UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

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

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of July 2020

Commission File Number: 1-16269

 

 

AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.

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

 

 

America Mobile

(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)

 

 

Lago Zurich 245

Plaza Carso / Edificio Telcel, Piso 16

Colonia Ampliación Granada, Miguel Hidalgo

11529 Mexico City, Mexico

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

 

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América Móvil’s second quarter of

2020 financial and operating report

 

 

Mexico City, July 14th, 2020 - América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“América Móvil”) [BMV: AMX] [NYSE: AMX, AMOV], announced today its financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2020.

 

 

During the second quarter practically all our region of operations was under lockdown measures implemented to control the spread of COVID 19 which disrupted commercial activities by virtue of the closure of shops and customer-care centers and of the constraints imposed on the mobility of our clients.

 

 

We disconnected five million wireless clients in the second quarter— 4.6 million of them prepaid clients, including 1.7 million in Mexico, 1.0 million in each of Peru and Central America, and 476 thousand in Ecuador— that often found it difficult to effect recharges. Substantially all our operations lost prepaid clients whereas most of them also lost postpaid subscribers. As confinement restrictions began to be lifted an improving trend became apparent practically everywhere.

 

 

On the fixed-line platform we gained 450 thousand new broadband accesses, with just about every operation adding clients.

 

 

Second quarter revenues totaled 252 billion pesos, up slightly from the year-earlier quarter, 0.6%, in spite of equipment revenues falling 27.2%, as service revenues increased 6.5% in Mexican peso terms on account, among others, of the depreciation of the peso vs. the dollar and the euro over the year— approximately 15%.

 

 

Service revenues were up 0.8% at constant exchange rates— excluding Argentina because of its hyper-inflationary accounting— with those on the mobile platform rising 2.3% and those coming from the fixed-line one declining 1.7%.

 

 

Confinement measures principally brought about a deceleration of mobile revenue growth that was similar in both the prepaid and postpaid segments. The impact on prepaid revenues was proportionally stronger in those countries and regions where prepaid services are more prevalent, including Mexico and the Dominican Republic.

 

 

At 82.6 billion pesos EBITDA was up 5.9% in Mexican peso terms from a year before partly reflecting the effects of an agreement entered into by TracFone that reduces its costs of service from January 1st. At constant exchange rates EBITDA increased 3.3%. The majority of our operations posted an improved EBITDA margin.

 

 

Our operating profit jumped 10.5% to 40.9 billion pesos and helped bring about a net profit of 20.1 billion pesos in the second quarter, after allowing for financing costs of 11.1 billion pesos— 6.3% lower than a year before. Our net profit, 20.1 billion pesos, was up 40%.

 

 

At the end of June our net debt stood at 765 billion pesos, up from 677 billion pesos relative to December, which reflects among other things an increase in the value of dollar and euro-denominated debts in Mexican peso terms. It stood at 1.89 times EBITDA under IAS 17.

 

 

In cash flow terms in the six months to June we reduced our net debt by 8.3 billion pesos and set apart 6.2 billion pesos for the defeasance of labor-related obligations. In addition, we covered capital expenditures in the amount of 64 billion pesos.


América Móvil Fundamentals    

 

 
     2Q20                                                   2Q19  

 

 

Earnings per Share (Mex$)(1)

     0.30        0.22  

 

 

Earning per ADR (US$)(2)

     0.26        0.23  

 

 

EBITDA per Share (Mex$)(3)

     1.25        1.18  

 

 

EBITDA per ADR (US$)

     1.07        1.24  

 

 

Net Income (millions of Mex$)

     20,060        14,362  

 

 

Average Shares Outstanding (billion)

     65.97        66.02  

 

 

(1) Net Income / Average Shares outstanding

(2) 20 shares per ADR

(3) EBITDA / Average Shares Outstanding

América Móvil’s Subsidiaries as of June 2020    

 

 
Country    Brand    Business   

Equity

Participation

 

 

 

Mexico

  

Telcel

  

wireless

     100.00%  

 

 
  

Telmex

  

wireline

     98.80%  

 

 
  

Sección Amarilla

  

other

     100.00%  

 

 
  

Telvista

  

other

     90.00%  

 

 

Argentina

  

Claro

  

wireless

     100.00%  

 

 
  

Telmex

  

wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

Brazil

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     98.50%  

 

 

Chile

  

Claro

  

wireless

     100.00%  

 

 
  

Telmex

  

wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

Colombia

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     99.40%  

 

 

Costa Rica

  

Claro

  

wireless

     100.00%  

 

 

Dominicana

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

Ecuador

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

El Salvador

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     95.80%  

 

 

Guatemala

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     99.30%  

 

 

Honduras

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

Nicaragua

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     99.60%  

 

 

Panama

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

Paraguay

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

Peru

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

Puerto Rico

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

Uruguay

  

Claro

  

wireless/wireline

     100.00%  

 

 

USA

  

Tracfone

  

wireless

     100.00%  

 

 

Netherlands

  

KPN

  

wireless/wireline

     17.10%  

 

 

Austria

  

Telekom Austria

  

wireless/wireline

     51.00%  

 

 


The reported figures for Argentina corresponding to the second quarter of 2020 are presented in accordance with a) IAS29 reflecting the effects of the adoption of inflationary accounting that became mandatory after the Argentinean economy was deemed to be hyperinflationary in the third quarter of 2018 and b) IAS21 translated to Mexican pesos using the end-of-period exchange rate.

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

Relevant Events

 

 

On May 4th, we returned to the U.S. dollar debt markets issuing a ten-year note in the amount of one billion dollars. The coupon on the note, 2.875%, is the lowest we have had for that tenor in dollars.

We are currently working on the development of alternatives that would allow us to reap more benefits from our tower assets, creating value for our shareholders and enabling us to reduce debt even further.

Access Lines

 

 

The confinement measures adopted throughout our region of operation had an important impact on our commercial activities partly on account of the closure of shops and customer care centers and partly because they generally curtailed the mobility of population and hence the demand for mobile services.

Altogether we lost slightly more than 5 million mobile subscribers: 500 thousand in the postpaid segment with most operations seeing a reduction in their postpaid base, with the notable exceptions of Colombia and Telekom Austria; and 4.6 million disconnections in the prepaid segment, in which all our operations registered net disconnections, save for Tracfone in the U.S. and Colombia— both of which added slightly more than 200 thousand clients. Prepaid disconnections were more important in Mexico, 1.7 million subs; Peru, 1.0 million; and Ecuador and Guatemala, at approximately 450 thousand each.

In contrast, on the fixed-line segment we gained 450 thousand new broadband clients with every operation posting an increase in clients, except for Telekom Austria. There were, however, disconnections of voice lines and PayTV services, particularly in Brazil which accounted for 190 thousand PayTV disconnections out of 250 thousand for the Group as a whole.

We ended June with a total of 358.5 million access lines, which includes 277.5 million wireless subscribers and 81 million fixed-line RGUs. It is of note that our Colombia operation managed to increase access lines in all fixed and mobile products during the quarter.


