fixed rate for the fiscal years finishing after the 1st of
January 2007 of 32.5%, and for the fiscal years finishing after the 1st of
January 2008 of 30%, will suppose in the future lower taxable positive results
for Spanish companies, although similarly will involve a reduction of the amount
to recover from the losses of previous years. This reduction meant in the 2006
fiscal year a tax expenses of 355 million euros. On the other hand, Corporate
Tax Law has been reduced due to the allowances of export activities (910 million
euros) that were generated in the last buyout operations made by the Group.
The result from discontinued operations amounted to 1,596 in 2006 after
registering in the third quarter of the year the net capital gain corresponding
to the sale of Telefonica's participation in TPI for 1,564 million euros.
The results attributed to minority interests during the period January-December
2006 subtract 346 million euros from the net income, 9.2% less than in the same
period in 2005 (-381 million euros). This variation is due mainly to the sale of
TPI, the change in the participation of Telefonica Moviles and the consolidation
of Telefonica Telecom since May 2006, that compensated partially, among others,
the higher net income registered by Telesp and Endemol (IPO in November 2005).
As a result of the performance of the aforementioned items, the consolidated net
income rose to 6,233 million euros in 2006, 40.2% higher than that obtained in
2005. In the fourth quarter net income reached 1,047 million euros, 12.2% lower
than the one registered over the same period of the previous year.
The consolidated CapEx cumulative to December 2006 amounted to 8,003 million
euros, representing an increase of 55.3% with respect to 2005. In organic5
terms, growth is reduced to 7.7% explained mainly by the investment in broadband
networks in Spain and Latin America and also by the faster roll out of third and
second generation networks in Europe, mainly Germany. Regarding the CapEx6
announced for 2006 (approximately 7,200 million euros) the company ended the
year with 7,749 million euros due to the acceleration in the investments in
fixed and wireless broadband as well as the acceleration in the rollout of third
generation networks, mainly in Germany and bringing forward investments in
second generation networks, mainly in GSM in Latin America.
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5 Assuming constant exchange rates and including the consolidation of
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic in January -December 2005 and O2 Group in
February-December 2005. Excluding the consolidation of Telefonica Telecom in
May-December 2006, Iberbanda in July-December 2006 and Telefonica O2 Slovakia in
October-December 2006.
6 Assuming constant 2005 exchange rates and excluding changes to the perimeter
of consolidation with the exception of O2 Group (included in February-December
2006).
TELEFONICA GROUP
Financial Data
TELEFONICA GROUP
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December
2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 52,901 37,383 41.5
Operating income before D&A (OIBDA) 19,126 15,056 27.0
Operating income (OI) 9,421 8,363 12.7
Income before taxes 6,764 6,607 2.4
Net income 6,233 4,446 40.2
Basic earnings per share 1.304 0.913 42.9
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period (millions) 4,779.0 4,870.9 (1.9)
Note: For the basic earnings per share calculation purposes, the weighted
average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period have been
obtained applying IFRS rule 33 'Earnings per share'. Thereby, there are not
taking into account as outstanding shares the weighted average number of shares
held as treasury stock during the period nor the shares assigned to the stock
options plans for employees. Furthermore, in line with IFRS rule 33, the
weighted average number of shares outstanding during every period, has been
adjusted for these operations that had implied a difference in the number of
outstanding shares, without a variation associated in the equity, as if those
have taken place at the beginning of the first period presented. It consists on
the distribution of the paid-in capital reserve by means of delivery of shares
in the proportion of 1 share to every 25 shares, approved by the AGM as of May
31, 2005.
TELEFONICA GROUP
RESULTS BY COMPANIES
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
REVENUES OIBDA OPERATING INCOME
January - December January - December January - December
2006 2005 % Chg 2006 2005 % Chg 2006 2005 % Chg
Telefonica de Espana Group (1) 11,964 11,755 1.8 4,572 4,784 (4.4) 2,706 2,645 2.3
Tef Latinoamerica Group (1) 9,537 8,352 14.2 4,209 3,766 11.7 2,251 1,967 14.4
Telefonica Moviles Group 18,403 16,514 11.4 6,443 5,817 10.8 4,012 3,443 16.5
Telefonica O2 Europe (2) 13,159 1,316 n.c. 3,708 454 n.c. 309 146 n.c.
Atento Group 1,027 856 19.9 142 116 21.8 113 88 28.2
Content & Media Business 1,608 1,269 26.7 362 269 34.4 336 240 39.6
Other companies (3) 826 595 38.9 (316) (186) 70.4 (383) (236) 62.1
Eliminations (3,623) (3,274) 10.6 6 36 (82.2) 77 69 12.0
Total Group 52,901 37,383 41.5 19,126 15,056 27.0 9,421 8,363 12.7
(1) Telefonica de Espana Group and Telefonica Latinoamerica Group results
consolidates the results from Terra Networks operations from 1 January 2005.
(2) Telefonica O2 Europe includes in 2006 O2 Group (February-December),
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic y T. Deutschland. In 2005 Telefonica O2 Europe
includes Telefonica O2 Czech Republic since July and T. Deutschland since
January.
(3) OIBDA and Operating Income exclude the variation in investment valuation
allowances and the capital gain obtained for the sale of TPI accounted for by
Telefonica S.A. parent company and that are eliminated in consolidation.
TELEFONICA GROUP
CAPEX BY BUSINESS LINES
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December
2006 2005 % Chg
Telefonica de Espana Group (1) 1,555 1,401 11.0
Telefonica Latinoamerica Group (1) 1,285 989 29.9
Telefonica Moviles Group 2,275 2,227 2.2
Telefonica O2 Europe (2) 2,553 162 n.c.
Atento Group 35 40 (12.3)
Content & Media Business 33 25 30.9
Other companies & Eliminations 266 308 (13.6)
Total Group 8,003 5,153 55.3
Note: Group CapEx in 2006 at cumulative average exchange rate. For comparative
purposes, 2005 Capex has been recalculated at the cumulative average exchange
rate for the corresponding period.
(1) Telefonica de Espana Group and Telefonica Latinoamerica Group results
consolidates the results from Terra Networks operations from 1 January 2005.
(2) Telefonica O2 Europe includes in 2006 O2 Group (February-December),
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic (including Slovakia) y T. Deutschland. In 2005
Telefonica O2 Europe only includes Telefonica O2 Czech Republic since July and
T. Deutschland since January.
TELEFONICA GROUP
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 52,901 37,383 41.5 14,196 10,329 37.4
Internal exp capitalized in fixed assets (1) 719 601 19.6 195 263 (25.9)
Operating expenses (34,386) (22,968) 49.7 (9,867) (6,378) 54.7
Supplies (16,629) (9,999) 66.3 (4,645) (2,926) 58.7
Personnel expenses (7,622) (5,532) 37.8 (2,421) (1,406) 72.2
Subcontracts (9,230) (6,657) 38.6 (2,578) (1,795) 43.7
Taxes (905) (781) 15.9 (224) (251) (10.9)
Other net operating income (expense) (263) (186) 41.3 2 (1) n.m.
Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets 236 250 (5.5) 12 72 (82.7)
Impairment of goodwill and other assets (81) (23) n.m. (66) (11) n.m.
Operating income before D&A (OIBDA) 19,126 15,056 27.0 4,472 4,274 4.6
Depreciation and amortization (9,704) (6,694) 45.0 (2,495) (1,891) 31.9
Operating income (OI) 9,421 8,363 12.7 1,977 2,383 (17.0)
Profit from associated companies 77 (128) c.s. 16 (138) (111.5)
Net financial income (expense) (2,734) (1,628) 68.0 (805) (503) 60.1
Income before taxes 6,764 6,607 2.4 1,187 1,742 (31.8)
Income taxes (1,781) (1,904) (6.5) (67) (495) (86.5)
Income from continuing operations 4,983 4,703 6.0 1,120 1,247 (10.2)
Income (Loss) from discontinued ops. 1,596 124 n.m. 0 70 n.m.
Minority interest (346) (381) (9.2) (73) (125) (41.5)
Net income 6,233 4,446 40.2 1,047 1,193 (12.2)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the 4,779.0 4,870.9 (1.9) 4,853.6 4,813.1 0.8
period (millions)
Basic earnings per share 1.304 0.913 42.9 0.216 0.248 (12.9)
(1) Including work in process.
Note: For the basic earnings per share calculation purposes, the weighted
average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period have been
obtained applying IFRS rule 33 'Earnings per share'. Thereby, there are not
taking into account as outstanding shares the weighted average number of shares
held as treasury stock during the period nor the shares assigned to the stock
options plans for employees. Furthermore, in line with IFRS rule 33, the
weighted average number of shares outstanding during every period, has been
adjusted for these operations that had implied a difference in the number of
outstanding shares, without a variation associated in the equity, as if those
have taken place at the beginning of the first period presented. It consists on
the distribution of the paid-in capital reserve by means of delivery of shares
in the proportion of 1 share to every 25 shares, approved by the AGM as of May
31, 2005.
TELEFONICA GROUP
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
December
2006 2005 % Chg
Non-current assets 91,269 59,545 53.3
Intangible assets 20,758 7,877 163.5
Goodwill 21,739 8,910 144.0
Property, plant and equipment and Investment property 33,888 28,027 20.9
Long-term financial assets and other non-current assets 6,183 6,346 (2.6)
Deferred tax assets 8,702 8,385 3.8
Current assets 17,713 13,629 30.0
Inventories 1,012 920 10.0
Trade and other receivables 9,666 7,516 28.6
Current tax receivable 1,555 1,448 7.4
Short-term financial investments 1,679 1,518 10.7
Cash and cash equivalents 3,792 2,213 71.3
Non-current assets classified as held for sale 9 14 (38.2)
Total Assets = Total Equity and Liabilities 108,982 73,174 48.9
Equity 20,001 16,158 23.8
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 17,178 12,733 34.9
Minority interest 2,823 3,425 (17.6)
Non-current liabilities 62,644 35,126 78.3
Long-term financial debt 50,675 25,168 101.4
Deferred tax liabilities 4,700 2,477 89.7
Long-term provisions 6,287 6,353 (1.0)
Other long-term liabilities 982 1,128 (12.9)
Current liabilities 26,337 21,889 20.3
Short-term financial debt 8,382 9,236 (9.2)
Trade and other payables 8,533 6,933 23.1
Current tax payable 2,841 2,192 29.7
Short-term provisions and other liabilities 6,580 3,528 86.5
Liabilities associate with non-current assets classified 'held for sale' 0 0 n.m.
Financial Data
Net Financial Debt (1) 52,145 30,067 73.4
(1) Net Financial Debt = Long term financial debt + Other long term liabilities
+ Short term financial debt - Short term financial investments - Cash and cash
equivalents - Long term financial assets and other non-current assets.
TELEFONICA GROUP
FREE CASH FLOW AND CHANGE IN DEBT
Unaudited figures (Euros in
millions)
January - December
2006 2005 % Chg
I Cash flows from operations 18,824 13,854 35.9
II Net interest payment (1) (2,296) (1,449)
III Payment for income tax (1,100) (1,233)
A=I+II+III Net cash provided by operating activities 15,428 11,172 38.1
B Payment for investment in fixed and intangible assets (6,828) (4,410)
C=A+B Net free cash flow after CAPEX 8,600 6,762 27.2
D Net Cash received from sale of Real Estate 24 100
E Net payment for financial investment (21,574) (5,940)
F Net payment for dividends and treasury stock (2) (5,542) (4,823)
G=C+D+E+F Free cash flow after dividends (18,492) (3,901)
H Effects of exchange rate changes on net financial debt (511) 1,396
I Effects on net financial debt of changes in consolid. and 4,097 1,076
others
J Net financial debt at beginning of period 30,067 23,694
K=J-G+H+I Net financial debt at end of period 52,145 30,067
(1) Including cash received from dividends paid by subsidiaries that are not
under full consolidation method.
(2) Dividends paid by Telefonica S.A. and dividend payments to minoritaries from
subsidiaries that are under full consolidation method and treasury stock.
TELEFONICA GROUP
RECONCILIATIONS OF CASH FLOW AND OIBDA MINUS CAPEX
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December
2006 2005 % Chg
OIBDA 19,126 15,276 25.2
- CapEx accrued during the period (1) (8,003) (5,359)
- Payments related to commitments (830) (894)
- Net interest payment (2,296) (1,449)
- Payment for income tax (1,100) (1,233)
- Results from the sale of fixed assets (236) (249)
- Invest. in working cap. and other deferred income and exp 1,939 670
= Net Free Cash Flow after CapEx 8,600 6,762 27.2
+ Net Cash received from sale of Real Estate 24 100
- Net payment for financial investment (21,574) (5,940)
- Net payment for dividends and treasury stock (5,542) (4,823)
= Free Cash Flow after dividends (18,492) (3,901) n.m.
(1) The CapEx in 2005 calculated using EoP exchange rates.
