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FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
THROUGH MARCH 01, 2007

(Commission File Number: 001-10579)
 

 
COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF CHILE
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 


Avenida Providencia No. 111, Piso 22
Providencia, Santiago, Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

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in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to
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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
___N/A___



COMPAÑIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES


REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2006 and 2005
(CONSOLIDATED)


COMPAÑIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish – See Note 2)

 

 

_____________________________________________________________________

CONTENTS

Report of Independent Auditors
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statement of Income
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

ThCh$:    Thousands of Chilean pesos. 
UF :    The Unidad de Fomento, or UF, is an inflation-indexed peso-denominated monetary unit in Chile. The daily UF rate is fixed in advance based on the change in the Chilean Consumer Price Index of the previous month. 
ThUS$:    Thousands of US dollars. 


Report of Independent Auditors
(Translation of a report originally issued in Spanish--See Note 2 (b))

• Huérfanos 770, 5 Piso
   Santiago, Chile

•  Teléfono: (56-2) 676 1001
    Fax: (56-2) 676 1010
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Report of Independent Auditors
To the President, Shareholders and Directors of
Compañia de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A:

1.     
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements (and corresponding notes) are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. The attached Reasoned Analysis is not an integral part of these financial statements; therefore this report does not include it.
 
2.     
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in Chile. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
3.     
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in Chile.


/s/ Andrés Marchant V.   
Andrés Marchant V.  ERNST & YOUNG LTDA

Santiago, January 24, 2007 


COMPAÑIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES 
 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005 
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31,2006)

 
ASSETS    Notes    2006    2005    LIABILITIES    Notes     2006    2005 
 
 
        ThCh$    ThCh$            ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 CURRENT ASSETS                 CURRENT LIABILITIES             
     Cash        10,074,960    6,424,238       Short-term obligations with banks             
     Time deposits    (34)   27,543,715    86,753,294           and financial institutions    (15)   2,005,114    1,347,294 
     Marketable securities, net    (4)   16,263,602    16,078,005       Commercial paper    (17 a)     58,285,826 
     Accounts receivable, net    (5)   176,310,318    151,965,200       Current maturities of bonds payable    (17 b)   1,839,758    113,712,131 
     Notes receivable, net    (5)   4,125,379    3,433,457       Current maturities of other long-term obligations        11,722    16,862 
     Other receivables    (5)   10,524,404    12,271,773       Dividends payable        1,598,709    1,755,595 
     Accounts receivable from related
          companies
 
  (6 a)   17,421,462    14,546,828       Trade accounts payable    (35)   107,216,258    78,087,761 
     Inventories, net        5,259,293    2,867,731       Other payables    (36)   13,926,967    20,939,772 
     Recoverable taxes        2,965,213    4,731,578       Accounts payable to related companies    (6 b)   33,007,160    26,408,461 
     Prepaid expenses        922,191    2,655,976       Accruals    (18)   8,381,697    10,299,309 
     Deferred taxes    (7 b)   13,932,290    11,930,838       Withholdings        16,586,668    12,584,338 
     Other current assets    (8)   10,948,558    11,333,038       Unearned income        10,099,258    10,981,319 
                   Other current liabilities          849,241 
 
 
               
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 
      296,291,385    324,991,956   
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 
      194,673,311    335,267,909 
               
 
 
 PROPERTY, PLANT AND
         EQUIPMENT
 
  (10)            LONG-TERM LIABILITIES             
     Land        27,858,064    27,852,723       Long-term debt with banks and             
     Buildings and improvements        785,112,256    791,790,968   
      financial institutions 
  (16)   331,380,831    326,873,609 
     Machinery and equipment        2,762,527,493    2,723,729,586       Bonds payable    (17 b)   66,141,943    12,453,342 
     Other property, plant and
            equipment
 
      316,701,911    264,559,181       Other accounts payable        28,210,503    26,013,822 
     Technical revaluation        9,463,656    9,948,548       Accruals    (18)   35,525,488    36,078,910 
     Accumulated depreciation        (2,672,072,073)   (2,490,072,578)      Deferred taxes    (7 b)   55,064,116    59,588,547 
                   Other liabilities        3,788,895    4,095,910 
 
                             
               