Wireless Subscribers as of June 2020         

     Total(1) (Thousands)  

 

 
Country    Jun ’20      Mar ’20      Var.%      Jun ’19      Var.%    

 

 

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

     24,259        24,667        -1.7%        24,417        -0.6%    

 

 

Austria & CEE

     21,208        21,306        -0.5%        21,180        0.1%    

 

 

Brazil

     58,520        58,671        -0.3%        56,427        3.7%    

 

 

Central America

     14,541        15,469        -6.0%        15,450        -5.9%    

 

 

Caribbean

     6,087        6,312        -3.6%        6,064        0.4%    

 

 

Chile

     6,793        6,966        -2.5%        6,725        1.0%    

 

 

Colombia

     31,535        31,244        0.9%        30,144        4.6%    

 

 

Ecuador

     7,878        8,465        -6.9%        8,356        -5.7%    

 

 

Mexico

     75,378        77,212        -2.4%        75,994        -0.8%    

 

 

Peru

     10,387        11,543        -10.0%        11,726        -11.4%    

 

 

USA

     20,918        20,704        1.0%        21,435        -2.4%    

 

 

Total Wireless Lines

     277,503        282,559        -1.8%        277,916        -0.1%    

 

 

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

Fixed-Line and Other Accesses (RGUs) as of June 2020

     Total(1) (Thousands)  

 

 
Country    Jun ’20      Mar ’20      Var.%      Jun ’19      Var.%    

 

 

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

     1,278        1,210        5.6%        924        38.3%    

 

 

Austria & CEE

     6,105        6,131        -0.4%        6,172        -1.1%    

 

 

Brazil

     33,260        33,808        -1.6%        34,800        -4.4%    

 

 

Central America

     4,379        4,408        -0.7%        4,387        -0.2%    

 

 

Caribbean

     2,509        2,516        -0.3%        2,545        -1.4%    

 

 

Chile

     1,401        1,398        0.3%        1,427        -1.8%    

 

 

Colombia

     7,938        7,760        2.3%        7,459        6.4%    

 

 

Ecuador

     454        458        -0.8%        409        11.1%    

 

 

Mexico

     21,961        22,039         -0.4%        22,311        -1.6%    

 

 

Peru

     1,707        1,646        3.7%        1,540        10.9%    

 

 

Total RGUs

       80,993          81,375        -0.5%          81,973        -1.2%    

 

 

(1) Fixed Line, Broadband and Television (Cable & DTH). Central America figures have been adjusted in accordance with the methodolgy used for all AMX operations.

América Móvil Consolidated Results

 

 

Towards the end of the first quarter, with financial markets in disarray as the employment numbers in the U.S. collapsed threatening to worsen the economic contraction stemming from lockdown measures aimed at controlling the spread of the COVID 19 virus, the Federal Reserve announced a huge monetary quantitative expansion program. This decisive action gradually stabilized the financial markets allowing for new issuance of securities throughout the second quarter and quelled the excess demand for U.S. dollars that had resulted in its appreciation vis-à-vis practically all other currencies. Since then, substantially all Latin American currencies began to recover— with the notable exception of the Brazilian real which declined an additional 4.8% vs. the dollar. At any rate, the Mexican peso, the Colombian peso and the Chilean peso— all of which had dropped sharply in the first quarter— ended up appreciating 3.0%, 7.9% and 4.1% respectively in the second quarter in which practically all our region of operation was under lockdown.


Our second quarter revenues totaled 252 billion pesos, up slightly from the year-earlier quarter, 0.6%, in spite of equipment revenues falling 27.2%, as service revenues increased 6.5% in Mexican peso terms on account, for the most part, of the depreciation of our reporting currency vs. the dollar and the euro over the year— approximately 15%. Save for TracFone in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, all our operations saw marked reductions in their equipment sales as a result of the confinement restrictions but also because of our more restrictive conditions for handset financing in most operations.

At constant exchange rates— excluding Argentina given its hyper inflationary accounting methodology— service revenues were up 0.8%, with those generated on the mobile platform rising 2.3% and those coming from the fixed-line one declining 1.7%. The deceleration in service revenue growth— from +5.0% in the first quarter to +0.8% in the second— resulted from the direct impact of the confinement measures put in place throughout the region and its economic fallout.

Mobile service revenue growth slowed down from the fast pace observed in the first quarter, 8.4%. Brazil and Colombia were the top performers in terms of mobile revenues, with increases of 8.8% (proforma) and 4.8% respectively. Peru, the U.S., Uruguay and Puerto Rico also observed mobile service revenue increases.

The deceleration in mobile service revenue growth was practically identical in prepaid and in postpaid. In prepaid, revenues were affected by the lockdown measures as clients sometimes found it difficult to effect recharges as most shops were ordered shut, including our own customer care centers. The impact on revenues was felt more strongly in countries where prepaid services are more prevalent, including Mexico and the Dominican Republic.


América Móvil’s Income Statement Millions of Mexican pesos

 

 
     2Q20      2Q19      Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19      Var.%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     219,457        206,144        6.5%        428,970        412,598        4.0%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     30,699        42,183        -27.2%        70,179        80,035        -12.3%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     251,583        250,075        0.6%        501,685        495,732        1.2%  

 

 

Cost of Service

     77,298        74,250        4.1%        152,774        149,082        2.5%  

 

 

Cost of Equipment

     35,341        41,938        -15.7%        75,729        81,123        -6.7%  

 

 

Selling, General & Administrative Expenses

     55,142        54,698        0.8%        110,708        109,482        1.1%  

 

 

Others

     1,153        1,180        -2.3%        2,198        2,598        -15.4%  

 

 

Total Costs and Expenses

     168,934        172,066        -1.8%        341,408        342,286        -0.3%  

 

 

EBITDA

     82,649        78,010        5.9%        160,276        153,446        4.5%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     32.9%        31.2%           31.9%        31.0%     

 

 

Depreciation & Amortization

     41,740        40,971        1.9%        80,417        80,955        -0.7%  

 

 

EBIT

     40,909        37,038        10.5%        79,859        72,490        10.2%  

 

 

% of Total Revenues

     16.3%        14.8%           15.9%        14.6%     

 

 

Net Interest Expense

     8,972        9,202        -2.5%        18,352        17,924        2.4%  

 

 

Other Financial Expenses

     1,339        4,824        -72.2%        -21,753        5,498        n.m.  

 

 

Foreign Exchange Loss

     796        -2,167        136.7%        94,099        -10,416        n.m.  

 

 

Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income)

     11,107        11,859        -6.3%        90,698        13,005        n.m.  

 

 

Income & Deferred Taxes

     8,172        10,281        -20.5%        -3,864        24,286        -115.9%  

 

 

Net Income before Minority

                 

Interest and Equity Participation in Results

of Affiliates

     21,630        14,899        45.2%        -6,974        35,200        -119.8%  

 

 

Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates

     -286        -3        n.m.        -284        14        n.m.  

 

 

Minority Interest

     -1,284        -535        -140.1%        -2,063        -1,299        -58.8%  

 

 

Net Income

     20,060        14,362        39.7%        -9,321        33,914        -127.5%  

 

 

* Total revenues include Other Revenues.

n.m. Not meaningful.