Note: At the Investor Conference held in October 2003, the concept expected
'Free Cash Flow' 2003-2006 was introduced to reflect the amount of cash flow
available to remunerate Telefonica S.A. Shareholders, to protect solvency levels
(financial debt and commitments), and to accomodate strategic flexibility. The
differences with the caption 'Net Free Cash Flow after CapEx' included in the
table presented above, are related to 'Free Cash Flow' being calculated before
payments related to commitments (workforce reductions and guarantees) and after
dividend payments to minoritaries, due to cash recirculation within the Group.
Jan-Dec 2006 Jan-Dec 2005
Net Free Cash Flow after CapEx 8,600 6,762
+ Payments related to cancellation of commitments 830 693
- Ordinary dividends payment to minoritaries (514) (347)
= Free Cash Flow 8,916 7,108
TELEFONICA GROUP
NET FINANCIAL DEBT AND COMMITMENTS
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
December 2006
Long-term debt 51,163
Short term debt including current maturities 8,249
Cash and Banks (3,792)
Short and Long-term financial investments (1) (3,474)
A Net Financial Debt 52,145
Guarantees to IPSE 2000 365
B Commitments related to guarantees 365
Gross commitments related to workforce reduction (2) 5,447
Value of associated Long-term assets (3) (734)
Taxes receivable (4) (1,624)
C Net commitments related to workforce reduction 3,089
A + B + C Total Debt + Commitments 55,599
Net Financial Debt / OIBDA (5) 2.67x
Total Debt + Commitments/ OIBDA (5) 2.85x
(1) Short term investments and certain investments in financial assets with a
maturity profile longer than one year, whose amount is included in the caption
'Investment' of the Balance Sheet.
(2) Mainly in Spain. This amount is detailed in the caption 'Provisions for
Contingencies and Expenses' of the Balance Sheet, and is the result of adding
the following items: 'Provision for Pre-retirement, Social Security Expenses and
Voluntary Severance', 'Group Insurance', 'Technical Reserves', and 'Provisions
for Pension Funds of Other Companies'.
(3) Amount included in the caption 'Investment' of the Balance Sheet, section
'Other Loans'. Mostly related to investments in fixed income securities and
long-term deposits that cover the materialization of technical reserves of the
Group insurance companies.
(4) Net present value of tax benefits arising from the future payments related
to workforce reduction commitments.
(5) Calculation based on 12 months accumulated OIBDA, including Telefonica O2
Czech Republic, O2 and Telefonica Telecom.
TELEFONICA GROUP
EXCHANGES RATES APPLIED
P&L and CapEx (1) Balance Sheet (2)
Jan - Dec 2006 Jan - Dec 2005 % Chg December 2006 December 2005
USA (US Dollar/Euro) 1.255 1.242 1.317 1.180
United Kingdom (Sterling/Euro) 0.682 - 0.672 0.685
Argentina (Argentinean Peso/Euro) 3.857 3.631 4.033 3.577
Brazil (Brazilian Real/Euro) 2.728 3.002 2.816 2.761
Czech Republic (Czech Crown/Euro) 28.338 29.780 27.495 29.005
Chile (Chilean Peso/Euro) 665.336 694.444 701.262 606.061
Colombia (Colombian Peso/Euro) 2,949.853 2,881.844 2,949.853 2,695.418
El Salvador (Colon/Euro) 10.977 10.870 11.524 10.322
Guatemala (Quetzal/Euro) 9.548 9.496 10.004 8.974
Mexico (Mexican Peso/Euro) 13.664 13.517 14.330 12.715
Nicaragua (Cordoba/Euro) 22.031 20.799 23.703 20.222
Peru (Peruvian Nuevo Sol/Euro) 4.108 4.096 4.205 4.051
Uruguay (Uruguayan Peso/Euro) 30.183 30.331 32.201 28.490
Venezuela (Bolivar/Euro) 2,695.418 2,624.672 2,832.861 2,538.071
(1) These exchange rates are used to convert the P&L and CapEx accounts of the Group foreign subsidiaries from local
currency to euros.
(2) Exchange rates as of 31/12/06 y 31/12/05.
RESULTS BY BUSINESS LINES
Fixed Line Business
Telefonica de Espana Group
The 2006 results for Telefonica de Espana Group fully met guidance announced at
the start of the year, which was upgraded following the publication of the third
quarter results. In a year of strong commercial activity in which the company
reinforced its competitive position in the market, revenues grew by 1.8% (target
+0.5% / +2%) and OIBDA adjusted for comparison with the financial guidance
communicated increased by 6.4% (growth target of over 5%).
With excellent operative and financial results, the Internet and Broadband
business played a leading role in this performance, in a growth environment that
reached historic heights for the broadband market in Spain. Along these lines,
Telefonica de Espana recorded a net gain of over one million new broadband
retail subscriptions in 2006, over 20% up on that obtained in 2005.
The offers of Duo and Trio product bundles have already exceeded the 2.8 million
mark in terms of units sold. The success of these packages, together with that
of other measures launched, led to a containment in the loss of fixed telephone
lines, which in 2006 fell by 1.2%, with a yearly net loss 7% lower than in 2005.
Line lost in 2006 represented 1.2% of the lines at 2005 year end.
It is also important to note the global ARPU of our customers, which increased
to total 63.8 euros as a result of the continued efforts of Telefonica de Espana
to increase the value of its customers.
During last quarter of 2006, in merit of settlements met with workers
representatives, it was agreed to bring forward, to September 21st 2006, the
period for joining Telefonica de Espana's E.R.E. for 2007, as already
anticipated during 2006 third quarter results conferece call. This has resulted
in an uplift of 2006 redundancies from the 1,542 initially expected, to total
3,304 in the year. Following, the corresponding provision was increased by
additional 503 million euros to stand at 980 million euros for 2006, resulting
on a reduction in OIBDA growth of 10.5 p.p. in 2006.
Analysing the latest commercial launches in detail, the following must be
underlined:
• 'ADSL 3 Mbps / 320 Kbps'. The product is offered independently or in
double or triple play offers for just one additional euro on top of the 1
Mbps ADSL price.
• 'UNO PROFESIONAL' (Professional ONE), the first commercial offer in
conjunction with Telefonica Moviles Espana for SMEs and Professionals
(SoHo). This product enables customers to make free calls between their own
fixed and mobile lines. The offer can also be extended to certain external
destinations.
In terms of regulatory matters, a 2.0% increase in the PSTN line monthly fee
came into force as of January 1st, 2007. A 3.7% increase in domestic telephone
traffic tariffs not related to packages/bundles has also been indicated, which
is to come into force as of March 1st, 2007.
At the start of the year, the CMT also lowered the wholesale price of indirect
broadband access as a cautionary measure. This drop ranges between 22% and 54% -
depending on the modality - for the GigADSL service and between 24% and 61% for
the ADSL-IP service. Thus, the CMT has replaced the 'retail minus' methodology
applied to date, by the new 'cost plus' methodology.
Revenues of Telefonica de Espana Group amounted to 11,964 million euros over
2006, a year-on-year growth of 1.8%. Revenues amounted to 3,070 million euros
during the fourth quarter of the year, a 2.0% increase that, as in previous
quarters, was lowered by the change in accounting criterion for traffic-cards
revenues. The growth in revenues for 2006 without this effect would have stood
at 2.4%.
Telefonica de Espana Parent Company recorded revenues of 11,508 million euros
over the year, a 2.3% year-on-year increase, which amounted to 1.7% in the
fourth quarter.
Below is a detailed analysis of the Telefonica de Espana Parent Company's
revenues:
• Traditional access revenues, amounting to 2,768 million euros, fell by
2.1% in relation to those obtained during the previous year, due to the
reduction in the number of fixed telephone lines and the freezing of the
PSTN line monthly fee in 2006. This reduction amounted to 2.1% during the
fourth quarter.
The fixed telephony market in Spain increased its estimated growth in 2006
to stand at 2.3%, compared with the 0.9% growth rate recorded in 2005. In
terms of fixed telephony lines, Telefonica de Espana recorded a net
reduction of 185,696 over the year, slightly less than the loss of 199,243
lines in 2005. The estimated market share for Telefonica de Espana stood at
82.5%, almost 2.5 percentage points down on 2005.
The total number of Telefonica de Espana accesses where, along with fixed
telephony accesses, data and Internet accesses were accounted for, as well
as pay television and wholesale accesses, increased by 3.7% to stand at 22.7
million.
• Revenues from traditional voice services amounted to 4,868 million euros
in 2006, with a year-on-year reduction of 5.7%. Without taking the change in
accounting criterion for traffic-cards into account, this reduction would
have been 4.3%.
Revenues from outgoing voice traffic dropped by 7.7% over the year to stand
at 3,014 million euros, with this decrease being mainly attributable to the
fall in the average price per minute, specially on national voice traffic.
This fall in revenues does not reflect the better performance of outgoing
voice traffic seen as a result of the Duo and Trio offers, dropping by only
1.3% in 2006 to reach 43,369 million minutes, compared with 7.2% fall in
2005.
This effect can also be seen in the performance of the fixed voice market in
Spain as a whole that fell by a 0.7% in 2006 compared with the 3.1% drop of
the previous year. The estimated market share of Telefonica de Espana
remained relatively stable throughout the year at around 66%.
In 2006, domestic voice traffic fell slightly by 1.3% in comparison with the
previous year, with a total of 33,087 million minutes. The systematic,
significant 11.7% growth of 'interprovincial' traffic (DLD) is worth noting,
doubtlessly the most positively affected by the new rate schemes. The
acceleration of international traffic (2,094 million minutes) is also
significant, with a year-on-year growth of 6.4% in 2006 and 12.8% over the
quarter. Fixed-to-mobile traffic continued to drop by 4.4% (5,431 million
minutes).
With regard to service packages, the total number of combined plans and flat
rates amounted to 4,638,661, 11.6% up on that of September 2006.
Moreover, by December 2006, there were 1,906,519 pre-selected lines, a drop
of 118,851 over the fourth quarter, with the accumulated reduction over the
year amounting to 378,071 lines.
• According to our estimates, the fixed broadband Internet access market in
Spain amounted to around 6.7 million accesses by the end of the year,
recording a historic maximum net quarterly gain over the last months of the
year of 550,000 accesses, an estimate year-on-year growth of 10%.
Telefonica's ADSL connections as a whole (wholesale plus retail, including
accesses providing only the Imagenio service) accounted for 4,385,804
connections in 2006.
Revenues from Internet and Broadband services, which totalled 2,403 million
euros over the year, 26.2% up on the previous year, more than offset the
reduction in revenues from the traditional access and voice businesses.
During the fourth quarter of the year, the growth in these revenues stood at
23.9%.
Within this section, broadband revenues from both Internet access and pay
television grew 32.6% over the year to reach 2,260 million euros, of which
84% are from the retail business.
Telefonica's client base of retail Internet broadband accesses (ADSL,
optical fiber and other technologies, excluding accesses only providing the
Imagenio service) recorded a net gain of 331,330 connections over the fourth
quarter, representing an estimated 60% of the total net gain of broadband
accesses over the quarter. With this, the total number of Telefonica
Internet broadband retail accesses stood at 3,742,652 by the end of 2006.
The company has strengthened its leadership in this market with an estimated
broadband share of 56%.
The new packages of products have led to a year-on-year reduction in the
ADSL connectivity ARPU of 8.4% that, partially offset by the growth of
almost 19.4% in the value added services ARPU, led to an overall 4.8% drop
in broadband ARPU.
It must be highlighted that over 70% of Telefonica de Espana retail
broadband accesses have the Internet connectivity service within some kind
of double or triple-play bundle.
The evolution of unbundled loops has maintained significant drive over the
year. The net gain amounted to 164,201 loops during the fourth quarter of
2006. A high percentage of the net gain of loops (60% over the year and 52%
in the last quarter) corresponds to migrations from Telefonica de Espana
wholesale ADSL service. By year end, the total number of unbundled loops
stood at 939,006 to represent, according to our estimates, 14% of the total
number of fixed broadband accesses on the Spanish market and 17.6% of ADSL
lines. Of this total, 56% were shared access loops, which remained stable
over the last quarters.
The wholesale ADSL service was affected by the migration to unbundled loops
and, therefore, recorded a loss of 135,522 accesses over the year to leave
its total plant in 586,418, 18.8% down on that recorded at the end of 2005.
Value-added services (VAS) provided over Telefonica de Espana broadband
accesses remained a fundamental factor in the service portfolio of the
Company. The number of operative services amounted to 3.1 million. ADSL
Solutions is noteworthy among these services, a total of 356,986 solutions
being operational by the end of 2006 to give a 8.5% increase in relation to
the previous quarter.
The net increase in Imagenio customers during the fourth quarter of the year
stood at 78,674, representing 43% of the total estimated net gain for the
pay TV market in Spain and 45% of the net growth of Imagenio customers over
the year. The total number of pay TV customers stood at 383,027, with a
market share of 10% (+4 percentage points compared with 2005).