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND 
EQUIPMENT, NET
 
      1,229,591,307    1,327,808,428   
TOTAL LONG-TERM LIABILITIES 
      520,111,776    465,104,140 
               
 
                 MINORITY INTEREST    (20)   1,230,287    1,670,081 
               
 
     OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS                 SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY    (21)        
     Investments in related companies    (11)   8,109,310    7,996,697       Paid-in capital        890,894,953    931,859,276 
     Investments in other companies        4,179    4,179       Other reserves        (3,000,511)   (1,788,017)
     Goodwill, net    (12)   15,954,977    18,838,807       Retained earnings        12,866,433    14,940,840 
     Other receivables    (5)   13,607,076    15,706,980               Net income        23,353,046    25,712,170 
     Intangibles    (13)   53,232,441    49,902,875               Less: Interim dividend        (10,486,613)   (10,771,330)
     Accumulated amortization    (13)   (17,959,777)   (12,093,163)                
     Others non-current asset    (14)   17,945,351    13,897,470                 
 
               
TOTAL LONG-TERM ASSETS 
      90,893,557    94,253,845   
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 
      900,760,875    945,012,099 
               
 
               
     TOTAL ASSETS               
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 
           
        1,616,776,249    1,747,054,229            1,616,776,249    1,747,054,229 
               
 
 
The accompanying notes 1 to 36 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements


COMPAÑIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES 
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2006)

         2006     2005 
OPERATING INCOME:         ThCh$     ThCh$ 
             
             
Operating revenues        577,203,534    592,904,274 
Operating costs        (373,024,912)   (380,887,804)
       
             
Gross profit        204,178,622    212,016,470 
             
Administrative and selling expenses        (121,554,811)   (123,091,244)
       
             
OPERATING INCOME        82,623,811    88,925,226 
             
NON-OPERATING RESULTS:             
             
Interest income        4,436,559    8,152,458 
Equity in earnings of equity-method investees    (11)   1,949,359    1,748,329 
Other non-operating income    (22 a)   1,616,867    3,170,833 
Equity in losses of equity-method investees    (11)   (33,628)   (33,193)
Amortization of goodwill    (12)   (2,222,691)   (1,616,816)
Interest expense and other        (19,480,089)   (30,120,752)
Other non-operating expenses   
(22 b)
  (16,644,682)   (13,351,580)
Price-level restatement, net    (23)   500,929    1,985,668 
Foreign currency translation, net    (24)   164,889    976,129 
       
             
NON-OPERATING (LOSS) NET        (29,712,487)   (29,088,924)
             
       
             
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND MINORITY INTEREST        52,911,324    59,836,302 
             
Income taxes    (7 c)   (29,599,897)   (34,093,408)
             
INCOME BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST        23,311,427    25,742,894 
             
Minority interest    (20)   41,619    (30,724)
             
       
 
NET INCOME        23,353,046    25,712,170 
             
       
 
 
The accompanying notes 1 to 36 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements


COMPAÑIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES 
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2006)


     2006     2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
NET CASH         
   FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES    234,756,004    226,266,713 
 
Net income    23,353,046    25,712,170 
 
Sales of assets:    (1,036,796)   21,738 
 
 
Net (income) loss on sale of investments    (1,036,796)   21,738 
 
Charges ( credits ) to income that do not represent         
   cash flows:    232,823,194    233,018,572 
 
   Depreciation    204,906,820    200,920,193 
   Amortization of intangibles    5,024,127    4,847,335 
   Provisions and write offs    18,834,385    24,902,211 
   Equity participation in income of equity method investees    (1,949,359)   (1,748,329)
   Equity participation in losses of equity method investees    33,628    33,193 
   Amortization of goodwill    2,222,691    1,616,816 
   Price-level restatement, net    (500,929)   (1,985,668)
   Foreign currency translation, net    (164,889)   (976,129)
   Other credits to income that do not represent         
        cash flows 
  (348,448)   (291,238)
 Other charges to income that do not represent         
        cash flows 
  4,765,168    5,700,188 
 
 
Changes in operating assets         
   (increase) decrease:    (18,243,150)   66,003,112 
 
     Trade accounts receivable    (25,378,648)   (6,020,873)
     Inventories    (1,691,020)   2,248,105 
     Other assets    8,826,518    69,775,880 
 
Changes in operating liabilities         
   increase (decrease):    (2,098,671)   (98,519,603)
 
     Accounts payable related to         
        operating activities 
  8,120,222    (74,456,219)
     Interest payable    1,090,622    1,748,841 
     Income taxes payable, net    (16,247,098)   (23,756,730)
     Other accounts payable related to non-operating         
        activities 
  5,574,141    1,727,998 
     V.A.T. and other similar taxes payable    (636,558)   (3,783,493)
 