In postpaid, revenue growth slowed down as clients switched to lower cost plans in anticipation of the economic difficulties they were to face. In various cases small and medium sized enterprises that had to close under the confinement restrictions sought to discontinue the service or reduce its cost even if that represented a more limited availability of data services. We tried to stay close to our clients and help them find plans better suited for them given the economic difficulties that many were undergoing and to ensure that they would stay current in their payments. In percentage points the decline in postpaid growth rates was steepest in Ecuador and Panama.

On the fixed-line platform the impact of COVID was more limited, with the pace of decline of revenues going from -0.7% in the first quarter to -1.7% in the second quarter, mostly on account of falling PayTV revenues. In Colombia fixed-line revenues accelerated to 9.9%, up from 9.5% the prior quarter. Fixed-broadband services continued to lead the way within the group with revenues increasing 7.3%, very much in line with the pace seen the prior two quarters. With only one exception, all our operations posted fixed-broadband revenue increases in the quarter. Our less mature fixed-line operations, including Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Costa Rica all performed well, with the pace of growth picking up speed.

Second quarter EBITDA totaled 82.6 billion pesos, up 5.9% in Mexican peso terms, with the EBITDA margin climbing 1.7 percentage points to 32.9%. At constant exchange rates it increased 3.3% reflecting in part the impact of a new agreement reached by Tracfone in the U.S. by which certain reductions in network costs that were applied from January 1st.

Our operating profit jumped 10.5% to 40.9 billion pesos and helped bring about a net profit of 20.1 billion pesos in the second quarter, after allowing for financing costs of 11.1 billion pesos— 6.3% lower than in the year-earlier quarter. Our net profit, equivalent to 30 peso cents per share and 26 dollar cents per ADR, was up 40%.


At the end of June our net debt totaled 765 billion pesos, up from 677 billion pesos at the close of 2019, which reflects among other things an increase in the values of dollar and euro denominated debts vis-á-vis the Mexican peso. It stood at 1.89 times EBITDA under IAS 17. In cash flow terms our net debt came down by 8.3 billion pesos in the six months to June. In addition to the above, our cash flow allowed us to cover capital expenditures in the amount of 63.6 billion pesos and to devote 6.2 billion pesos to fund labor-related obligations.

Balance Sheet - América Móvil Consolidated Millions of Mexican Pesos

 

     Jun ‘20    Dec ‘19    Var.%           Jun ‘20    Dec ‘19    Var.%

 

Current Assets

            Current Liabilities         

 

Cash, Marketable Securities & Other Short Term Investments

   102,574    67,464      52.0    Short Term Debt*    101,929    129,172    -21.1%

 

Accounts Receivable

   251,664    211,532      19.0    Lease-Related Debt    24,364    25,895    -5.9%

 

Other Current Assets

   16,221    10,747      50.9    Accounts Payable    266,710    268,484    -0.7%

 

Inventories

   33,816    41,102      -17.7    Other Current Liabilities    103,785    101,849    1.9%

 

   404,274    330,844      22.2       496,787    525,400    -5.4%

 

Non Current Assets

            Non Current Liabilities         

 

Plant & Equipment, gross

   1,394,432    1,319,588      5.7    Long Term Debt    641,906    495,082    29.7%

 

-Depreciation

   735,334    680,244      8.1    Lease-Related Debt    98,928    94,702    4.5%

 

Plant & Equipment, net

   659,097    639,343      3.1    Other Non Current Liabilities    204,521    189,843    7.7%

 

Rights of Use

   117,697    118,003      -0.3       945,355    779,627    21.3%

 

Investments in Affiliates

   1,905    2,474      -23.0            

 

                    

 

Deferred Assets

                    

 

Goodwill (Net)

   151,729    152,900      -0.8            

 

Intangible Assets

   143,791    125,169      14.9    Shareholder’s Equity    218,880    226,907    -3.5%

 

Deferred Assets

   182,529    163,199      11.8            

 

Total Assets

   1,661,022    1,531,934      8.4   

Total Liabilities and Equity

   1,661,022   

1,531,934

   8.4%

 

Includes current portion of Long Term Debt.


Financial Debt of América Móvil* Millions

 

 
     Jun -20      Dec -19  

 

 

Peso - denominated debt (MxP)

     69,132        80,129  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     51,162        58,129  

 

 

Banks and others

     17,970        22,000  

 

 

U.S. Dollar - denominated debt (USD)

     11,338        9,472  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     9,351        8,975  

 

 

Banks and others

     1,987        497  

 

 

Euro - denominated Debt (EUR)

     9,963        11,165  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     8,100        11,065  

 

 

Banks and others

     1,863        100  

 

 

Sterling - denominated Debt (GBP)

     2,750        2,750  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     2,750        2,750  

 

 

Reais - denominated Debt (BRL)

     9,975        7,475  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     9,975        7,475  

 

 

Banks and others

     0        0  

 

 

Debt denominated in other currencies (MxP)

     36,980        26,045  

 

 

Bonds and other securities

     6,780        5,818  

 

 

Banks and others

     30,200        20,227  

 

 

Total Debt (MxP)

     743,835        624,254  

 

 

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

     102,574        67,464  

 

 

Net Debt (MxP)

     641,261        556,790  

 

 

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


Mexico

 

On account of the confinement restrictions and their impact on our commercial operation, including that of number portability, during the second quarter we disconnected 1.7 million prepaid subscribers and 112 thousand postpaid clients on the mobile platform. At the end of June our postpaid base was up 4% year-on-year while our prepaid base was down 1.9%. On the fixed-line segment we gained 64 thousand broadband clients but lost 141 thousand telephony lines.

Our second quarter Mexican revenues declined 14.2% from the year-earlier quarter to 62.9 billion pesos, mostly on account of a 47.1% drop in equipment revenues. With confinement measures in place and most shops closed, demand for handsets was much weaker.

Service revenues declined 2.1% in the period dragged down mostly by mobile service revenues— down 2.5% year-on-year, compared to the 10.4% pace registered the prior quarter— as restrictions on mobility affected the demand for mobile services. In the case of prepaids, this effect was compounded by the greater difficulties clients faced to effect recharges, with most shops and customer care centers shut. To facilitate that our clients remained connected in spite of the extraordinary circumstances Telcel offered an emergency plan that subscribers could activate once, at any moment during the crisis period and that provided a basket of voice and data services that could be used over a period of 15 days free of charge. To-date, we have activated nearly 28 million AMIGO CONTIGO plans.

On the fixed-line platform the impact on service revenues was less severe, having gone from a 0.5% increase the prior quarter to a -1.4% reduction. Fixed-broadband revenues continued to expand, 1.8%, but revenues derived from corporate networks were off 3.3%.

EBITDA came in at 24.4 billion pesos, having fallen 10.3% year-on-year. However, the EBITDA margin increased 1.7 percentage points to 38.8% given the steep reduction of equipment revenues.

Towards the end of the quarter, as restrictions began to be lifted, an improving trend became apparent in the mobile segment.

We receive authorization from IFT to acquire from Axtel 50MHz of spectrum in the 3.5GHz frequency nationwide. Following this acquisition, Telcel will have a total of 100MHz in that band.