• Revenues from data services grew by 4.4% over the year to reach 1,076
million euros, with wholesale data revenue accounting for the yearly growth,
19% for the accumulate of the year.
• Lastly, information technology services contributed towards Telefonica de
Espana revenues with a total of 392 million euros, a 19.9% increase year on
year. Growth stood at 25.4% over the fourth quarter.
Telefonica de Espana Group operating expenses recorded a year-on-year growth of
5.1% to stand at 7,582 million euros, while this growth totalled 30.5% over the
fourth quarter. These figures were significantly affected by the workforce
restructuring provisions, with a total of 3,304 redundancies and a provision of
980 million euros for 2006. This amount is divided into the 477 million euros
corresponding to 1,542 employees joining the Redundancy Programme initially
planned for 2006, plus 503 million euros associated to the bringing forward the
period for joining the E.R.E. corresponding to 1,762 employees. Excluding the
effect of the E.R.E. provisions, 2006 operating expenses would have dropped by
0.2% backing up the result of the cost containment policy.
• Personnel expenses grew by 14.7% in relation to the same period of the
previous year to reach 3,105 million euros. Growth stood at 86.4% over the
fourth quarter.
Excluding the effect of the workforce restructuring provisions for 2005 (595
million euros including actuarial reviews) and 2006, personnel expenses
would have grown by 0.7%.
The Telefonica de Espana Parent Company workforce at the end of the year
totalled 32,397 employees, with a net reduction of 1,147 employees since the
start of the year. The average Telefonica de Espana Parent Company workforce
in 2006 stood at 34.533 employees, a 4.2% reduction in comparison with the
average workforce in 2005.
• Supplies expenses fell by 1.1% over the year to stand at 2,971 million
euros. Over the fourth quarter, however, there was a 0.8% growth due to the
increased activity of Telyco over this last three months of the year.
• External services expenses recorded a 5.9% increase over the fourth
quarter, due to the commercial expenses of this last part of the year. These
expenses fell by 0.4% over the year to reach 1,302 million euros. Without
taking the change in accounting criterion for traffic-cards into account,
external services expenses would have grown by 5.5%.
The Telefonica de Espana OIBDA amounted to 4,572 million euros in 2006, a 4.4%
drop over the year and 37.3% over the quarter. The aforementioned impact of the
workforce restructuring provisions must be taken into account to explain this
behaviour.
For comparison purposes with the announced financial guidance, exceptional
revenues/expenses not foreseen in years 2005 and 2006 must be excluded from
OIBDA; for year 2006 this includes the 503 million euro provision associated to
the bringing forward of the period for joining the E.R.E. of 2007. Once this
adjustment has been made, the growth in OIBDA would stand at 6.4%, in line with
the target announced (above 5%).
If specific effects such as those arising from the Redundancy Programme, the
Real Estate programme or subsidies mainly are excluded, underlying OIBDA would
have grown by 3.7%.
The OIBDA margin stood at 38.2% in 2006, 2.5 percentage points under that
recorded the previous year. Excluding the effect of Redundancy Plan provision
and the actuarial review for both years, the margin would have increased by 0.7
percentage points year on year to reach 46.4%.
OIBDA for Telefonica de Espana parent company amounted to 4,593 million euros,
down 2.6% year on year.
Lastly, CapEx for Telefonica de Espana Group totalled 1,555 million euros, a
significant increase of 11.0% in comparison with the previous year, having
anticipated investments to meet increasing demand in the broadband market.
TELEFONICA DE ESPANA GROUP
ACCESSES
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
Final Clients Accesses 20,742.7 20,901.7 20,821.7 20,931.3 21,174.9 2.1
Fixed telephony accesses (1) 16,135.6 16,108.5 16,019.7 15,978.1 15,949.9 (1.2)
Internet and data accesses 4,400.6 4,542.9 4,534.6 4,648.8 4,842.0 10.0
Narrowband 1,614.9 1,437.4 1,254.0 1,177.7 1,040.5 (35.6)
Broadband (2) 2,720.8 3,042.7 3,220.1 3,411.3 3,742.7 37.6
Other (3) 64.9 62.8 60.4 59.8 58.8 (9.4)
Pay TV 206.6 250.3 267.5 304.4 383.0 85.4
Wholesale Accesses 1,164.1 1,260.4 1,369.3 1,406.5 1,531.8 31.6
Unbundled loops 434.8 546.7 678.3 774.8 939.0 116.0
Shared UL 279.0 320.3 386.0 438.5 527.7 89.1
Full UL 155.7 226.4 292.3 336.3 411.3 164.1
Wholesale ADSL 721.9 706.4 684.4 625.2 586.4 (18.8)
Other (4) 7.4 7.3 6.6 6.5 6.4 (14.0)
Total Accesses 21,906.8 22,162.1 22,191.0 22,337.7 22,706.7 3.7
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access; 2/6 Access x30. Company's
accesses for internal use included.
(2) ADSL, satelite, optical fiber and broadband circuits. Includes Terra.
(3) Leased lines.
(4) Wholesale circuits.
TELEFONICA DE ESPANA PARENT COMPANY
OPERATING REVENUES
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg 2006 2005 % Chg
Traditional Access (1) 2,768 2,826 (2.1) 689 704 (2.1)
Traditional Voice Services 4,868 5,162 (5.7) 1,203 1,298 (7.4)
Domestic Traffic (2) 1,211 1,331 (9.0) 308 335 (8.0)
Fixed to Mobile Traffic 1,105 1,152 (4.1) 269 282 (4.4)
International Traffic 500 474 5.3 130 120 8.2
Intel. Network, other cons. and bonus (3) 199 310 (35.8) 33 87 (62.8)
Interconnection (4) 907 944 (4.0) 211 227 (7.3)
Handsets sales and others (5) 947 951 (0.4) 252 247 2.1
Internet Broadband Services 2,403 1,905 26.2 640 517 23.9
Narrowband 143 201 (28.7) 26 48 (46.1)
Broadband 2,260 1,704 32.6 615 469 31.1
Retail (6) 1,901 1,298 46.4 532 359 48.2
Wholesale (7) 359 406 (11.5) 83 110 (24.8)
Data Services 1,076 1,031 4.4 270 262 3.2
VPN, Leased Circuits and Broadcasting 643 667 (3.6) 165 169 (2.7)
Wholesale 433 364 19.0 106 93 13.7
IT Services 392 327 19.9 136 108 25.4
Total operating revenues 11,508 11,251 2.3 2,939 2,890 1.7
(1) Monthly and connection fees (PSTN, Public Use Telephony, ISDN and Corporate
Services) and Telephone booths surcharges.
(2) Local and domestic long distance (provincial and interprovincial) traffic.
(3) Intelligent Network Services, Special Valued Services, Information Services
(118xy), bonusses and others.
(4) Includes revenues from fixed to fixed incoming traffic, fixed to mobile
incoming traffic, and transit and carrier traffic.
(5) Managed Voice Services and other businesses revenues.
(6) Retail ADSL services and other Internet Services.
(7) Includes Megabase, Megavia, GigADSL, and local loop unbundling.
Note: On 1st July 2006, Terra Espana merged with Telefonica de Espana, S.A.,
retroactively to 1st January 2006.
TELEFONICA DE ESPANA GROUP
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 11,964 11,755 1.8 3,070 3,011 2.0
Internal exp capitalized in fixed assets (1) 142 162 (12.1) 44 54 (18.7)
Operating expenses (7,582) (7,213) 5.1 (2,321) (1,779) 30.5
Other net operating income (expense) (15) 18 c.s. 19 (12) c.s.
Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets 80 71 12.6 (3) 11 c.s.
Impairment of goodwill and other assets (17) (10) 66.0 (5) (4) 25.9
Operating income before D&A (OIBDA) 4,572 4,784 (4.4) 803 1,281 (37.3)
Depreciation and amortization (1,866) (2,138) (12.7) (453) (511) (11.4)
Operating income (OI) 2,706 2,645 2.3 350 770 (54.5)
(1) Including work in process.
Note: Telefonica de Espana Group incorporates the results of Terra Networks operations from 1 January 2005.
RESULTS BY BUSINESS LINES
Fixed Line Business
Telefonica Latinoamerica Group
From January 1st 2006, Telefonica Latinoamerica Group's fixed telephony operator
accounts include the Telefonica Empresas businesses in their respective
countries. The 2005 results are shown on comparable terms. On the other hand, to
facilitate year-on-year comparisons, the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group figures
include the results of the Terra subsidiaries in Latin America since January 1st
2005.
Since 1st May, the results of the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group include the
results of Colombia Telecom, that changed its name to Telefonica Telecom in
November. In November Telefonica Telecom merged with Telefonica Empresas
Colombia, thus Telefonica Latinoamerica Group's stake in the new company
increased to 52.03%. In these eight months, Telefonica Telecom has recorded 398
million euros of revenues and 203 million euros at the OIBDA level (without
considering Telefonica Empresas business). In 2006, the currencies of the
countries in which the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group operates have remained
relatively stable over the year in relation to the dollar. Despite the
appreciation of the euro in relation to the dollar exchange rates posted a
positive impact over the year, with a 6.0 percentage point increase in revenues
(10.2 percentage points to September) and a 6.1 percentage point growth in OIBDA
(10.4 percentage points to September).
Over the year, the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group recorded revenues of 9,537
million euros, 14.2% up on that of the same period of the previous year in
current euros. Excluding the positive exchange rate effect and revenues from
Telefonica Telecom, the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group recorded a 3.5% growth in
revenues. This increase is compared with the target announced 1, which
considered an estimated growth in revenues around the lower level of the target
range announced (4%-6%), including the reclassification of international
termination rates in Brazil, Argentina and Peru and the public telephony
commissions in Brazil, now under operating expenses (previously as a minor
revenue) as of 1st January 2006, which finally contributed 0.6 percentage points
to the growth in revenues for the year as a whole (compared with the initially
estimated 0.7 percentage points).
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1 2006 guidance assumes constant exchange rates as of 2005 and excludes changes
in the consolidation perimeter, namely Telefonica Telecom.
The growth in revenues for the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group is mainly due to
the growth of all operators in broadband, leading to a growth in revenues from
the Internet business (narrowband + broadband + pay TV) of 17.3% in constant
euros, representing 14.9% of revenues (13.3% in 2005). Brazil's revenues
increased by 1.5% in local currency due to the 15.3% local currency increase in
revenues from the Internet business (narrowband + broadband), as the traditional
business remained almost stable as a result of the slight decrease in the number
of lines and the downwards trend in traffic that the company is trying to offset
through the sale of packages. Argentina recorded a 13.6% growth in revenues in
local currency thanks to the growth of traditional business (+10.9% in local
currency), primarily due to the minutes packages and the wholesale business, as
well as the progress of the Internet business (+34.4% in local currency).
Revenues from Peru grew by 2.6% in local currency as a result of the good
progress of broadband and TV (cable and satellite) revenues that increased by a
total 24.4% in local currency, offsetting the 2.0% drop in local currency in
revenues from traditional business due to the productivity factor (CPI-10.07%)
and lower public telephony revenues due primarily to the fixed-mobile
substitution. In Chile, in an environment of intense competition and with a high
mobile substitution effect, Telefonica was able to keep revenues stable (+0.2%
in local currency) thanks to the 36.5% increase in local currency in Internet
business (narrowband + broadband + television) revenues that offset the lower
revenues from traditional business (-3.0%). On the other hand, Terra recorded
299 million euros in revenues, 3.5% more than in 2005 in constant euros.
Operating expenses for the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group stood at 5,351 million
euros, with a year-on-year growth of 17.9% in current euros. Excluding the
contribution of Telefonica Telecom and the exchange rate effect, operating
expenses recorded a 7.6% growth in constant euros. This growth in expenses was
affected over the year by workforce restructuring expenses in Brazil, Argentina
and Chile. Higher tax expenses were recorded in Telesp due to the new concession
contract. Also an increase in payroll expenses in Argentina and higher
commercial expenses, especially regarding customer service, were recorded.
As a result, Telefonica Latinoamerica recorded operating income before
depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) of 4,209 million euros, 11.7% higher
year-on-year. Excluding the contribution of Telefonica Telecom and the positive
contribution of exchange rates, OIBDA recorded a 0.3% increase in constant
euros. These year-on-year variations were affected by the sale of Infonet and
Telinver in Argentina in 2005 and the sale of TUMSAC in Peru in 2006. Excluding
the gain on sales of fixed assets, the growth in OIBDA stood at 15.1% (+3.3%
excluding the exchange rate effect and Telefonica Telecom). With regards to the
financial objectives for the year as a whole2, the growth in OIBDA was expected
to stand at the top end of the 3%-5% range announced at the beginning of the
year, having ended at 3.7% affected by the inclusion of the expenses associated
with the Pension Plan for Management at the year end, without which growth would
have stood at 4.6%.