Net (loss) income from minority interest    (41,619)   30,724 
 
 
 
The accompanying notes 1 to 36 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements


COMPAÑIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES 
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
FOR THE EXERCISES ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
(Restated for general price-level changes and expressed in thousands of constant Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2006)

     2006     2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
NET CASH USED IN         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES    (180,343,675)   (205,394,443)
 
     Obligations with the public    73,366,735    70,465,529 
     Dividends paid    (24,022,430)   (118,171,643)
     Capital distribution    (40,596,288)  
     Loans repaid      (35,093,202)
     Repayment of obligations with the public    (188,404,582)   (122,595,127)
     Other financing activities    (687,110)  
 
 
NET CASH USED IN         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    (109,463,791)   (88,253,741)
 
     Sales of property, plant and equipment    60,000    1,263,681 
     Sale of other investments      12,143,501 
     Other investment income      26,866 
     Acquisition of property, plant and equipment    (109,523,791)   (73,579,347)
     Investments in related companies      (49,591)
     Investments in financial instruments      (19,146,457)
     Other investing activities      (8,912,394)
     
 
NEGATIVE NET CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR    (55,051,462)   (67,381,471)
 
EFFECT OF INFLATION ON CASH         
   AND CASH EQUIVALENTS    (863,534)   (1,574,386)
     
 
NET DECREASE OF CASH         
   AND CASH EQUIVALENTS    (55,914,996)   (68,955,857)
     
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT         
   BEGINNING OF YEAR    97,262,053    166,217,910 
 
     
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT         
   END OF YEAR    41,347,057    97,262,053 
         
     
 
 
 
The accompanying notes 1 to 36 are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements


COMPAÑIA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES 
 

 

(Translation of a report originally issued in Spanish – see Note 2 to the Financial Statements)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Composition of Consolidated Group and Registration with the Securities Registry:

a) Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile (“Telefónica Chile”, the “Parent Company” when referred to on an individual basis or the “Company” when referred in conjunction with its subsidiaries) is a publicly-held corporation that is registered in the Securities Registry under No. 009 and is therefore subject to supervision by the Chilean Security and Exchange Commission (“SVS”).

b) Subsidiary companies registered with the Securities Registry:

         
SUBSIDIARIES            Participation 
  TAXPAYER    Registration    (direct & indirect)
  No.    Number    2006    2005 
          %    % 
         
Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.    96,551,670-0    456    99.31    99.16 
Telefónica Asistencia y Seguridad S.A.    96,971,150-8    863    99.99    99.99 
         

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

(a) Accounting period:

The consolidated financial statements correspond to the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005.

(b) Basis of preparation:

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in Chile (“Chilean GAAP”) and standards set forth by the Chilean Security and Exchange Commission (“SVS”). In the event of any discrepancies in these regulations, SVS regulations supersede Chilean GAAP. Certain accounting practices applied by the Company that conform to Chilean GAAP may not conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“US GAAP”) or International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). For the convenience of the reader, these financial statements have been translated from Spanish to English.

The Company’s consolidated financial statements as of June 30 and December 31 of each year are prepared in order to be reviewed and audited, respectively, in accordance with current legal regulations. The Company voluntarily submits the quarterly financial statements as of March 31 and September 30 to an interim financial information review performed in accordance with regulations established for this type of review, described in Generally Accepted Auditing Standard No. 45 Section No. 722, issued by the Chilean Association of Accountants.

(c) Basis of presentation:

The consolidated financial statements for 2005 and their notes have been adjusted for comparison purposes by 2.1% in order to allow comparison with the 2006 consolidated financial statements. For comparison purposes, certain reclassifications have been made to the 2005 consolidated financial statements.

(d) Basis of consolidation:

These consolidated financial statements include the assets, liabilities, income and cash flows of the Parent Company and subsidiaries. Significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated, and the participation of minority investors has been recognized under Minority Interest (Note 20).