INCOME STATEMENT - Mexico Millions of MxP

 

 

 
     2Q20      2Q19(1)      Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19(1)      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     62,884        73,307        -14.2%        136,066        140,548        -3.2%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     51,920        53,017        -2.1%        106,520        104,177        2.2%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     43,095        52,271        -17.6%        96,490        99,238        -2.8%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     32,854        33,680        -2.5%        68,409        65,894        3.8%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     10,241        18,591        -44.9%        28,081        33,344        -15.8%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     19,158        20,264        -5.5%        38,468        40,070        -4.0%  

 

 

EBITDA

     24,420        27,223        -10.3%        52,191        52,041        0.3%  

 

 

% total revenues

     38.8%        37.1%           38.4%        37.0%     

 

 

EBIT

     16,655        18,437        -9.7%        36,692        34,577        6.1%  

 

 

%

     26.5%        25.2%           27.0%        24.6%     

 

 

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

(1) 2019 reflects reclassifications of “other revenues”.


Mexico Operating Data

 

 
    

 

                2Q20

                     2Q19                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     75,378        75,994        -0.8%  

 

 

Postpaid

     14,452        13,892        4.0%  

 

 

Prepaid

     60,926        62,102        -1.9%  

 

 

MOU

     537        536        0.2%  

 

 

ARPU (MxP)

     146        149        -2.1%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     4.1%        4.1%        (0.0)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     21,961        22,311        -1.6%  

 

 

Fixed Lines

     12,100        12,589        -3.9%  

 

 

Broadband

     9,861        9,722        1.4%  

 

 

* Fixed Line and Broadband.


Argentina

 

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

Total revenues of 25.6 billion Argentinean pesos were 10.1% below those of the year-earlier quarter dragged down by equipment revenues that plummeted 44.5%. Service revenues declined 3.1% after inflation, with mobile service revenues falling 4.9% and fixed-line service revenues rising 13.9%. In mobile, those coming from postpaid clients were down 6.9% as some subscribers under lockdown have moved to lower-cost plans or have migrated to prepaid, whereas in the prepaid segment service revenues expanded 3.4%. We have continued to expand our fiber footprint in Argentina and to grow at a good pace our fixed-broadband and PayTV revenues. The former increased 10.9% after inflation, whereas the latter was up nearly ten times from a very small base. In a relatively short period our fixed-line service revenues have come to represent over 11% of our service revenues.

EBITDA contracted 18.9% to 9.8 billion Argentinean pesos, with the margin falling 4.1 percentage points in relation to total revenues. We have tried to contain costs implementing several policies, but this has not been enough to mitigate the effects of the sharp devaluation of the Argentinean peso in the period and the ensuing inflation-linked costs.

INCOME STATEMENT - Argentina Millions of Constant ARS of June 2020

 

 

 
    

 

                2Q20

                     2Q19                      Var.%                  Jan-Jun 20                      Jan-Jun 19                      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     25,628        28,504        -10.1%        52,073        57,212        -9.0%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     22,452        23,179        -3.1%        44,317        46,278        -4.2%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     22,884        26,263        -12.9%        46,937        52,758        -11.0%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     19,957        20,989        -4.9%        39,478        41,950        -5.9%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     2,927        5,275        -44.5%        7,459        10,808        -31.0%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     2,495        2,191        13.9%        4,839        4,328        11.8%  

 

 

EBITDA

     9,760        12,027        -18.9%        19,693        23,766        -17.1%  

 

 

% total revenues

     38.1%        42.2%           37.8%        41.5%     

 

 

EBIT

     7,501        9,929        -24.5%        15,252        19,494        -21.8%  

 

 

%

     29.3%        34.8%           29.3%        34.1%     

 

 

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

Argentina Operating Data

 

 
    

 

                2Q20

                     2Q19                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)(1)

     21,564        21,821        -1.2%  

 

 

Postpaid

     8,359        8,405        -0.5%  

 

 

Prepaid

     13,205        13,416        -1.6%  

 

 

MOU

     95        77        23.1%  

 

 

ARPU (ARP)

     305        222        37.3%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     1.9%        2.0%        (0.2)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     962        607        58.5%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

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


Brazil

 

Confinement measures in Brazil were introduced later than in most other countries in South America and were comparatively more relaxed thus had less of an impact on our commercial activity. We basically broke even in the postpaid segment in the second quarter, but lost 156 thousand prepaid subscribers. Our postpaid subscriber base was up 25.8% from the year before. On the fixed line platform we connected 101 thousand new broadband accesses— connectivity has been essential through the pandemic— reinforcing our market position in this division and reaching 6.7 million clients in the ultra-broadband segment. On the other hand, we disconnected 190 thousand PayTV units and 459 thousand landlines, so we ended June with 33.3 million fixed-line RGUs, 4.4% less than a year before.

Our Brazilian revenues reached 9.5 billion reais in the second quarter and were flat year-on-year on a proforma basis (adjusted for the acquisition of Nextel in December), with service revenues expanding 0.8%. Mobile service revenues rose 8.8% on the back of postpaid revenues that were up 11.8% over the year-earlier quarter, having slowed down from a 17.2% pace in the precedent quarter.

On the fixed-line platform, service revenues declined more rapidly— -4.4% vs -3.4% the prior quarter— in spite of fixed-broadband revenues staying on trend at a nearly 10% pace as PayTV revenues deteriorated further, declining -11.7% from -8.5% the prior quarter. Given the continued fast growth of fixed-broadband revenues and decline of PayTV revenues, the former are about to overtake the latter ones to become Claro’s single most important business unit.

EBITDA was up 10.7% to 3.8 billion reais— amongst the top performers— as costs and expenses fell 6.1%. The EBITDA margin shot up nearly 4 percentage points from the year before to 40.0%, the highest margin rate we have posted in the country.

INCOME STATEMENT - Brazil Proforma Millions of BrL

 

 

 
                     2Q20                      2Q19                          Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     9,536        9,541        0.0%        19,327        19,025        1.6%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     9,333        9,256        0.8%        18,854        18,454        2.2%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     4,160        3,918        6.2%        8,502        7,758        9.6%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     3,969        3,647        8.8%        8,051        7,213        11.6%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     191        272        -29.6%        451        546        -17.4%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     5,364        5,609        -4.4%        10,803        11,241        -3.9%  

 

 

EBITDA

     3,816        3,449        10.7%        7,525        6,898        9.1%  

 

 

% total revenues

     40.0%        36.1%           38.9%        36.3%     

 

 

EBIT

     1,571        1,324        18.7%        3,000        2,635        13.9%  

 

 

%

     16.5%        13.9%           15.5%        13.9%     

 

 

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

Brazil Operating Data    

 

 
                     2Q20                      2Q19                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     58,520        56,427        3.7%  

 

 

Postpaid

     31,852        25,315        25.8%  

 

 

Prepaid

     26,668        31,112        -14.3%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     186        146        27.3%  

 

 

ARPU (BrL)

     23        18        27.0%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     4.1%        3.9%        0.2  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) *

     33,260        34,800        -4.4%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.    