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2 2006 guidance assumes constant exchange rates as of 2005 and excludes
changes in the consolidation perimeter, namely Telefonica Telecom Operating
income before D&A excludes other exceptional revenues/expenses not foreseeable
in 2006. For comparison purposes, the equivalent other exceptional revenues/
expenses registered in 2005 are also deducted from the reported figures.
Telefonica Latinoamerica Group's CapEx in 2006 amounted to 1,285 million euros,
a year-on-year growth of 29.9% (+10.2% in constant terms and excluding the
investment of Telefonica Telecom), primarily used for the expansion of broadband
and new businesses. The CapEx recorded for the Telefonica Latinoamerica Group
comparable with the target3 announced at the start of the year amounted to 1,090
million euros, compared with the initially announced target of around 1,200
million euros. Telefonica Latinoamerica Group's operating free cash flow
(OIBDA-CapEx) over the year amounted to 2,924 million euros, a 5.3% growth
(+0.7% in constant euros and excluding the contribution of Telefonica Telecom
and the gain on sales of fixed assets).
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3 2006 guidance assumes constant exchange rates as of 2005 and excludes
changes in the consolidation perimeter, namely Telefonica Telecom.
By the year end, Telefonica Latinoamerica Group managed 31.2 million accesses,
10.9% up on 2005 following the incorporation of Telefonica Telecom with almost
2.4 million fixed telephone accesses and 68,004 Internet retail broadband
accesses. The Group's retail broadband Internet connections upheld the strong
growth rate of previous quarters, reaching a total of almost 3.8 million (+40.0%
year-on-year), thanks to the commercial effort of all operators. Fixed telephone
lines amounted to 23.8 million, 10.0% up on 2005 following the incorporation of
Telefonica Telecom and thanks also to the high growth rate of Telefonica del
Peru and TASA, which offset the lower plant in service of Telesp and Telefonica
Chile. Telefonica Latinoamerica Group already has 651,392 pay TV clients in Peru
and Chile.
Telesp
By the end of December, Telesp had 15.7 million accesses, a year-on-year growth
of 0.4% thanks to the strong growth in the number of Internet retail broadband
accesses that stood at 1.6 million (+32.5% year-on-year), following a net gain
over the year of almost 400,000 accesses. Fixed telephony accesses stood at 12.1
million (-1.9% year-on-year), of which around 19% were prepaid lines or lines
with a consumption limit.
Voice traffic recorded a 3.9% year-on-year decrease standing at 69,737 million
minutes as a result of the drop in local traffic (-3.1%), mainly due to lower
consumption per line and lower average plant, which the operator is trying to
offset with the sale of minutes packages. Long distance traffic, mostly
inter-state, also dropped as a result of the squeeze of this market due to the
growth of the cellular business.
Revenues recorded a year-on-year growth of 1.5% in local currency to stand at
5,565 million euros, compared with a 2.1% growth up to September. This lower
growth rate is due to the slowing down of traditional business (+0.1% compared
with +0.6% over the first nine months of the year), mostly as a result of the
reduced average billable fixed telephony plant and the drop in traffic per line.
The growth in the broadband business (+27.1% in local currency) also contributed
positively, thanks to the increased plant that enabled Internet business
revenues (narrowband + broadband) to contribute with 8.5% to Telesp revenues
(7.5% in the same period of 2005). To a lesser extent, the growth in the data
and information technology business also contributed positively (+6.2% and
+14.7% in local currency, respectively), providing a combined 3.9% of the
company revenues.
Operating expenses recorded a 4.8% year-on-year growth in local currency,
primarily due to higher tax expenses (+72.7% in local currency) mainly due to
the tax established in the new concession contract, and higher personnel
expenses (+9.6% in local currency) following the extraordinary charge associated
with the workforce restructuring programme undertaken during year that is,
however, beginning to bear fruit. Excluding this extraordinary charge, personnel
expenses would increase by 0.7% and operating expenses would limit their growth
rate to 3.7% in local currency. Furthermore, supplies expenses increased by only
0.7% in local currency due to the slowing down of interconnections as a result
of lower revenues from traffic to mobiles. Subcontracting expenses recorded a
growth rate of 2.5% in local currency, reflecting the cost containment efforts
of the operator.
Telesp's Operating income before depreciation and amortisation (OIBDA) to
December stood at 2,637 million euros, 5.1% more in local currency than the same
period of the previous year and positively affected by the recovery of old taxes
(PIS/Cofins) following the favourable judgement issued in September. The OIBDA
margin was 47.4%, 1.6 percentage points higher than that recorded in the same
period of 2005.
CapEx accumulated to December amounted to 639 million euros, 1.3% lower than in
the same period of 2005 in local currency and despite higher investments in
broadband and new businesses. Thus, the operating free cash flow (OIBDA - CapEx)
amounted to 1,998 million euros (+7.3% year-on-year in local currency).
From a regulatory viewpoint, the new regulation for pulse-to-minute migration
was finally approved in December, which is to start as of 1st March. In line
with this, two migration plans will co-exist: the basic which, in short,
transfers the current intervals to minutes, and the PASOO (Alternative
Compulsory Offer Plan).
TELESP
ACCESSES
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
Final Clients Accesses 15,606.8 15,618.7 15,704.4 15,759.0 15,663.9 0.4
Fixed telephony accesses (1) 12,340.3 12,370.4 12,336.1 12,295.1 12,107.1 (1.9)
Internet and data accesses 3,266.5 3,248.2 3,368.3 3,463.9 3,556.8 8.9
Narrowband 1,986.7 1,876.1 1,891.4 1,884.5 1,856.6 (6.5)
Broadband (2) 1,213.8 1,307.3 1,382.4 1,485.2 1,608.2 32.5
Other 66.0 64.8 94.5 94.2 92.0 39.3
Wholesale Accesses 32.6 32.7 46.3 46.4 38.4 17.6
Total Accesses 15,639.4 15,651.3 15,750.8 15,805.4 15,702.2 0.4
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access; 2/6 Access x30. Company's
accesses for internal use included.
(2) Includes ADSL and broadband circuits.
Telefonica de Argentina
Results in Argentina had progressed well by the end of the year, supported by
the strong increase in revenues due to the growth of different commercial
initiatives, despite the lack of tariff indexation since 2001.
By the end of the year, TASA managed 5.6 million accesses (+3.6% compared with
the same period in 2005), thanks to the year-on-year increase in fixed telephony
accesses (+2.3%) to stand at 4.6 million and the strong growth in the number of
Internet retail broadband accesses (+70.1%), enabling the company to maintain
its position as leader of the broadband market in its influence area with
517,666 accesses.
Total voice traffic remained stable compared with 2005 levels, in line with the
performance of local traffic that remained unvaried thanks to the sale of DUOS
(local traffic + broadband). The growth in long distance traffic (+2.1%), as
well as an increase in interconnection traffic (+1.0%) and Intelligent Network
traffic (+23.9%), offset the drop in public telephony traffic due to expansion
of the cellular business.
Revenues totalled 989 million euros, a year-on-year increase of 13.6% in local
currency due to the change in the accounting criteria for international
termination costs that, as of September, are accounted as operating expenses and
no longer netted the line of revenues as of 1st January 2006. Eliminating this
effect, revenues would have grown by 10.6% in local currency compared with 10.0%
to September. Traditional business increased by 7.4% in local currency (+10.9%
including the international termination costs effect), mainly due to the growth
in interconnection and local traffic revenues and the progress of minutes
packages, as well as lower commercial discounts and a higher average plant in
service (+3.5%). The wholesale business and value added services also performed
well, offsetting lower revenues from the public telephony business following the
growth in mobile telephony. The Internet business maintained its strong growth
rate (+34.4% in relation to the previous year in local currency), increasing its
contribution to total revenues by 1.7 percentage points to stand at 11.2%, due
to the explosive growth in broadband (whose revenues increased by 55.4% in local
currency) offsetting the squeeze in the narrowband business. High growth rates
were also maintained in the data and information technology businesses (+16.5%
jointly in local currency) as a result of higher sales to companies, primarily
of VPN's and turnkey projects.
Operating expenses grew by 19.2% (without taking the reclassification of
international termination costs into account) in local currency compared with
2005. This was mainly due to personnel expenses (+26.5% in local currency)
affected by payroll increases agreed in late 2005 and the impact of workforce
restructuring expenses. Supplies expenses increased by 17.8% (excluding the
reclassification of international termination costs), due to the increase in
interconnection traffic with other operators and the cost of equipment
(associated to higher revenues). Subcontracted services increased by 14.8% in
local currency, primarily due to the growth in service contracts that were also
affected by salary increases and higher commercial and customer service
activity.
The ratio of bad debt provision to revenues remained below 1% thanks to good
recovery management and to the larger volume of pre-paid and consumption control
infrastructure, which remained at around 30% of the total plant.
TASA recorded an operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA)
of 473 million euros, 8.9% down in local currency on that obtained in 2005 due
to the sale of Telinver during the last quarter of 2005 and the workforce
restructuring expenses recorded in 2006. Excluding the effect of the sale of
Telinver, TASA's OIBDA remained practically stable (-0.2% in local currency).
CapEx stood at 140 million euros, 21.5% higher than in 2005 in local currency,
of which around half was accounted for by broadband and new businesses. Thus,
Argentina's operating free cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) amounted to 333 million
euros, 7.2% down on that generated in 2005, excluding the sale of Telinver.
TELEFONICA DE ARGENTINA
ACCESSES
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
Final Clients Accesses 5,417.3 5,465.4 5,548.3 5,611.3 5,609.9 3.6
Fixed telephony accesses (1) 4,532.2 4,553.1 4,586.7 4,612.4 4,636.3 2.3
Internet and data accesses 885.1 912.3 961.6 998.9 973.7 10.0
Narrowband 564.0 548.9 536.1 504.1 439.2 (22.1)
Broadband (2) 304.3 346.5 408.7 477.9 517.7 70.1
Other 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.8 0.0
Wholesale Accesses 6.9 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 5.4
Total Accesses 5,424.2 5,472.7 5,555.5 5,618.4 5,617.2 3.6
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary
access; 2/6 Access x30. Company's accesses for internal use included.
(2) Includes ADSL, optical fiber, broadband circuits and ISP in the North part
of the country.
Telefonica Chile
The total number of accesses managed by Telefonica Chile dropped slightly
(-0.8%) by the end of 2006 to stand at 2.9 million. Extraordinary cancellations
were made in the telephony plant due to adjustments in the inactive prepaid
plant (137,000 lines) and the review of criteria to cancel these lines. These
extraordinary cancellations led to no additional expense or drop in company
revenues, as the lines were inactive. Thus, the number of telephony accesses
amounted to 2.2 million by the end of the year (-9.2% year-on-year). During the
fourth quarter of the year, the company continued even further with the triple
play strategy, supporting new sales of DUO and TRIO products that combine the
basic telephone service, broadband Internet and digital TV (DTH). As a result of
this strategy, Telefonica Chile ended 2006 at the forefront of the broadband
market with 494,469 accesses (+63.8% year-on-year) and an estimated share of
49%.
In June 2006, the new satellite digital TV (DTH) services were launched. After
seven months of operations, Telefonica Chile totalled 94,209 digital TV clients,
strengthening its position as the second operator in terms of number of clients
in the Chilean market.
Voice traffic carried by the networks remained affected by the substitution
effects of mobile telephony and Internet, and by higher market competition. In
2006, a total of about 14,300 million voice minutes were processed, an 11.6%
drop in relation to the previous year.
Despite the heavy competition in all markets, Telefonica Chile was able to
increase its revenues slightly in 2006, amounting to 1,006 million euros (+0.2%
year-on-year in local currency). Over the year, revenues from new businesses
gained weight from traditional business revenues that fell by 3.0% in local
currency compared with 2005 due to strong competition. Internet revenues
(narrowband + broadband + TV) revenues increased significantly (+36.5% in local
currency) to account for 10.7% of company turnover, thanks to the progress of
the broadband business and the launch of satellite TV. Revenues from data and
information technologies suffered from the strong competitive pressure in the
business segment, falling by a joint 0.6% in local currency compared with the
previous year.
Thanks to the cost containment measures taken after the second quarter, the
growth of operating expenses slowed to 5.2% in local currency due to the higher
fall in personnel expenses (without taking workforce restructuring expenses into
account), to 5.8%, and the lower growth in supplies (+7.3% in local currency)
due to higher fixed-to-fixed interconnection costs and the necessary costs for
the TV service. Subcontracting services grew moderately (+3.0% in local
currency) given the increase in activities to improve service quality, the
launch of new products and the increased number of broadband accesses.
Higher efforts were made over the year to improve collection parameters, which
were reflected by an improvement in bad debt ratios. By year end, the provision
of bad debts in relation to revenues amounted to 2.7%, a 0.3 percentage point
improvement on the previous year.
Hence, the accumulated operating income before depreciation and amortization
(OIBDA) for 2006 amounted to 417 million euros, a year-on-year increase of 1.0%.
Without taking the costs arising from workforce restructuring during the first
quarter of the year into account, OIBDA would have grown by 3.7% in relation to
2005.