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2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued: 

(d) Basis of consolidation, continued: 

Companies included in consolidation: 

As of December 31, 2006, the consolidated group (The Company) is composed of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. and the following subsidiaries: 

           
        Ownership Percentage 
     
TAXPAYER    Company Name       2006       2005
No.        Direct    Indirect    Total    Total 
           
96,551,670-0    Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.    99.31      99.31    99.16 
96,961,230-5    Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Chile S.A.    99.99      99.99    99.99 
74,944,200-K    Fundación Telefónica Chile    50.00      50.00    50.00 
96,971,150-8    Telefónica Asistencia y Seguridad S.A.    99.99      99.99    99.99 
90,430,000-4    Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile S.A.    99.99      99.99    99.99 
78,703,410-1    Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A. (1)   99.99      99.99    99.99 
96,834,320-3    Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. (2)   99.99      99.99    99.99 
96,811,570-7    Instituto Telefónica Chile S.A. (5)     99.99    99.99    79.99 
96,545,500-0    CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (3)         99.99 
96,887,420-9    Globus 120 S.A. (4)         99.99 
 

1) On January 26, 2006, Telefónica Internet S.A. sold its entire ownership interest of 449,081 shares to Telefónica Chile for ThCh$1,624,273 (historical). On that same date, CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A. sold its entire ownership interest of 1 share to Telefónica Chile S.A. for ThCh$4.

On April 19, 2006, Tecnonáutica S.A. changed its name to Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A.

2) On January 26, CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A. sold its entire ownership interest of 16 shares to Telefónica Chile for ThCh $132.

On January 27, 2006 ,Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile sold its entire ownership interest of 215,099 shares to Telefónica Chile for ThCh $1,468,683 (historical).

3) On March 1, 2006, Telefónica Chile absorbed the subsidiary CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A. after purchasing 1 share of that company from third parties for ThCh$11 on February 28, 2006.

4) On April 21, 2006 Telefónica Mundo S.A. absorbed the subsidiary Globus 120 S.A. and subsequently changed its name to Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.

5) On October 20, 2006, Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. sold 1,703,999 shares to Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos Chile S.A. for ThCh$12,800.

On that same date, Telepeajes de Chile S.A. changed its name to Instituto Telefónica Chile S.A.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued:

(e) Price-level restatement:

The consolidated financial statements have been adjusted by applying price-level restatement standards, in accordance with Chilean GAAP, in order to reflect the changes in the purchasing power of the currency during both exercises. The accumulated variation in the Chilean Customer Price Index (CPI) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, for initial balances, is 2.1% and 3.6%, respectively.

(f) Basis of conversion:

Assets and liabilities in US$ (United States dollars), Euros, Brazilian Reales, UF (Unidad de Fomento) and JPY (Japanese Yen) have been converted to pesos at the exchange rates as of each year end:

 
YEAR  US$  EURO  BRAZILIAN
REAL
JPY  UF 
           
2006  532.39  702.08  249.28  4.47  18,336.38 
           
2005  512.50  606.08  219.35  4.34  17,974.81 
           

Foreign currency translation differences resulting from the application of this standard are credited or charged to income for the year.

(g) Time deposits:

Time deposits are carried at cost plus adjustments, where applicable, and interest accrued up to each year end.

(h) Marketable securities:

Fixed income securities are recorded at their price-level restated acquisition value, plus interest accrued as of each year end using the real rate of interest determined as of the date of purchase, or their market value, whichever is less.

(i) Inventories:

Equipment held for sale is carried at price-level restated acquisition or development cost or market value, whichever is less.

Inventories estimated to be used during the next twelve months are classified as current assets and their cost is price-level restated. The obsolescence provision has been determined on the basis of a survey of materials with slow turnover.

(j) Allowance for doubtful accounts:

Different percentages are applied when calculating the allowance for doubtful accounts, depending on the aging of such accounts. The allowance for debts exceeding 120 days, or 180 days in the case of large customers (corporations), is for 100% of the amount receivable.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued:

(k) Property, plant and equipment:

Property, plant and equipment are carried at their price-level restated acquisition or construction cost.

Property, plant and equipment acquired up to December 31, 1979 are carried at their appraisal value, as stipulated in Article 140 of D.F.L. No. 4, and those acquired subsequently are carried at their acquisition value, except for those assets which are carried at the appraisal value recorded as of September 30, 1986, as authorized in SVS Circular No. 550. All these values have been price-level restated.

(l) Depreciation of property, plant and equipment:

Depreciation has been calculated and recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. The average annual financial depreciation rate of the Company is approximately 8.21% .

(m) Leased assets:

Leased assets with a purchase option and whose contracts meet the characteristics of a financial lease are recorded in a similar fashion to the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, by recognizing the full obligation and interest on an accrual basis. These assets are not legally owned by the Company; therefore, until it exercises the purchase option they cannot be freely disposed of.