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


Colombia

 

 

Colombia was amongst the first countries to impose lockdown measures and most our stores and customer service centers remained closed until May. Notwithstanding the above, our Colombian operation managed to add clients on all segments during the quarter: 38 thousand postpaid subscribers, 253 thousand prepaids, more than 100 thousand broadband accesses, 30 thousand PayTV units and 47 thousand landlines.

Second quarter revenues totaled 3.1 trillion Colombian pesos, 0.9% more than a year before, with service revenues increasing 6.8% over the prior year as both the mobile and fixed-line segments continued their positive trends, making Colombia the top performer in service revenue growth in the quarter. Equipment revenues fell 18.4% as in most countries on account of the restrictions on mobility imposed in the context of the pandemic.

On the mobile platform, revenues held up well but decelerated from a 9.6% pace in the first quarter to 4.8% in the second quarter. In the case of prepaids, revenues expanded 7.5%, less rapidly than in the prior quarter, 13.5%, whereas in the postpaid segment, revenues increased 3.5% over the prior year, down from 7.7% the preceding quarter, as Claro offered basic connectivity to those subscribers that could not afford to pay for their service during the period.

Fixed-line service revenues for their part accelerated to a 9.9% pace from 9.5% in the first quarter topping one trillion Colombian pesos. Broadband revenues rose 14.4%, up from 11.2% in the precedent quarter, while revenues from corporate networks expanded in line with the prior two quarters, 19.2%.

Second quarter EBITDA of 1.3 trillion Colombian pesos was 2.3% lower than that obtained a year before. The decline in EBITDA is related to a sharp increase in bad debt provisions and to the contraction of handset sales— they used to provide a good margin. The EBITDA margin hence fell to 42.2% from 43.7% a year before.

Beginning in April we began using the spectrum that was granted to Claro early this year which has been instrumental in increasing our capacity. We continue to work to ensure continuity and quality of service. At this moment the country remains under “state of emergency” with strict lockdown measures.

INCOME STATEMENT - Colombia Billions of COP    

 

 
     2Q20      2Q19      Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19      Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     3,131        3,101        0.9%        6,361        6,032        5.4%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     2,556        2,394        6.8%        5,146        4,758        8.2%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     2,114        2,155        -1.9%        4,353        4,159        4.7%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     1,555        1,483        4.8%        3,174        2,960        7.2%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     559        672        -16.8%        1,180        1,199        -1.6%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     1,005        929        8.2%        1,980        1,831        8.1%  

 

 

EBITDA

     1,323        1,354        -2.3%        2,712        2,638        2.8%  

 

 

%

     42.2%        43.7%           42.6%        43.7%     

 

 

EBIT

     727        776        -6.3%        1,542        1,496        3.1%  

 

 

%

     23.2%        25.0%           24.2%        24.8%     

 

 

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


Colombia Operating Data    

 

 
                 2Q20                  2Q19                  Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers* (thousands)

     31,535        30,144        4.6%  

 

 

Postpaid

     7,422        7,115        4.3%  

 

 

Prepaid

     24,113        23,029        4.7%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     336        260        29.2%  

 

 

ARPU (COP)

     16,670        17,719        -5.9%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     4.5%        4.8%        (0.3)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)**

     7,938        7,459        6.4%  

 

 

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

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


Chile

 

 

Customer Service Centers and stores have remained partially closed since the beginning of the pandemic. While we were allowed to take in clients that need special assistance and certain repairs, sales have been very restricted. Some states have begun to ease the lockdown measures, but it is not the case for Santiago where contagion rates have remained high.

We disconnected 174 thousand wireless subscribers in the second quarter but added 20 thousand broadband accesses on the fixed line platform.

Our revenues, 182 billion Chilean pesos, were 14.1% lower than those obtained a year before, with equipment revenues falling 42.7% and service revenues declining -7.0%: -5.0% on the mobile platform and -9.4% on the fixed-line one. On the mobile postpaid segment revenues were -0.6% below those of the year before compared to +3.8% in the first quarter while mobile prepaid revenues were down -31.8% from a year before, in line with the pace of decline observed the last few quarters.

The reduction in fixed service revenues was mainly brought about by a 19.7% contraction in PayTV revenues as clients ceased to pay for special content mostly related to sports, but also by an 11.2% decline in revenues from corporate networks. Fixed-broadband revenues actually increased 8.1% from -0.2% in the first quarter.

At 39.2 billion Chilean pesos, second quarter EBITDA was 6.1% lower than that of the year-earlier quarter in spite of which the EBITDA margin actually increased 1.8 percentage points in relation to total revenues: given important cost adjustments, it also increased slightly in relation to service revenues.

INCOME STATEMENT - Chile Millions of ChPL

 

 
                   2Q20                    2Q19(1)                     Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19(1)       Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     182,354        212,171        -14.1%        381,703        417,719        -8.6%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     158,450        170,312        -7.0%        324,204        340,161        -4.7%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     112,377        134,741        -16.6%        237,711        263,657        -9.8%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     88,536        93,152        -5.0%        180,575        187,381        -3.6%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     23,841        41,589        -42.7%        57,137        76,277        -25.1%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     69,914        77,159        -9.4%        143,629        152,780        -6.0%  

 

 

EBITDA

     39,187        41,713        -6.1%        82,180        84,655        -2.9%  

 

 

% total revenues

     21.5%        19.7%           21.5%        20.3%     

 

 

EBIT

     -18,445        -33,998        45.7%        -26,503        -48,538        45.4%  

 

 

%

     -10.1%        -16.0%           -6.9%        -11.6%     

 

 

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

(1) 2019 reflects restatements of fixed and mobile revenues.

Chile Operating Data

 

 
    

 

            2Q20

                 2Q19                  Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     6,793        6,725        1.0%  

 

 

Postpaid

     2,276        2,192        3.9%  

 

 

Prepaid

     4,517        4,533        -0.4%  

 

 

MOU

     178        171        4.0%  

 

 

ARPU (ChP)

     4,782        5,176        -7.6%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     6.2%        6.3%        (0.1)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) *

     1,401        1,427        -1.8%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.


Ecuador

 

 

Ecuador implemented drastic lockdown measures at a very early stage of the pandemic. The country was already undergoing tough economic conditions that are aggravated by its being a dollar-based economy, all which greatly affected the business activity during the second quarter, when we disconnected 588 thousand mobile subscribers including 476 thousand prepaids.

Revenues declined 27.5% to 242 million dollars with equipment revenues plummeting 84.6% and service revenues declining -16.1%. Mobile service revenues were heavily impacted, falling -18.9%, while fixed-line service revenues increased 16.4%

On the prepaid segment service revenues fell -27.5% from -10.2% in the first quarter since the lockdown was stringent and points of sale were reduced to only a few. On postpaid, the decline in revenues was -12.9% compared to -2.4% in the prior quarter and was associated, for the most part, with measures designed to ensure connectivity for clients unable to pay for their service. These measures will continue for as long as the state of emergency remains.

The sharp reduction in revenues brought about a 16.9% reduction in EBITDA, to 121 million dollars. We made very major efforts to adjust our costs downwards in the face of sharply declining revenues. Towards the end of the quarter there were several indicators that pointed to a recovery.