Accumulated investment to December (CapEx) stood at 163 million euros. This
figure grew 43.5% in local currency year-on-year, primarily due to the launch of
digital TV, the growth of broadband, improved network capacity and new
information systems. Hence, the accumulated operating free cash flow (OIBDA -
CapEx) generated amounted to 254 million euros, 15.2% down year-on-year in local
currency.
TELEFONICA CHILE
ACCESSES
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
Final Clients Accesses 2,876.0 2,873.8 2,853.4 2,817.1 2,858.2 (0.6)
Fixed telephony accesses (1) 2,429.1 2,407.0 2,328.0 2,225.9 2,206.2 (9.2)
Internet and data accesses 446.9 466.7 514.9 538.9 557.7 24.8
Narrowband 130.5 110.7 95.6 72.8 53.3 (59.2)
Broadband (2) 302.0 345.4 409.0 456.0 494.5 63.8
Other 14.5 10.6 10.3 10.1 10.0 (31.0)
Pay TV 0.0 0.0 10.4 52.4 94.2 n.m.
Wholesale Accesses 25.9 23.9 22.8 21.9 19.9 (23.4)
Total Accesses 2,902.0 2,897.7 2,876.1 2,839.1 2,878.0 (0.8)
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access; 2/6 Access x30. Company's
accesses for internal use included.
(2) Includes ADSL, optical fiber and broadband circuits.
TELEFONICA DEL PERU
At the end of December, Telefonica del Peru reached an agreement with the
Peruvian Government to promote the development of public telecommunications
services in the country. The main agreements are as follows: (i) 22% reduction
in the tariffs of different plans, benefiting 1.5 million homes, (ii) creation
of a per second billing plan without set-up call charge, (iii) extension of the
expiry period for prepaid cards, (iv) start of a long-distance market
deregulation process, (v) reduction in public telephony tariffs, (vi) expansion
plan for 685,000 new residential lines, aimed at segments of the population with
less resources, (vii) agreement by the Telefonica Group to invest 1,000 million
dollars in the country over the next 4 years (2006-2009).
At the end of the year, Telefonica del Peru recorded a total of 3.6 million
accesses, 11.5% up on the previous year thanks to the commercial campaigns and
assistance developed over the year. The progress of traditional business (2.5
million accesses, +6.4% year-on-year) and the broadband business (468,488
Internet retail broadband accesses, +37.3% year-on-year) is worth noting.
Furthermore, the launch of satellite TV in July encouraged the growth of the
television business to give a total of 557,166 clients by year end (+20.5%
year-on-year).
Voice traffic increased by 1.1% in relation to 2005 due to higher
fixed-to-mobile, long distance and interconnection (mainly mobile-to-fixed)
traffic, which offset the drop in public telephony traffic over the year
following higher competition and the growth of the cellular business.
Revenues stood at 1,097 million euros, 2.6% up in local currency on the 2005
revenues. Internet revenues (narrowband + broadband + television) recorded a
21.4% increase in local currency as a result of the progress of broadband
revenues (+30.5% in local currency) and TV (+16.3% in local currency), both due
to strong commercial activity over the year and the launch of satellite TV,
notably expanding TV service coverage in Peru. Internet revenues continued to
gain relevance in relation to total revenues, accounting for 20.2% over the year
(17.0% in 2005). Furthermore, data and information technology revenues increased
by 6.5% and 13.7% respectively in local currency thanks to general and municipal
election projects with the National Electoral Process Office (ONPE). However,
revenues from traditional business recorded a negative trend (-2.0% in local
currency), primarily due to the application of the productivity factor
(CPI-10.07%) and the drop in public telephony revenues (-8.7% in local
currency), heavily affected by the replacement of fixed traffic for mobile
traffic.
Operating expenses for the year grew by 2.9% in local currency. The growth in
personnel expenses (+5.4% in local currency) slowed down due to the sale of
TUMSAC, which employed 1,220 workers. Supplies increased by 2.6% in local
currency due to higher activity, whereas subcontracted services increased by
4.7% in local currency as a result of higher plant maintenance expenses and
strong commercial activity, leading to an increased gross adds in traditional,
broadband and television accesses .
The substantial weight of the prepaid and consumption control infrastructure on
the telephony plant (around 60%) favoured low bad debt and, therefore, the bad
debt provision as a percentage of revenues stood at below 1% for the year.
Operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) grew by 4.3% in
local currency to stand at 467 million euros thanks to the good progress of
revenues that offset the growth in expenses and to lower extraordinary
contingencies, primarily relating to labour and tax issues and capital gains
from the sale of TUMSAC during the third quarter. The OIBDA margin was 42.6%,
0.7 percentage points higher than that recorded in 2005.
In relation to CapEx for 2006, 132 million euros were invested, 7.8% higher
year-on-year in local currency. Thus, the operating free cash flow (OIBDA -
CapEx) generated amounted to 335 million euros (+3.0% year-on-year in local
currency) as a result of the growth in OIBDA that offsets higher yearly
investment.
TELEFONICA DEL PERU
ACCESSES
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
Final Clients Accesses 3,211.0 3,277.9 3,374.2 3,469.9 3,581.2 11.5
Fixed telephony accesses (1) 2,347.6 2,388.2 2,434.0 2,468.2 2,498.5 6.4
Internet and data accesses 401.2 414.9 449.8 494.2 525.5 31.0
Narrowband 52.5 47.6 52.0 49.6 47.8 (9.0)
Broadband (2) 341.1 359.8 389.3 435.7 468.5 37.3
Other 7.6 7.5 8.4 8.9 9.2 21.7
Pay TV 462.2 474.7 490.4 507.5 557.2 20.5
Wholesale Accesses 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 (17.0)
Total Accesses 3,211.6 3,278.5 3,374.7 3,470.4 3,581.6 11.5
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary access; 2/6 Access x30. Company's
accesses for internal use included.
(2) Includes ADSL, optical fiber, cable modem and broadband circuits.
TELEFONICA INTERNATIONAL WHOLESALE SERVICES (TIWS)
Telefonica Internacional Wholesale Services (TIWS) ended the last quarter of the
year with a significant growth in revenues, in line with previous quarters.
Accumulated to December, revenues stood at 232 million euros that, in constant
terms, is a 24.1% increase in relation to 2005. By business lines, all company
business increased significantly, particularly revenues from satellite services
(+57.9%), bandwidth capacity sales (+27.6%, in line with the progress of the
entire Group in terms of broadband), International VPNs (+20.0%) and
International IP (+18.0%), the latter accounting for 52% of company sales.
Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization (OIBDA) accumulated to
December amounted to 79 million euros, a 35.8% increase the previous year in
constant currency, due to the increase in revenues.
Accumulated investment (CapEx) amounted to 45 million euros. This was a
significant increase on the previous year (+65.9%), due to the necessary SAM1
expansions required to extend its cover in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Telefonica Latinoamerica Group
TELEFONICA LATINOAMERICA GROUP
ACCESSES
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
Final Clients Accesses 28,086.8 28,231.4 30,713.0 31,064.6 31,160.0 10.9
Fixed telephony accesses (1) 21,649.1 21,718.8 23,895.5 23,964.2 23,807.5 10.0
Internet and data accesses 5,975.4 6,037.9 6,316.6 6,540.5 6,701.1 12.1
Narrowband (2) 3,185.1 3,030.6 3,005.7 2,931.2 2,813.5 (11.7)
Broadband (3) (4) 2,685.4 2,907.5 3,180.9 3,479.3 3,759.6 40.0
Other 105.0 99.8 130.0 130.0 128.0 22.0
Pay TV 462.2 474.7 500.9 559.9 651.4 40.9
Wholesale Accesses 66.0 64.5 76.8 76.0 65.9 (0.1)
Total Accesses 28,152.7 28,295.9 30,789.8 31,140.6 31,225.9 10.9
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) x1; ISDN Basic access x1; ISDN Primary
access; 2/6 Access x30. Company's accesses for internal use included.
(2) Includes narrowband ISP of Terra Brasil and Terra Colombia.
(3) Includes broadband ISP of Terra Brasil, Telefonica de Argentina, Terra
Guatemala y Terra Mexico.
(4) Includes ADSL, optical fiber, cable modem, broadband circuits and ISP in the
North part of the country.
Note: Fixed telephony and Internet and Data accesses from Telefonica Telecom
(formerly known as Colombia Telecom) are included as of December 2006.
TELEFONICA LATINOAMERICA GROUP
SELECTED OPERATING DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December
2006 2005 % Chg % Chg Local Cur
Telesp Revenues 5,565 4,980 11.7 1.5
OIBDA 2,637 2,281 15.6 5.1
OIBDA margin 47.4% 45.8% 1.6 p.p.
Telefonica de Argentina Revenues 989 925 6.9 13.6
OIBDA 473 552 (14.3) (8.9)
OIBDA margin (1) 40.7% 50.9% (10.2 p.p.)
Telefonica Chile Revenues 1,006 962 4.6 0.2
OIBDA 417 396 5.4 1.0
OIBDA margin 41.4% 41.1% 0.3 p.p.
Telefonica del Peru Revenues 1,097 1,072 2.3 2.6
OIBDA 467 449 4.0 4.3
OIBDA margin 42.6% 41.9% 0.7 p.p.
Telefonica Telecom (2) Revenues 397 - n.c. n.c.
OIBDA 203 - n.c. n.c.
OIBDA margin 50.9% - n.c. n.c.
TIWS Revenues 232 188 23.4 24.1
OIBDA 79 58 35.8 35.8
OIBDA margin 34.1% 31.0% 3.1 p.p.
Note: From January 1st 2006, Telefonica Latinoamerica Group's fixed telephony
operator accounts include the Telefonica Empresas businesses in their respective
countries. The 2005 results are shown on comparable terms. OIBDA is presented
before management fees. Data for Telefonica de Argentina include the ISP
business of Advance, while those of Telefonica del Peru includes CableMagico.
(1) Margin over revenues includes fixed to mobile interconnection.
(2) Data for Telefonica Telecom (formerly Colombia Telecom) only include results
for May-December 2006 period.
TELEFONICA LATINOAMERICA GROUP
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 9,537 8,352 14.2 2,487 2,351 5.8
Internal exp capitalized in fixed assets (1) 48 47 1.8 13 16 (18.8)
Operating expenses (5,351) (4,539) 17.9 (1,452) (1,282) 13.3
Other net operating income (expense) (21) (207) (90.0) (34) (41) (17.8)
Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets (2) 107 c.s. (2) 29 c.s.
Impairment of goodwill and other assets (2) 6 c.s. (1) (0) 192.5
Operating income before D&A (OIBDA) 4,209 3,766 11.7 1,011 1,073 (5.8)
Depreciation and amortization (1,957) (1,799) 8.8 (497) (484) 2.6
Operating income (OI) 2,251 1,967 14.4 514 589 (12.8)
(1) Including work in process.
Note: Telefonica Latinoamerica Group incorporates the results of Terra Networks operations from 1 January 2005.
RESULTS BY BUSINESS LINES
Telefonica Moviles Group
The Telefonica Moviles Group has reached at the end of 2006 a total managed
customer base close to 110 millions, with a year-over-year increase of 16.4%.
The main characteristic for the year was the high level of commercial activity
in every region where the Group has presence, driving a strong growth in its
main operations markets.
Net adds in the fourth quarter of 2006 reached 5.9 million, mounting total net
adds for the year to 15.5 million of new customers. Latin American contributed
83% to costumer base growth, reaching 83.3 million clients as of December 2006
(+18.1% vs. December of 2005).
Telefonica Moviles Espana accelerated its costumer base growth this quarter,
recording net adds of 426,000 clients (+65.8% vs. fourth quarter 2005), and
bringing the customer base at the end of the year to 21.5 million clients (+7.8%
vs. December of 2005).
Consolidated revenues reached 18,403 million euros by December, with
year-over-year growth of 11.4% in the twelve months of 2006, contributing the
exchange rates 0.2 percentage points to this growth. By those means, the
revenues growth reached the top end of the range established as financial
target1 (+9%/+12%). In the fourth quarter, the revenue stood at 4,866 million
euros, showing an improvement of 9.0% over the fourth quarter of 2005.
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1 2006 guidance assumes constant exchange rates as of 2005, and excludes
changes in consolidation perimeter. Operating Income before D&A exclude other
exceptional revenues/expenses not foreseeable in 2006. For comparison, the
equivalent other exceptional revenues/expenses registered in 2005 are also
deducted from reported figures.
By geographic regions, the revenues are splitted equally at the end of the year
between Telefonica Moviles Espana (9,199 million euros, +4.1 vs 2005) and those
coming from the consolidated Latin American operators (9,240 million euros,
+19.9% vs 2005). In the twelve months through December the exchange rates
reduced their impact to 0.5 percentage points. The better performance from Latin
America is supported one more quarter by Venezuela, Peru, Argentina and Mexico.
