First quarter 2005 marked by efficiency
Public 12.05.2005 in category Press News / Financial and Operational
- Significant growth of financial indicators, significant growth of EBITDA margin to 50%
- T-Mobile number 1 among contract customers
- Non-voice services make up an increasing share of revenues
Prague, 12 May 2005 - In the first quarter of 2005, T-Mobile recorded a significant growth of the key financial indicators, particularly net profit (35.1%) and EBITDA (14.8%). The EBITDA margin reached an above-average 50%. Moreover, the operator was able to keep its position of number one in terms of the total number of contract customers. T-Mobile customers were using non-voice services to an even greater extent - non-voice services represented a 22.2% share of revenues per customer.
T-Mobile's customer base increased by 10%, which fully meets the expectations. "We feel flattered that T-Mobile continues keeping the leading position in terms of contract customer numbers," says Roland Mahler, Managing Director of T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s., and adds: "The launch of the Fixed+ tariff add-on and extension of EDGE coverage, for example, met with an excellent response from contract customers." It is also the group of contract customers which contributed most to the increased share of data services in ARPU.
During the first quarter, T-Mobile recorded outstanding financial results: total revenues reached CZK 6.5 billion, net profit almost CZK 1.5 billion (35.1% growth) and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) increased by 14.8% compared with the same period last year. The EBITDA margin increased year-on-year by almost 4% p.p., reaching 50%. These figures prove a significant increase in the company's efficiency, as well as the fact that the Save for Growth international programme is the right course.
During the past period, T-Mobile was further developing data services - in addition to the extension of EDGE coverage, new interesting applications that are intended not only for business customers were added to the portfolio of non-voice services (telemetry, location-finding and navigation services, protection of property, etc.). This was reflected in data traffic: the volume of data transmitted increased year-on-year by 300% and the share of non-voice services in ARPU grew by 2.0 p.p. to 22.2%. This is an above-average figure not only within the T-Mobile Group.
"Our greatest success is achieving sustainable growth in a highly saturated market. The ability to attract contract customers as well as the fact that T-Mobile is the preferred choice among more and more businesses contribute to this success. These customer groups appreciate the stability, wide portfolio of services and the value-price ratio offered by our company," says Roland Mahler.
The list of new business customers includes renowned names such as Ministry for Regional Development, Masaryk University in Brno, ABB, GE Money Bank, a.s., Johnson & Johnson, City of Ceska Lipa, Administration of the National Park and Protected Landscape Area of Sumava, WOOD & Company Financial Services, BASF and STEM/MARK.
|
Q1 2005 |
Q1 2004 |
Change v % | |
| Penetration (%) |
106.4 |
96.0 |
10.4 |
| Customer nubers ('000) |
4 390 |
3 991 |
10.0 |
|
Contract customers |
1 128 |
947 |
19.1 |
|
Twist customers |
3 262 |
3 044 |
7.2 |
| New customers ('000) |
30 |
43 |
(30.2) |
|
Contract customers |
23 |
58 |
(60) |
|
Twist customers |
7 |
-15 |
- |
|
Total revenues (CZK million) |
6 511 |
6 101 |
6.7 |
|
ARPU revenues (CZK million) |
6 172 |
5 688 |
8.5 |
| Net profit (CZK million) |
1 466 |
1 085 |
35.1 |
| EBITDA (CZK million) |
3 254 |
2 835 |
14.8 |
| EBITDA margin - total revenues (%) |
50.0 |
46.5 |
3.5 |
| EBITDA margin - ARPU revenues (%) |
52.7 |
49.8 |
2.9 |
| ARPU incl. vistors (CZK) |
470 |
477 |
(1.5) |
| Share of non.voice services in ARPU (%) |
22.2 |
20.2 |
2.0p |
About the Company
T-Mobile Czech Republic has been operating in the Czech market since 1996. As of 30 September 2011, almost 5.4 million customers were using T-Mobile services.
T-Mobile operates a public mobile communications network on the GSM and UMTS standards. Since 1 January 2008, T-Mobile has been offering fixed data and voice telecommunications services. In 2009, T-Mobile extended its portfolio to include ICT services and, since November 2010, the operator also offers the T-Mobile TV satellite television service.
T-Mobile has always focused on the quality of offered services. Independent tests have repeatedly confirmed that T-Mobile is the quality leader in 2G and 3G (UMTS FDD) data services, as well as in GSM voice services.
Since its establishment, the company has placed emphasis on excellent customer service and proper conduct towards business partners, employees and the environment. T-Mobile has received, among other awards, the VIA Bona 2009 award for the involvement of its employees in philanthropic and volunteer activities.
T-Mobile is a member of the international telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom. Thanks to the group’s international presence, customers can count on the worldwide availability of their favourite services and enjoy uniform, favourable prices of calls when abroad.
For more information about the company, please visit t-press.cz or www.t-mobile.cz.