 

INCOME STATEMENT - Ecuador Millions of Soles

                      

 

 
                 2Q20                  2Q19                  Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19                  Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     242        334        -27.5%        549        660        -16.8%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     234        279        -16.1%        496        551        -10.1%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     216        310        -30.5%        497        613        -19.0%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     208        257        -18.9%        445        508        -12.3%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     7        54        -86.1%        51        106        -51.5%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     27        23        16.1%        52        46        15.0%  

 

 

EBITDA

     121        146        -16.9%        250        284        -11.8%  

 

 

% total revenues

     50.0%        43.6%           45.6%        43.0%     

 

 

EBIT

     65        89        -26.8%        139        170        -18.4%  

 

 

%

     26.9%        26.6%           25.2%        25.7%     

 

 

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

 

Ecuador Operating Data    

                    

 

 
                 2Q20                  2Q19                  Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     7,878        8,356        -5.7%  

 

 

Postpaid

     2,548        2,657        -4.1%  

 

 

Prepaid

     5,329        5,699        -6.5%  

 

 

MOU

     475        443        7.2%  

 

 

ARPU (US$)

     9        10        -16.5%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     5.4%        4.3%        1.1  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     454        409        11.1%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.    


Peru

 

 

At the beginning of the pandemic Peru implemented very strict lockdown measures and mobility was restricted more than in any other country. Stores were closed for the most part and we were restricted on activating new lines over digital platforms. We ended up disconnecting 1.2 million wireless subscribers of which nearly one million were prepaid. However, on the fixed platform we activated 71 thousand new broadband accesses, 64% more than in the precedent quarter.

Second quarter revenues topped 1 billion soles in Peru, with service revenues increasing 3.8% from the year-earlier quarter, making Peru the second fastest growing operation in the period as sales expanded on both the fixed and the mobile platforms.

Mobile service revenues were up 1.7% with prepaid revenues accelerating to a 1.9% pace after at least five quarters of declines and postpaid revenues increasing 1.6%. Our fixed-line division had a big boost in the quarter from broadband services, leading to an 11.0% increase in fixed-line service revenues with those associated with broadband services expanding 32.9%, up from 26.1% in the first quarter.

We began implementing very strict cost control policies more than two years ago, and these measures were key in driving EBITDA growth of 10.6% in the second quarter in spite of the spike in bad debt provisions, with Peru becoming, together with Brazil, the countries with the fastest EBITDA expansion. EBITDA amounted to 391 million soles and was equivalent to 37.6% of revenues, which represents a margin expansion of 9.6 percentage points over the period.

Beginning on the 1st of July mandatory lockdown was partially relaxed and we have been able to open 30% of our stores thus far. We have made important efforts during the sanitary crisis to cope with all measures and ensure continuity of our service.

 

INCOME STATEMENT - Peru Millions of Soles

                             

 

 
                 2Q20                  2Q19                  Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19                  Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     1,038        1,262        -17.7%        2,333        2,525        -7.6%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     957        922        3.8%        1,928        1,848        4.4%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     806        1,047        -23.0%        1,870        2,086        -10.4%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     728        716        1.7%        1,472        1,431        2.9%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     78        331        -76.4%        398        655        -39.2%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     229        206        11.0%        456        417        9.5%  

 

 

EBITDA

     391        353        10.6%        791        706        12.1%  

 

 

% total revenues

     37.6%        28.0%           33.9%        27.9%     

 

 

EBIT

     128        106        20.4%        268        225        19.0%  

 

 

%

     12.3%        8.4%           11.5%        8.9%     

 

 

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

 

Peru Operating Data

                    

 

 
                 2Q20                  2Q19                  Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     10,387        11,726        -11.4%  

 

 

Postpaid

     4,064        4,095        -0.8%  

 

 

Prepaid

     6,323        7,631        -17.1%  

 

 

MOU

     385        271        42.3%  

 

 

ARPU (Sol)

     22        20        9.0%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     5.2%        5.8%        (0.7)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     1,707        1,540        10.9%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.    


Central America

 

 

Our operations in Central America ended June with 14.5 million wireless subscribers after net disconnections of 928 thousand subs in the quarter, 838 thousand prepaid subscribers: 414 thousand in Guatemala, 157 thousand in Honduras and over 100 thousand each in El Salvador and Panama. All of these countries had rigorous lockdown measures and commercial activity was very limited. On the fixed-line segment we added 25 thousand broadband accesses but ended up disconnecting 29 thousand PayTV units and 26 thousand voice lines.

Total revenues of 534 million dollars were down 12.1% from a year before, with service revenues declining 6.5% and equipment revenues dropping 47.9%.

Wireless service revenues came down 8.8%. The impact in prepaid— down 13.1% annually— was exacerbated by the inability of clients to make airtime recharges by digital means, while the 3.8% decline in postpaid revenues is linked to measures that were originally designed to ensure that vulnerable population could remained connected during the crisis.

On the fixed line platform service revenues were down 2.2%, a pace not very different from the one seen the prior quarter. While demand for connectivity services was solid during the quarter, in many places we could not complete the physical installations.

Following the decline in revenues, EBITDA was down 6.9% annually to 211 million dollars and was equivalent to 39.5% of revenues, 2.2 percentage points higher than last year.

INCOME STATEMENT - Central America Proforma Millions of Dollars

 

 
                 2Q20                  2Q19(1)                  Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19(1)                  Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     534        607        -12.1%        1,116        1,216        -8.2%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     489        523        -6.5%        1,003        1,047        -4.2%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     346        413        -16.1%        738        825        -10.5%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     310        340        -8.8%        643        680        -5.4%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     36        72        -50.8%        95        145        -34.4%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     184        189        -2.5%        371        381        -2.5%  

 

 

EBITDA

     211        227        -6.9%        429        452        -5.0%  

 

 

% total revenues

     39.5%        37.3%           38.5%        37.2%     

 

 

EBIT

     62        75        -17.2%        140        163        -14.1%  

 

 

%

     11.7%        12.4%           12.5%        13.4%     

 

 

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

(1) 2019 figures were restated for IFRS 16.

Central America Operating Data

 

 
    

 

                2Q20

                     2Q19                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     14,541        15,450        -5.9%  

 

 

Postpaid

     2,459        2,507        -1.9%  

 

 

Prepaid

     12,082        12,943        -6.7%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     179        146        22.3%  

 

 

ARPU (US$)

     7        8        -4.2%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     6.7%        6.6%        0.1  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     4,379        4,387        -0.2%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television. Figures have been adjusted in accordance with the methodolgy used for all AMX operations.    

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


Caribbean

 

 

Our wireless subscriber base in Puerto Rico finished June with 917 thousand subs after adding 12 thousand postpaid subscribers and disconnecting 9 thousand prepaids. Fixed RGUs reached 641 thousand after adding 16 thousand units, mostly broadband accesses.

Mobile service revenues increased 0.5% on the back of postpaid revenues that were up 2.7% over the year partly as a result of government contributions to vulnerable citizens but also to do with demand for connectivity as clients in Puerto Rico sought unlimited data plans on mobile. Fixed service revenues came down 9.3% over the year dragged down by fixed broadband revenues that were off 16.1%— practically the same decline observed in the first quarter.