Consolidated OIBDA reached 6,443 million euros in December 2006, up 10.8% in the
year vs. 2005. The exchange rates has no material impact in the consolidated
OIBDA, that would register, excluding that effect, a year-over-year growth of
10.7% compared with the twelve months of 2005, accomplishing the financial
target1 for the year (+9%/+12%). In the fourth quarter of 2006 the OIBDA totaled
1,743 million euros, 9.6% more than in the same period of the previous year.
The strong commercial activity for the Christmas Campaign drives the
consolidated OIBDA margin in the fourth quarter of 2006 to 35.8%. The higher
operational efficiency allows an improvement of 0.2 percentage points compared
to the fourth quarter of 2005, and to reach 35.0% in the accumulated for 2006
(-0.2 percentage points compared to 2005).
OIBDA for Telefonica Moviles Spain showed no changes in 2006, up to 4.128
million euros as of December, despite the increased competence and higher
commercial costs. In the fourth quarter OIBDA reached 1,002 million euros, with
year-over-year decrease of 3.4%. In the twelve months to December, the margin
stands at 44.9%, 1.9 percentage points below the margin obtained a year ago.
Latin America is therefore, the region that, with a consolidated OIBDA growth of
38.5% in euros in 2006 (+38.3% excluding the impact of exchange rates), fully
contributes to the OIBDA Group increase. The region totaled 2,429 million euros
in 2006, with a figure for the fourth quarter of 775 million euros (+40.1% vs
the same period in 2005 in euros). Likewise, consolidated Latin America
subsidiaries contributed 37.1% to consolidated OIBDA2 (+7.1 percentage points
vs. the previous year). The positive trend for the region is supported both in
the bigger scale of GSM customer base and the lower unit acquisition costs, and
specially in the significant contribution from Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina.
That leads to a 6.0 percentage points progress in the margin compared to the
fourth quarter of 2005, up to the 30.5%, and 3.5 percentage points compared with
the twelve months of 2005, up to the 26.3%.
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2 Consolidated data before rest and intragroup eliminations.
The operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) obtained in Latin America region as of
December 2006 reached 904 million euros, with a year-over-year growth of 250%.
TELEFONICA MOVILES GROUP
TOTAL CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
December
2006 2005 % Chg
Spain and Morocco 26,601.3 23,913.2 11.2
Prepaid 14,321.3 13,059.8 9.7
Contract 12,278.3 10,853.4 13.1
Fixed Wireless 1.7 0.0 n.s.
Latin America 83,298.4 70,534.7 18.1
Prepaid 67,329.9 56,459.9 19.3
Contract 14,705.4 13,066.3 12.5
Fixed Wireless 1,263.1 1,008.5 25.2
Total 109,899.7 94,447.9 16.4
Spain
The results obtained by Telefonica Moviles Espana in 2006 reflect the success of
the company's commercial strategy with a clear focus on loyalty, enabling to
increase its yearly net adds by 70%, compared with an 18% growth in gross adds.
Hence, net adds for 2006 amounted to 1.6 million new clients (93% in the postpay
segment), highlighting the low 1.0% churn in the contract segment.
Thus, Telefonica Moviles Espana has strengthened its competitive position by
driving the market and ending the year with an estimated market share of over
45%.
The growth in the total number of clients, initiatives to promote consumption
and commercial efficiency have led to a 4.1% increase in total revenues (+3%/+6%
target), supported by the good performance of customer revenues (+6.5%),
reversing the downwards trend of absolute OIBDA and reaching an OIBDA margin of
45%.
In 2006, the mobile telecommunication sector in Spain was marked by increased
competitive intensity throughout the year and, more specifically, in the fourth
quarter, with aggressive Christmas campaigns and the entry of three new players.
The market therefore exceeded 47 million clients by the end of December 2006, an
estimated 104% penetration (+7.7 percentage points vs. 2005).
In this context, the commercial strategy of Telefonica Moviles Espana has
provided very positive results, with net adds of over 426,000 clients in the
fourth quarter (+66% year on year) to gain 1.6 million lines in the yearly
accumulate. The estimated net gain share of the company amounted to over 39% for
the year (+16 percentage points vs. 2005). The good performance of the net gain
led to a total of 21.4 million clients by the end of 2006, 7.8% up on 2005. The
performance of Telefonica Moviles Espana contract customer base is worth noting,
which grew by 13.4% year on year to stand at 57%, 2.8 percentage points up on
that recorded one year ago.
Good commercial performance during the fourth quarter was supported by the
successful Christmas campaign (100x1 promotion until 31st December and weekends
free until April 2007), joined by 1.2 million clients. Together with the special
loyalty campaign launched last October, this led to over 3.1 million commercial
actions during the fourth quarter of 2006, 17% more than in the last quarter of
2005. In the yearly accumulate commercial actions amounted to 11.6 million
(+8.3% vs. 2005).
This progress in terms of commercial actions was supported by the gross adds
performance, which exceeded 1.5 million in the last quarter of 2006 (up 21% year
on year) and totalled 5.9 million in the yearly accumulate (+18% year on year).
The significant growth in contract gross adds in the year is also worth
highlighting, up 10.1% compared with 2005, to confirm Telefonica Moviles
Espana's focus on value customers.
Portability over the fourth quarter of 2006 continued to show good results with
a net gain of 61,500 lines, almost six times the one obtained in the same
quarter of 2005 to give an accumulated 174,700 lines (-116,000 in 2005). The
excellent performance of the contract segment must be underlined, with 103,100
net adds in the fourth quarter and over 278,000 over the year as a whole, as a
result of the company's emphasis on clients with greater consumption.
Churn played a key role in the solid commercial results of Telefonica Moviles
Espana. This stood at 1.74% during the fourth quarter, following on with the
downwards trend of the other three quarters of the year and almost in line with
that obtained during the fourth quarter of 2005. Accumulated churn amounted to
1.74%, slightly below that obtained in 2005. The behaviour of contract churn is
worth noting, which fell to 0.9% in the last quarter (-0.2 percentage points
year on year) to give a yearly accumulate of 1.0% (-0.1 percentage points vs.
2005). Handset upgrades through the loyalty programme contributed towards the
good evolution of churn.
In terms of consumption, the minutes managed by the network during the last
quarter of the year grew by 11.2% in relation to the same period of 2005 to post
over 56,800 million minutes for the year as a whole (+11.4% vs. 2005). On-net
traffic recorded a 13.5% growth over the year compared with 2005. Hence, the MoU
in the fourth quarter of 2006 amounted to 157 minutes (+3.6% on the same quarter
in 2005). Accumulated MoU grew by 4.4% to total 156 minutes.
Despite the fall in interconnection tariffs in October (-6.9%), voice ARPU
amounted to 28 euros in the fourth quarter, a 1.8% drop year on year, to limit
the year's accumulated decrease to 1.2% to stand at 28.4 euros. Accumulated
outgoing voice ARPU for 2006 increased by 0.8% in comparison with 2005.
Data ARPU in the fourth quarter of the year grew by 5.2% compared with the same
period of 2005 to stand at 5.0 euros, 4.6 euros for the year as a whole and a
2.9% increase in annual terms compared with 2005. This progress is due to the
24% growth in non-SMS interpersonal data revenues. The company already has over
1.1 million 3G clients and over 100,000 clients subscribed to semi-flat rate
data packages such as the 5Gb, 1Gb and 30Mb plans, which contributed towards the
progress of data ARPU.
Hence, total ARPU amounted to 33.0 euros for the fourth quarter and 32.9 euros
for the year as a whole, a slight 0.8% drop compared with the fourth quarter of
2005 and 0.7% compared with 2005 as a whole.
The following must be noted with regards to the financial results for the last
quarter and year end 2006:
• Company revenues for 2006 as a whole amounted to 9,199 million euros, a
4.1% increase compared with 2005, as a result of the evolution of service
revenues (+4.5%) supported by the good performance of customer revenues
(+6.5%).
During the last quarter, total revenues amounted to 2,333 million euros, up
5.4% year on year. This performance is due to increased service revenues
(+4.2%) and the progress of handset sale revenues (+15.7%) compared with the
fourth quarter of 2005, a result of the successful Christmas commercial
campaign that had a higher weight on 3G handsets.
The positive performance of service revenues in the fourth quarter of 2006
was especially supported by the evolution of customer revenues, which were
up 4.7% up on the fourth quarter of 2005, with roaming and interconnection
revenues remaining almost stable compared with the same quarter of the
previous year (0.8%).
• Accumulated OIBDA for 2006 amounted to 4,128 million euros, in line with
that obtained in 2005 despite greater commercial activity during 2006
(+8.3%) to reverse the fall recorded the previous year. Thus, the OIBDA
margin for 2006 as a whole stood at 44.9%, 1.9 percentage points lower than
2005 due to greater commercial activity and higher network and customer
management expenses.
The increase in the number of commercial actions in the fourth quarter of
2006, which were up 17% year on year, affected OIBDA for the fourth quarter
causing it to fall slightly (-3.4%) compared with the same period of 2005
with the OIBDA margin standing at 43.0% (46.9% in the fourth quarter of
2005).
• Accumulated investment in 2006 reached 750 million euros, a 3% increase on
investments in 2005. Telefonica Moviles Espana continued to deploy its UMTS
network with over 1,000 base stations during 2006 to give a total of over
6,000.
• Thus, the operating cash flow (OIBDA-CAPEX) accumulated over the year
amounted to 3,378 million euros, maintaining a similar level to 2005.
TELEFONICA MOVILES ESPANA
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 9,199 8,834 4.1 2,333 2,213 5.4
OIBDA 4,128 4,128 (0.0) 1,002 1,038 (3.4)
OIBDA margin 44.9% 46.7% (1.9 p.p.) 43.0% 46.9% (3.9 p.p.)
TELEFONICA MOVILES ESPANA
SELECTED OPERATING DATA
Unaudited figures
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
Cellular customer (thousands) 19,889.9 20,276.8 20,655.0 21,019.7 21,446.0 7.8
Prepaid 9,186.4 9,231.9 9,261.2 9,290.7 9,303.0 1.3
Contract 10,703.5 11,044.9 11,393.8 11,729.0 12,142.9 13.4
4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q % Chg
MOU (minutes) 152 153 156 158 157 3.6
Prepaid 67 66 64 71 66 (0.7)
Contract 226 227 231 228 228 0.8
ARPU (EUR) 33.2 31.8 33.0 33.9 33.0 (0.8)
Prepaid 16.7 15.7 16.4 17.6 15.9 (4.9)
Contract 47.7 45.5 46.6 46.9 45.7 (4.0)
Data ARPU 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.6 5.0 5.2
%non-P2PSMS over data revenues 41.1% 43.6% 42.5% 43.9% 45.3% 4.1 p.p.
Note: MOU and ARPU calculated as monthly quarterly average.
TELEFONICA MOVILES ESPANA
REVENUES
Unaudited figures
December
2006 2005
Customer revenues 69.1% 67.5%
Interconnection 16.3% 17.3%
Handset sales 11.5% 11.8%
Roaming - In 2.7% 3.0%
Other 0.4% 0.4%
Morocco
At the end of 2006 Medi Telecom customer base stood at 5.2 million, posting a
28.1% growth vs. December 2005.
Regarding results, revenues in 2006 reach 425 million euros (+7.2% vs. 2005 in
local currency).
OIBDA to December 2006 increases by 7.9% in local currency to reach 167 million
euros, standing the margin for the year at 39.2%, in line with the obtained in
2005.
MOROCCO
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
MEDI TELECOM 4,023.3 4,185.6 4,167.9 4,245.6 5,155.3 28.1
Prepaid 3,873.4 4,040.5 4,029.8 4,111.0 5,018.3 29.6
Contract 149.9 145.1 137.7 133.3 135.4 (9.7)
Fixed Wireless 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 1.7 n.m.
Latin america
Brazil
Vivo's results for the fourth quarter maintained the growth trend from the third
quarter, based on a better operational performance, as a consequence of the
market's good perception of the company's commercial offer. On top of that, the
initiatives established in its action plan also remained positive, with a 95%
reduction of phone cloning fraud cases and due to the integration of billing
systems and prepay platforms.
At the end of the last quarter of 2006, Vivo's customer base totalled 29.1
million clients in a market with a 55% penetration, 6 percentage points higher
than the third quarter of 2005, and maintaining the deceleration trend of
previous quarters. Quarterly net adds stood at 327,000 clients, of which 266,000
are in the contract segment, that reflects the improvement in the churn rate
resulting from the implementation of initiatives for recovering corporate
clients.
Consumption and traffic indicators reaped the positive effects of the new
commercial strategy. In October, Vivo launched new contract plans 'Vivo
Escolha', delivering more flexibility to its clients. At the end of the year,
they counted for 10% of customer base and had a mix of plans that, in 60% of the
cases led to increased monthly consumption compromises. In addition, Vivo has
maintained its campaigns designed to increase prepay traffic ('Promocao Natal
2006 Mil Reais') with on-net traffic promotions variable according to top-ups.
The MOU in the fourth quarter of 2006 was 82 minutes, showing a 10.6% increase
in relation to the same period last year, and impacting positive on the ARPU, up
to 31.2 Brazilian reais (+6.8% vs. last quarter 2005).