Following strict cost control measures, second quarter EBITDA for Puerto Rico was up 10.0% and was equivalent to 19.0% of revenues.

In Dominicana we disconnected 229 thousand mobile subscribers in the second quarter, 184 thousand were prepaid subs.

Mobile service revenues declined 2.0% overall, though in prepaid the reduction was 3.5%. The lockdown measures prevented people from recharging airtime due to limited mobility and few points of sale, but we have seen an important recovery in airtime sales since the lockdown was relaxed.

Fixed-line RGUs came down by 23 thousand in the quarter to 1.9 million. Service revenues declined 4.7% in spite of the 9.8% increase in broadband revenues; the prior quarter they had been roughly flat from the year before.

EBITDA for Dominicana declined 5.5% and the margin remained practically flat from a year before.

INCOME STATEMENT - Caribbean Millions of Dollars

 

 
    

 

            2Q20

                 2Q19(1)                  Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19(1)                  Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues*

     405        451        -10.3%        840        901        -6.8%  

 

 

Total Service Revenues

     362        402        -10.0%        750        801        -6.4%  

 

 

Wireless Revenues

     241        265        -9.0%        505        530        -4.8%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     199        216        -7.6%        417        430        -3.1%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     42        49        -15.3%        88        100        -11.8%  

 

 

Fixed Line Revenues

     165        189        -12.6%        339        377        -10.2%  

 

 

EBITDA

     133        148        -10.2%        274        296        -7.4%  

 

 

% total revenues

     32.9%        32.9%           32.6%        32.8%     

 

 

EBIT

     51        60        -16.0%        110        132        -16.6%  

 

 

%

     12.5%        13.4%           13.1%        14.6%     

 

 

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

(1) 2019 reflects reclassifications of fixed and mobile service revenues.

Caribbean Operating Data

 

 
    

 

                2Q20

                     2Q19                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     6,087        6,064        0.4%  

 

 

Postpaid

     2,013        1,975        1.9%  

 

 

Prepaid

     4,073        4,089        -0.4%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     232        239        -3.1%  

 

 

ARPU (US$)

     11        12        -9.6%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     3.8%        3.5%        0.3  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     2,509        2,545        -1.4%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.    

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


United States

 

 

TracFone had a very strong quarter in terms of net additions gaining 214 thousand subs in the second quarter, compared to 164 thousand disconnections a year before. May was especially strong as a result of US Government Stimulus and additional unemployment benefits reaching a broad proportion of the population and people sought attractive communication solutions.

Total revenues for the period increased 4.5% over the prior year to 2.1 billion dollars. Equipment revenues jumped 23.6% and service revenues rose 1.2% compared to 0.1% in the prior quarter. Our blended ARPU increased 4.8% year-on-year to 27.8 dollars.

EBITDA of 313 million dollars was up 76.2% over the prior year mostly as a result of a new agreement granting certain reductions in the cost of airtime. These discounts, which reduce our cost of service, apply since January 1st. The EBITDA margin climbed to 15.0% of revenues from 8.9% a year before on account of the new agreement.

INCOME STATEMENT - United States Millions of Dollars

 

 
    

 

            2Q20

                 2Q19                  Var.%      Jan-Jun 20      Jan-Jun 19                  Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues

     2,087        1,998        4.5%        4,073        3,990        2.1%  

 

 

Service Revenues

     1,729        1,709        1.2%        3,421        3,399        0.7%  

 

 

Equipment Revenues

     357        289        23.6%        652        592        10.2%  

 

 

EBITDA

     313        177        76.2%        429        301        42.6%  

 

 

% total revenues

     15.0%        8.9%           10.5%        7.5%     

 

 

EBIT

     294        159        85.3%        392        263        49.0%  

 

 

%

     14.1%        7.9%           9.6%        6.6%     

 

 

United States Operating Data

 

 
                     2Q20                      2Q19                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     20,918        21,435        -2.4%  

 

 

Straight Talk

     9,743        9,329        4.4%  

 

 

SafeLink

     2,008        2,568        -21.8%  

 

 

Other Brands

     9,167        9,539        -3.9%  

 

 

MOU

     677        577        17.3%  

 

 

ARPU (US$)

     28        26        4.8%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     3.3%        3.7%        (0.4)  

 

 


A1 Telekom Austria Group

 

 

We disconnected 193 thousand prepaid subscribers and added 94 thousand postpaid clients in the second quarter.

On a consolidated basis, second quarter revenues decreased 2.4% due to lower equipment sales and a reduction of -0.4% in service revenues derived principally from Austria, -0.4%, and Croatia, -5.9%.

Mobile service revenues declined 1.1% on a group level. In Austria, mobile service revenues were up 1.1% and in our international operations they declined -2.2%. On the fixed-line segment revenues increased 0.4% as Austria’s fixed-line revenues fell 1.4% driven by a sharp decline of interconnection revenues as international traffic volumes decreased during the outbreak. Our international operations saw fixed-line service revenues rising 4.0% from solid performances in Bulgaria, Slovenia and North Macedonia.

EBITDA before restructuring charges increased 0.5% as revenue losses from equipment and roaming were more than compensated by cost savings; after restructuring charges EBITDA was down 0.5%. In Austria EBITDA rose 0.4% before restructuring charges while reported EBITDA declined 1.3%.

In March 2020, A1 successfully launched its new TV platform A1 Xplore TV with 260 channels, 7-day replay, multiscreen experience, up to 500 hours recording and many integrated apps on TV, tablet, smartphone, laptop and chromecast. Migration of existing customers to the new platform worked well and provided additional support to fixed revenues.

A1 launched its “5Giga” premium tariff portfolio in January for mobile and Internet@Home segments. While the initial uptake for these 5Giga tariffs showed strong demand in the first quarter, the trend has weakened with the new environment caused by COVID-19 outbreak. Around mid-May, Austria started with a gradual, secure and monitored re-opening.

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

Millions of Euros

 

 
             2Q20              2Q19     

 

        Var.%

             Jan-Jun 20              Jan- Jun 19              Var.%  

 

 

Total Revenues

     1,096        1,123        -2.4%        2,222        2,212        0.4%  

 

 

Total service revenues

     939        944        -0.4%        1,889        1,868        1.1%  

 

 

Wireless service revenues

     510        515        -1.1%        1,030        1,010        2.0%  

 

 

Fixed-line service revenues

     430        428        0.4%        859        858        0.1%  

 

 

Equipment revenues

     137        150        -8.7%        295        293        0.5%  

 

 

Other operating income

     19        29        -33.2%        38        51        -25.7%  

 

 

EBITDA

     390        392        -0.5%        771        766        0.6%  

 

 

% total revenues

     35.6%        34.9%           34.7%        34.6%     

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

     415        413        0.5%        812        808        0.4%  

 

 

% total revenues

     37.8%        36.7%           36.5%        36.5%     

 

 

EBIT

     152        155        -1.9%        299        295        1.4%  

 

 

% total revenues

     13.8%        13.8%           13.5%        13.3%     

 

 

For further detail please visit www.a1.group/en/investor-relations    

(1) Does not include restructuring charges in Austria.    