Total revenues for 2006 stood at 2,005 million euros (-3.5% in local currency
vs. the previous year). Service revenues in local currency dropped by 0.6% vs.
2005, whilst this same figure for the fourth quarter of 2006 increased by 2.0%
in relation to the same period last year, due to greater revenues from
interconnection (+20.5%), which was the consequence of the removal of the Bill &
Keep rule. Without taking into account the impact of Bill & Keep, income would
drop 9.3% in relation to 2005.
It is important to highlight the good results in the prepay segment, resulting
from well received promotions designed to promote traffic, presenting a 15.2%
increase in outgoing revenues in relation to the same quarter in 2005 (+6.1% for
the whole year). The new commercial strategy, as well as a better operational
efficiency and cost reduction, allowed the company to reach a 103 million euros
OIBDA in the fourth quarter (-5.7% in local currency). Regarding the most
relevant commercial costs, it is worth mentioning the drop in commissions, as a
consequence of the higher percentage of joining clients at Vivo shops and the
lower unit subsidy, due to the change in the mix of handsets. This OIBDA was
affected by the extraordinary impact of 51 million euros write down in network
equipment, for the 50% of Vivo. For the year OIBDA amounted to 438 million
euros, down 19.8% in local currency, and down 11.4% excluding both the effect of
Bill & Keep and network write down. The OIBDA margin stood at 21.9%, and would
be 24.1% if this impact were excluded. The margin stood at 19.9% in the fourth
quarter. The positive impact of Bill & Keep added around 5.5 million euros to
the company's annual OIBDA.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that the implementation of the GSM network is
almost finished, and will be launched fully commercially by the end of the first
quarter. The expected investment for the network implementation has remained in
line with guidance, with a 65% of the 1,080 Brazilian reais budget already
executed as of December.
BRASIL
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg % Chg Local Cur 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 2,005 1,889 6.1 (3.5) 517 558 (7.3)
OIBDA 438 496 (11.7) (19.8) 103 117 (12.1)
OIBDA margin 21.9% 26.3% (4.4 p.p.) 19.9% 21.0% (1.1 p.p.)
BRAZIL
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
VIVO 29,804.6 30,137.7 28,524.7 28,725.7 29,053.1 (2.5)
Prepaid 24,060.8 24,377.2 23,256.5 23,481.5 23,543.4 (2.2)
Contract 5,743.8 5,760.5 5,268.1 5,244.1 5,509.6 (4.1)
At the close of 1H06, an adjustment of 1.8 million inactive lines in Brazil was made.
Northern Region
Mexico
During the last quarter of 2006, Telefonica Moviles Mexico's commercial activity
rose significantly. This was mainly due to its well received Christmas campaign
and the improvement of its commercial network, customer service processes and
network quality.
As of December 2006, the estimated penetration in the Mexican market reached 53%
(+9 percentage points vs. December 2005). Telefonica Moviles Mexico's customer
base exceeded 8.5 million clients, which represents a 34.3% growth with respect
to 2005. This good performance in total numbers is based on December's offers,
which allowed to surpass 1.8 million adds in the last quarter of 2006, 30%
higher than the figure recorded in the same period last year. The improvement in
the quality of new clients allowed the company to maintain the levels of churn
stable, in spite of higher add rates. In this context, net adds in the fourth
quarter rose to 1.1 million clients leading to churn rate improvements, reaching
a yearly rate of 3.5%. In 2006 Telefonica Moviles Mexico's net adds reached 2.2
million clients, of which over 210,000 are in the contract segment. Churn rate
reduction in this segment to 2.0% mark (-3.5 p.p. vs. 2005) and higher numbers
of new clients, allowed the company to exceed 530.000 contract clients.
At operational level it is worth mentioning the strong traffic growth,
especially for outgoing traffic and in contract segments. Thus, MOU in the last
quarter of 2006 amounted to 104 minutes, more than doubling consumption from the
fourth quarter 2005. This improvement is reflected on the ARPU, reaching 21.6%
increase up to 136.3 Mexican pesos. For the year, the MOU stood at 80 minutes
(+55.8% vs. 2005) and the ARPU at 121.5 pesos (+12.1% vs. 2005).
As a result of the good commercial performance of the company ('Fixed Rate per
Call' or 'Fixed Rate Plan') revenues for 2006 reached 988 million euros and
showed a 28.2% growth in local currency with respect to 2005. Service revenues
maintained the positive trend of previous quarters (+34.3% year-on-year),
reflecting the average customer base growth, and the better quality and
consumption by clients. This good performance of service revenues is based on
the outgoing traffic revenues (+45.0% in local currency), helped by on-net
traffic increase. Although incoming traffic revenues (+16.6% in local currency)
still reflected the reduction of interconnection fees from the start of the
year, in this quarter they showed signs of recovery due to the launch - on the
4th of November - of the 'El que llama paga nacional' (National CPP service),
which is the result of an agreement dated the 11th of October, signed by the
operators Telcel, Telmex, Iusacell, Unefon and Movistar. During the fourth
quarter of the year, service revenues presented a 57.9% growth in relation to
the fourth quarter 2005.
OIBDA in the last quarter reflected the good development of revenues and
improvements in efficiency. The Christmas campaign intense commercial activity
did not prevent the OIBDA reaching 22 million euros in the fourth quarter,
reducing OIBDA losses in 2006 to 10 million euros, in comparison to negative
OIBDA of 159 million euros in 2005.
The positive trend of OIBDA was reflected in the operating cash flow, which in
2006 reduced its losses in local currency by 53% compared to the previous year,
standing at -190 million euros.
MEXICO
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg % Chg Local Cur 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 988 779 26.8 28.2 299 216 38.7
OIBDA (10) (159) (93.7) (93.7) 22 (29) c.s.
OIBDA margin (1.0%) (20.4%) 19.4 p.p. 7.5% (13.2%) 20.7 p.p.
MEXICO
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
TEM Mexico 6,368.1 6,559.4 6,865.6 7,443.3 8,553.2 34.3
Prepaid 6,047.7 6,189.1 6,439.0 6,950.7 8,017.8 32.6
Contract 319.9 369.3 425.3 490.9 533.4 66.8
Fixed Wireless 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.6 2.0 n.m.
NORTHERN REGION
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
TEM Mexico 6,368.1 6,559.4 6,865.6 7,443.3 8,553.2 34.3
Prepaid 6,047.7 6,189.1 6,439.0 6,950.7 8,017.8 32.6
Contract 319.9 369.3 425.3 490.9 533.4 66.8
Fixed Wireless 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.6 2.0 n.m.
TEM Guatemala 1,040.7 1,149.1 1,281.4 1,385.6 1,490.6 43.2
Prepaid 864.4 965.8 1,078.8 1,175.8 1,264.5 46.3
Contract 69.9 71.2 82.1 88.9 100.6 43.9
Fixed Wireless 106.3 112.1 120.6 120.9 125.5 18.0
TEM Panama 849.4 904.8 889.4 948.7 939.2 10.6
Prepaid 781.5 836.2 815.9 872.1 859.8 10.0
Contract 67.9 68.5 73.5 76.7 79.4 17.0
TEM El Salvador 537.8 626.4 693.9 743.6 846.9 57.5
Prepaid 435.3 513.6 568.8 607.3 691.1 58.8
Contract 79.0 79.9 82.5 86.2 92.0 16.4
Fixed Wireless 23.5 32.9 42.6 50.0 63.7 171.2
TEM Nicaragua 371.6 414.7 458.7 486.9 552.8 48.8
Prepaid 310.4 354.6 397.2 423.7 487.6 57.1
Contract 45.3 43.4 43.2 43.2 43.5 (4.0)
Fixed Wireless 15.9 16.7 18.3 20.0 21.7 36.6
Total Acceses 9,167.6 9,654.3 10,188.9 11,008.1 12,382.8 35.1
Andean Region
Venezuela
In the last quarter of 2006, there was a rise in market growth in Venezuela,
reaching approximately 70% penetration, presenting a more than 20 percentage
points improvement on the previous year. In December 2006, Telefonica Moviles
Venezuela's customer base surpassed 8.8 million clients (+43.3% in relation to
December 2005), registering 2.7 million net adds in the twelve months of the
year (+45.4% vs. 2005). The last quarter showed a record in the number of new
clients, which, in addition to good churn rates, led the company to reach net
adds of 800,000 clients in the period.
In terms of operational development, it is worth mentioning the accumulated ARPU
year-on-year improvement (+6.8%), highlighting data revenues that improved 25%
in relation to the previous quarter. This, and the customer base increase,
allowed service revenues to rise 46.1%, in line with the client base.
Thus, accumulated annual revenues reached 2,040 million euros (+45.7% vs. 2005
in local currency), which in the fourth quarter reached 590 million euros
(+41.6% vs. the last quarter of 2005 in local currency).
Operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) amounted to 815
million euros in 2006, up 42.9% in comparison with 2005 in local currency.
Growth deceleration in the fourth quarter vs. the previous period (+41.5% in
local currency vs. +60.4% in the third quarter of 2006) was mainly due to
greater commercial activity registered in November and December. Margin for 2006
year remained at 39.9%, which translated into a limited decrease of 0.8
percentage points, given that the higher commercial costs were compensated by
the good performance of service revenues. In the fourth quarter, the margin
stood at 39.9% (in line with the one obtained in the same period 2005).
Finally, it is worth mentioning that the company has started the implementation
of the GSM network, with a commercial launch in the last weeks of January 2007.
VENEZUELA
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg % Chg Local Cur 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 2,040 1,438 41.9 45.7 590 445 32.8
OIBDA 815 585 39.2 42.9 236 178 32.7
OIBDA margin 39.9% 40.7% (0.8 p.p.) 39.9% 39.9% (0.0 p.p.)
VENEZUELA
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
TEM Venezuela 6,160.3 6,683.3 7,820.6 8,025.9 8,826.2 43.3
Prepaid 5,203.7 5,659.0 6,665.7 6,813.6 7,520.2 44.5
Contract 347.8 371.7 399.2 431.6 469.4 35.0
Fixed Wireless 608.8 652.7 755.7 780.7 836.6 37.4
Colombia
The Columbian cellular market reached 27.7 million customers, with a 67%
penetration (+20 percentage points vs. December 2005). In comparison to the
third quarter of 2006, total market figures were reduced by 1.5 million clients,
after regulatory criteria change, which established a smaller client base (-2.3
millions) for Comcel and Millicom.
Commercial activity slowed down in the last quarter of 2006. Lower commercial
aggressiveness, as well as the increase in churn rates related to the intense
competitiveness of previous quarters campaigns, was translated into net gains of
73,000 lines during the period (-91.6% vs the last quarter of 2005). In
accumulated terms, the figure rose to 1.7 million in 2006, 36.9% less in
comparison to 2006 figure. At the end of the year the customer base reached 7.8
million clients (+28.6% year-on-year), with 60% of clients on GSM (+5.0
percentage points vs. third quarter 2006).
Revenues reached 779 million euros at the end of the year, reflecting a 6.4%
growth in local currency, which referred to the fourth quarter, turns to a 1.2%
decrease in relation to the same period the previous year. Service revenues
presented a 0.4% growth with respect to last quarter of 2005 and a 4.4% growth
accumulated year-on-year, affected by reductions in interconnection rates and
accelerated client base growth.
Last months' strict control of costs and commercial spending, allowed the
company to reach 138 million euros OIBDA, reflecting a 28.2% increase in
accumulated terms and in local currency, and a 12.3% increase in the fourth
quarter in relation to the last quarter of 2005. Margin registered a 3.0
percentage points increase in relation to 2005, reaching 17.7% in the year
(27.4% in the last quarter of 2006).
COLOMBIA
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg % Chg Local Cur 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 779 750 4.0 6.4 195 213 (8.5)
OIBDA 138 110 25.3 28.2 53 50 7.0
OIBDA margin 17.7% 14.7% 3.0 p.p. 27.3% 23.4% 4.0 p.p.
COLOMBIA
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
TEM Colombia 6,033.0 6,817.8 7,474.0 7,687.0 7,759.7 28.6
Prepaid 4,657.9 5,283.6 5,721.4 5,883.5 5,960.5 28.0
Contract 1,375.1 1,534.1 1,752.7 1,803.5 1,799.2 30.8
Peru
The Peruvian cellular market maintained the strong dynamism shown from the start
of the year. Thus, penetration rate showed an increase of over 12 percentage
points in relation to December 2005, reaching 32%. The company's more intense
commercial stance was reflected in the positive development of customer base,
especially during the Christmas campaign with a great variety of GSM handsets,
traffic promotions of up to 3 times the price of equipment, SMS gifts and the
possibility to select a phone number with unlimited traffic for a month. This
led to a significant increase in the company's net adds, reaching 616.000
clients this quarter (+140.7% vs. the same quarter in 2005). Telefonica Moviles
Peru customer base exceeded 5.1 million clients (+48.5% in relation to December
2005), with 42% of clients on GSM.