A1 Telekom Austria Group Operating Data    

 

 
                     2Q20                      2Q19                      Var.%  

 

 

Wireless Subscribers (thousands)

     21,208        21,171        0.2%  

 

 

Postpaid

     17,195        16,575        3.7%  

 

 

Prepaid

     4,013        4,596        -12.7%  

 

 

MOU(1)

     440        366        20.4%  

 

 

ARPU (Euros)

     8        8        -1.8%  

 

 

Churn (%)

     1.4%        1.5%        (0.1)  

 

 

Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)*

     6,105        6,176        -1.2%  

 

 

* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television.

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


Exchange Rates Local Currency Units per MxP

                 
     

        2Q20

    

        2Q19

    

        Var.%

  

        Jan-Jun  20

  

        Jan-Jun  19

  

        Var.%

Euro

                                     

End of Period

  

 

0.0388

 

  

 

0.0459

 

  

-15.6%

  

0.0388

  

0.0459

  

-15.6%

Average

  

 

0.0389

 

  

 

0.0465

 

  

-16.5%

  

0.0420

  

0.0462

  

-9.0%

U.S.

                                     

End of Period

  

 

0.0435

 

  

 

0.0522

 

  

-16.7%

  

0.0435

  

0.0522

  

-16.7%

Average

  

 

0.0428

 

  

 

0.0523

 

  

-18.1%

  

0.0463

  

0.0522

  

-11.2%

Brazilean Real

                                     

End of Period

  

 

0.2384

 

  

 

0.2002

 

  

19.1%

  

0.2384

  

0.2002

  

19.1%

Average

  

 

0.2302

 

  

 

0.2050

 

  

12.3%

  

0.2275

  

0.2006

  

13.4%

Argentinean Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

3.0673

 

  

 

2.2181

 

  

38.3%

  

3.0673

  

2.2181

  

38.3%

Average

  

 

2.8962

 

  

 

2.2973

 

  

26.1%

  

2.9908

  

2.1630

  

38.3%

Chilean Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

35.7500

 

  

 

35.4755

 

  

0.8%

  

35.7500

  

35.4755

  

0.8%

Average

  

 

35.2478

 

  

 

35.7499

 

  

-1.4%

  

37.6392

  

35.2325

  

6.8%

Colombian Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

163.6336

 

  

 

167.0078

 

  

-2.0%

  

163.6336

  

167.0078

  

-2.0%

Average

  

 

164.7386

 

  

 

169.5097

 

  

-2.8%

  

170.8649

  

166.3525

  

2.7%

Guatemalan Quetzal

                                     

End of Period

  

 

0.3352

 

  

 

0.4026

 

  

-16.7%

  

0.3352

  

0.4026

  

-16.7%

Average

  

 

0.3297

 

  

 

0.4013

 

  

-17.8%

  

0.3560

  

0.4014

  

-11.3%

Peruvian Sol

                                     

End of Period

  

 

0.1541

 

  

 

0.1719

 

  

-10.3%

  

0.1541

  

0.1719

  

-10.3%

Average

  

 

0.1469

 

  

 

0.1737

 

  

-15.4%

  

0.1582

  

0.1733

  

-8.7%

Dominican Republic Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

2.5484

 

  

 

2.6771

 

  

-4.8%

  

2.5484

  

2.6771

  

-4.8%

Average

  

 

2.4555

 

  

 

2.6549

 

  

-7.5%

  

2.5763

  

2.6426

  

-2.5%


Exchange Rates Local Currency Units per USD

                 
     

        2Q20

    

        2Q19

    

        Var.%

  

        Jan-Jun  20

  

        Jan-Jun  19

  

        Var.%

Euro

                                     

End of Period

  

 

0.8902

 

  

 

0.8793

 

  

1.2%

  

0.8902

  

0.8793

  

1.2%

Average

  

 

0.9082

 

  

 

0.8899

 

  

2.1%

  

0.9082

  

0.8899

  

2.1%

Mexican Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

22.9715

 

  

 

19.1442

 

  

20.0%

  

22.9715

  

19.1442

  

20.0%

Average

  

 

23.3567

 

  

 

19.1209

 

  

22.2%

  

21.5954

  

19.1705

  

12.6%

Brazilean Real

                                     

End of Period

  

 

5.4760

 

  

 

3.8322

 

  

42.9%

  

5.4760

  

3.8322

  

42.9%

Average

  

 

5.3759

 

  

 

3.9203

 

  

37.1%

  

4.9135

  

3.8455

  

27.8%

Argentinean Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

70.4600

 

  

 

42.4630

 

  

65.9%

  

70.4600

  

42.4630

  

65.9%

Average

  

 

67.6456

 

  

 

43.9255

 

  

54.0%

  

64.5869

  

41.4660

  

55.8%

Chilean Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

821.2300

 

  

 

679.1500

 

  

20.9%

  

821.2300

  

679.1500

  

20.9%

Average

  

 

823.2708

 

  

 

683.5681

 

  

20.4%

  

812.8329

  

675.4261

  

20.3%

Colombian Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

3,758.9100

 

  

 

3,197.2300

 

  

17.6%

  

3,758.9100

  

3,197.2300

  

17.6%

Average

  

 

3,847.7428

 

  

 

3,241.1709

 

  

18.7%

  

3,689.8891

  

3,189.0657

  

15.7%

Guatemalan Quetzal

                                     

End of Period

  

 

7.7003

 

  

 

7.7082

 

  

-0.1%

  

7.7003

  

7.7082

  

-0.1%

Average

  

 

7.7011

 

  

 

7.6723

 

  

0.4%

  

7.6890

  

7.6957

  

-0.1%

Peruvian Sol

                                     

End of Period

  

 

3.5410

 

  

 

3.2900

 

  

7.6%

  

3.5410

  

3.2900

  

7.6%

Average

  

 

3.4314

 

  

 

3.3209

 

  

3.3%

  

3.4174

  

3.3231

  

2.8%

Dominican Republic Peso

                                     

End of Period

  

 

58.5400

 

  

 

51.2500

 

  

14.2%

  

58.5400

  

51.2500

  

14.2%

Average

  

 

57.3524

 

  

 

50.7644

 

  

13.0%

  

55.6356

  

50.6604

  

9.8%


Glossary of Terms

ARPU   

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

ARPM   

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

Capex   

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

Churn   

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

EBIT   

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

EBIT margin   

The ratio of EBIT to total operating revenue.

EBITDA   

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization.

EBITDA margin   

The ratio of EBITDA to total operating revenue.

EPS (Mexican pesos)   

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

Earnings per ADR (US$)   

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

Gross additions   

Total number of subscribers acquired during the period.

Licensed pops   

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

LTE   

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

Market share   

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

MBOU   

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

MOU   

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

Net subscriber additions   

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

Net debt   

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

Net debt / EBITDA   

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

Prepaid   

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

Postpaid   

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

SMS   

Short Message Service.

SAC   

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

Wireless

penetration

  

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

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SIGNATURE

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

 

Date: July 17, 2020     AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.
    By:  

/s/ Alejandro Cantú Jiménez

    Name:   Alejandro Cantú Jiménez
    Title:   General Counsel