As well as aggressive commercial competitiveness, it is also worth mentioning
good consumption trends, especially in prepay plans, associated with the success
of promotional campaigns based on the duplication or triplication of top-ups.
This was therefore reflected in a 36% prepay MOU growth in the fourth quarter
compared to the same period the previous year.
Revenues reached 447 million euros, rising 27.8% in relation to the fourth
quarter of the previous year and 22.2% in accumulated terms, both in local
currency. The good performance of service revenues is worth emphasising, as it
maintained its growth trend (+33.5% with respect to the fourth quarter the
previous year and 21.4% in accumulated terms). This growth is supported by the
positive behaviour of prepay outgoing revenues, which more than double in
comparison to the previous year, mainly due to the flexibility provided by
traffic promotions mentioned above.
Despite greater commercial activity, revenues growth and improved operational
efficiency led to 17.6% higher OIBDA in comparison to the fourth quarter of the
previous year and 10.1% higher in accumulated terms, both in local currency.
Fourth quarter margin reached 29.4% and stood at 28.9% for the cumulative year
(-3.2 percentage points to that registered in 2005).
PERU
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg % Chg Local Cur 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 447 367 21.9 22.2 129 103 24.6
OIBDA 129 118 9.8 10.1 38 33 14.7
OIBDA margin 28.9% 32.1% (3.2 p.p.) 29.3% 31.9% (2.5 p.p.)
PERU
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg
TEM Peru 3,455.0 3,680.9 4,048.9 4,513.8 5,129.8 48.5
Prepaid 2,804.3 3,007.6 3,331.1 3,749.7 4,353.3 55.2
Contract 579.5 603.3 648.1 691.9 705.2 21.7
Fixed Wireless 71.1 70.1 69.8 72.2 71.3 0.2
ANDEAN REGION
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg % Chg
TEM Venezuela 6,160.3 6,683.3 7,820.6 8,025.9 8,826.2 43.3
Prepaid 5,203.7 5,659.0 6,665.7 6,813.6 7,520.2 44.5
Contract 347.8 371.7 399.2 431.6 469.4 35.0
Fixed Wireless 608.8 652.7 755.7 780.7 836.6 37.4
TEM Colombia 6,033.0 6,817.8 7,474.0 7,687.0 7,759.7 28.6
Prepaid 4,657.9 5,283.6 5,721.4 5,883.5 5,960.5 28.0
Contract 1,375.1 1,534.1 1,752.7 1,803.5 1,799.2 30.8
TEM Peru 3,455.0 3,680.9 4,048.9 4,513.8 5,129.8 48.5
Prepaid 2,804.3 3,007.6 3,331.1 3,749.7 4,353.3 55.2
Contract 579.5 603.3 648.1 691.9 705.2 21.7
Fixed Wireless 71.1 70.1 69.8 72.2 71.3 0.2
TEM Ecuador 1,884.6 2,328.4 2,554.7 2,393.1 2,490.0 32.1
Prepaid 1,517.5 1,948.3 2,161.7 1,984.0 2,133.0 40.6
Contract 364.7 377.7 390.6 406.9 355.3 (2.6)
Fixed Wireless 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.7 (29.4)
Total Acceses 17,532.8 19,510.5 21,898.2 22,619.8 24,205.6 38.1
Southern Cone Region
Argentina
During the last quarter of 2006, the Argentinean mobile market showed a strong
growth trend, reaching 78% penetration, which means more than 8 percentage
points growth in the last quarter, around 23 percentage points higher than
December 2005 figures. It is worth mentioning that the fourth quarter is the
quarter with greater commercial activity in Argentina, due to Mothers' Days
celebrations in October and Christmas campaign.
Net adds for the last quarter of 2006 rose to more than 1,0 million new clients,
based on a 12.5% increase in commercial activity in comparison to the same
quarter in 2005 and the good evolution of churn. The company closed the year
with 2.9 million new clients, which meant a 34.4% growth in the company's
customer base, reaching 11.2 million clients. GSM weight reached 73% of the
customer base (+22 percentage points with respect to 2005).
Revenues maintained the solid growth registered in previous quarters, up 29.2%
in the last quarter of 2006 in local currency vs. the same period in 2005. In
accumulated terms the company reached 1,260 million euros, up 32.5% in local
currency over the previous year. Service revenues grew to a rate of 30.5% in
local currency in the last quarter of 2006 in comparison to the same period in
2005, driven once more by the good performance of outgoing revenues, and
especially prepay revenues. Cumulative service revenues showed 32.3% growth.
Data revenues maintained the growth trend of previous quarters, doubling 2005
figure at the end of the year, reaching 260 million euros.
Strong revenues growth and lower commercial unit costs allowed a 137.9% OIBDA
growth for the year in local currency, which meant reaching 339 million euros in
the cumulative year of 2006. OIBDA margin stood at 26.9% at the end of the year,
improving 11.9 percentage points in relation to the previous year.
ARGENTINA
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg % Chg Local Cur 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 1,260 1,010 24.8 32.5 354 303 16.5
OIBDA 339 151 123.9 137.9 121 44 175.7
OIBDA margin 26.9% 15.0% 11.9 p.p. 34.3% 14.5% 19.8 p.p.
ARGENTINA
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg % Chg
TEM Argentina 8,335.0 8,914.4 9,486.1 10,150.2 11,199.4 34.4
Prepaid 5,035.8 5,535.2 5,951.4 6,498.1 7,315.8 45.3
Contract (1) 3,119.2 3,210.0 3,373.8 3,499.4 3,742.9 20.0
Fixed Wireless 179.9 169.2 160.8 152.7 140.7 (21.8)
Chile
In Chile, the high level of market competence has accelerated its growth,
reaching an estimated penetration of 82% by December 2006, presenting a 10
percentage points improvement on the previous year.
Customer base for Telefonica Moviles Chile, that kept the market leadership,
reached 5.7 million clients at the end of 2006, driven by new GSM clients, with
73% of the total base already using this technology. Contract clients (1.2
million, +31.5% vs. 2005) pushed an accumulated 7.7% growth in the company's
customer base, reflecting net adds in the last quarter of 2006 of 62,000 new
clients, (+36.1% vs. same period in 2005). Greater commercial activity in
Christmas campaign and lower churn led to an accumulated net adds of 404,000
clients.
Revenues showed a 15.3% annual growth in local currency, reaching 796 million
euros. Service revenues grew to a rate of 18.5% in local currency in 2006 in
comparison to 2005 (+12.4% in the fourth quarter of 2006 vs. the fourth quarter
of 2005), mainly driven by outgoing revenues growth, significantly higher than
customer base expansion. This behaviour reflects the ARPU positive evolution
(+11.8% in relation to 2005), based on the higher weight of contract clients,
resulting both from new clients and the proactive prepay-contract migration
policy, plan upgrades and minute packages and VAS sales.
OIBDA at the end of the year, with accumulated growth of 19.7% in local
currency, reached 294 million euros, due to the revenues good performance and
cost control. The last quarter of 2006 showed a 28.7% growth in local currency
in relation to the same period in 2005. The cumulative OIBDA margin reached
36.9%, 1.4 percentage points over the 2005 figure, thanks to better efficiency
and despite increased commercial efforts taken due to initiatives arising from
technological migration. In the last quarter the OIBDA margin amounted to 49.6%,
improving 7.1 percentage points in relation to the same period the previous
year.
CHILE
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg % Chg Local Cur 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 796 661 20.3 15.3 215 202 6.4
OIBDA 294 235 24.9 19.7 107 86 24.2
OIBDA margin 36.9% 35.5% 1.4 p.p. 49.6% 42.5% 7.1 p.p.
CHILE
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg % Chg
TEM Chile 5,275.8 5,335.0 5,515.1 5,618.1 5,680.2 7.7
Prepaid 4,384.1 4,396.0 4,501.9 4,491.6 4,507.6 2.8
Contract 891.7 938.9 1,013.2 1,126.5 1,172.7 31.5
SOUTHERN CONE
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS
Unaudited figures (Thousands)
2005 2006
December March June September December % Chg % Chg
TEM Argentina 8,335.0 8,914.4 9,486.1 10,150.2 11,199.4 34.4
Prepaid 5,035.8 5,535.2 5,951.4 6,498.1 7,315.8 45.3
Contract (1) 3,119.2 3,210.0 3,373.8 3,499.4 3,742.9 20.0
Fixed Wireless 179.9 169.2 160.8 152.7 140.7 (21.8)
TEM Chile 5,275.8 5,335.0 5,515.1 5,618.1 5,680.2 7.7
Prepaid 4,384.1 4,396.0 4,501.9 4,491.6 4,507.6 2.8
Contract 891.7 938.9 1,013.2 1,126.5 1,172.7 31.5
TEM Uruguay 418.9 500.4 584.4 655.4 777.3 85.6
Prepaid 356.5 434.7 511.9 569.8 675.3 89.4
Contract 62.4 65.6 72.5 85.6 102.0 63.5
Total Acceses 14,029.7 14,749.8 15,585.6 16,423.8 17,657.0 25.9
(1) Includes costumers with an 'Ahorro' contract, who prepay a monthly fee.
REST OF COUNTRIES
Apart from the above mentioned operations, Telefonica Latin America Group is
present in Central America (Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Nicaragua), in
Ecuador and Uruguay cellular markets. All together, those operations had as of
December 2006 more than 7 millions customers (+39% vs. 2005), revenues that
amounted 923 million euros (+14% vs. 2005) and OIBDA that reached 287 million
euros (+31.9% vs. 2005).
Telefonica Moviles Group
TELEFONICA MOVILES GROUP
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December
2006 2005 % Chg
Spain Revenues 9,199 8,834 4.1
OIBDA 4,128 4,128 (0.0)
OIBDA margin 44.9% 46.7% (1.9 p.p.)
Latin America Revenues 9,240 7,705 19.9
OIBDA 2,429 1,755 38.5
OIBDA margin 26.3% 22.8% 3.5 p.p.
Brazil Revenues 2,005 1,889 6.1
OIBDA 438 496 (11.7)
OIBDA margin 21.9% 26.3% (4.4 p.p.)
Northern Region Revenues 1,544 1,264 22.2
OIBDA 195 (1) c.s.
OIBDA margin 12.6% (0.1%) 12.7 p.p.
Andean Region Revenues 3,557 2,837 25.4
OIBDA 1,146 866 32.3
OIBDA margin 32.2% 30.5% 1.7 p.p.
Southern Cone Revenues 2,133 1,714 24.4
OIBDA 650 393 65.5
OIBDA margin 30.5% 22.9% 7.6 p.p.
Rest and intragroup Revenues (36) (25) 44.2
OIBDA (114) (65) 74.1
OIBDA margin n.m. n.m. n.c.
TOTAL Revenues 18,403 16,514 11.4
OIBDA 6,443 5,817 10.8
OIBDA margin 35.0% 35.2% (0.2 p.p.)
TELEFONICA MOVILES GROUP
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)
January - December October - December
2006 2005 % Chg 2006 2005 % Chg
Revenues 18,403 16,514 11.4 4,866 4,463 9.0
Internal exp capitalized in fixed assets (1) 124 124 0.6 37 38 (3.4)
Operating expenses (11,849) (10,634) 11.4 (3,110) (2,849) 9.2
Other net operating income (expense) (199) (175) 14.1 (14) (52) (72.3)
Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets 15 0 n.m. 16 1 n.m.
Impairment of goodwill and other assets (51) (11) n.m. (51) (11) n.m.
Operating income before D&A (OIBDA) 6,443 5,817 10.8 1,743 1,590 9.6
Depreciation and amortization (2,432) (2,374) 2.4 (606) (694) (12.6)
Operating income (OI) 4,012 3,443 16.5 1,136 896 26.8
(1) Including work in process.
TELEFONICA MOVILES GROUP
CAPEX BY GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
Unaudited figures (In Million Euros)
January - December
2006 2005 % Chg
Spain 750 727 3.0
Latin America 1,525 1,499 1.8
Brazil 389 367 5.9
Northern Region 288 331 (12.9)
Mexico 180 245 (26.6)
Guatemala 38 25 49.5
El Salvador 28 18 51.7
Panama 32 26 22.1
Nicaragua 11 16 (31.3)
Andean Region 556 494 12.7
Venezuela 232 141 65.0
Colombia 192 254 (24.3)
Peru 84 48 75.7
Ecuador 48 51 (6.0)
Southern Cone 291 307 (5.0)
Argentina 102 130 (21.6)
Chile 176 154 14.2
Uruguay 13 22 (40.7)
Rest of the World 1 1 (32.8)
TOTAL 2,275 2,227 2.2
Group Capex in 2006 at cumulative exchange rate. For comparative purposes, 2005
Capex has been recalculated at the cumulative average exchange rate for the
corresponding period.
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