(n) Intangibles:

i) Rights to underwater cable:

Corresponds to the rights acquired by the Company for the use of an underwater cable to transmit voice and data. This right is amortized over the term of the respective contracts, with a maximum of 25 years.

ii) Software licenses:

Software licenses are valued at their price-level restated acquisition cost. Amortization is calculated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful life, which does not exceed 4 years.

(o) Investments in related companies:

These investments are accounted for under the equity method, which recognizes the investor’s share of income on an accrual basis. For investments abroad, the valuation methodology applied is that defined in Technical Bulletin No. 64. These investments are controlled in dollars, since they are in countries deemed to be unstable and their activities are not an extension of the Company’s operations.

(p) Goodwill:

This account corresponds to the valuation differences that are created when adjusting the cost of the investments, adopting the equity method or making a new purchase. Goodwill and negative goodwill amortization periods have been determined considering aspects such as the nature and characteristics of the business and the estimated period of return of the investment (Note 12).

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued:

(q) Transactions with repurchase agreements:

Purchases of securities under agreement to resell are recorded as fixed rate securities and are classified under Other Current Assets (Note 8).

(r) Obligations with the public:

Costs directly related to the placement of these obligations are deferred and amortized using the straight-line method over the term of the respective liability.

(s) Current and deferred income taxes:

Income tax is recorded on the basis of taxable net income. Deferred taxes on all temporary differences, usable tax loss carry forwards, and other events that create differences between the tax and accounting values are recognized in accordance with Technical Bulletins No. 60 and its modifications issued by the Chilean Association of Accountants and as established by SVS Circular No.1,466 dated January 27, 2000.

(t) Staff severance indemnities:

For employees who qualify for this benefit, the Company’s staff severance indemnities obligation is provided for by applying the present value of the obligation using an annual discount rate of 6%, considering estimates such as the future service period of the employee, mortality rate of employees and salary increases determined on the basis of actuarial calculations.

Costs for past services of the employees produced by changes in the actuarial bases are deferred and amortized over average periods of employees’ future service periods(Notes 8 and 14).

(u) Revenue recognition:

The Company’s revenues are recognized on an accrual basis in accordance with Chilean GAAP. Since billing dates are different from the accounting close date, as of the date of preparation of these consolidated financial statements provisions have been established for services provided and not billed, which are determined on the basis of contracts, traffic, prices and current conditions for the years. These amounts are recorded under Trade Accounts Receivable.

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued:

(v) Foreign currency forwards:

The Company has entered into foreign currency investment and hedging futures. The latter have been purchased to cover the foreign exchange variations for the Company’s current foreign currency obligations.

These instruments are valued in accordance with Technical Bulletin No. 57 of the Chilean Association of Accountants.

The rights and obligations acquired are detailed in Note 27, reflecting in the balance sheet only the net right or obligation at period end, classified according to the maturity of each contract under Other Current Assets or Other Payables, as applicable.

(w) Interest rate coverage:

Interest on loans for which associated interest rate swaps have been entered into is recorded recognizing the effect of those contracts on the interest rate established in such loans. The rights and obligations acquired therein are shown under Other Payables or under Other Current Assets, as applicable (Note 27).

(x) Computer software:

The cost of software purchased is deferred and amortized using the straight-line method over a maximum period of four years and classified under Other property, plant and equipment.

(y) Cumulative translation adjustment:

The Company recognizes in this equity reserve account the difference between exchange rate fluctuations and the Consumer Price Index (C.P.I.) due to from restating its investments abroad. These investments are controlled in United States dollars. The balance in this account is credited (or charged) to income in the same period in which the net income or loss on the total or partial disposal of these investments is recognized.

(z) Statement of cash flows:

For the purposes of preparing the Statement of Cash Flows according to Technical Bulletin No. 50 of the Chilean Association of Accountants and SVS Circular No.1,312, the Company defines cash equivalents as securities under agreements to resell and time deposits maturing in less than 90 days.

Cash flows related to the Company’s line of business and all cash flows not defined as from investing or financing activities are included under “Cash Flows from Operating Activities”.

(z) Correspondents:

The Company currently has agreements with foreign correspondents, which set the conditions that regulate international traffic. The correspondents are charged or paid according to net traffic receivable/payable and the rates set in each agreement.

This receivable/payable is recorded on an accrual basis; the costs and income for the exercise are recognized on an accrual basis, and the net balances receivable and payable of each correspondent are recorded under “Trade Accounts Receivable” or “Accounts Payable”, as applicable.

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3. Accounting Changes:

a) Accounting changes

During the years covered in these consolidated financial statements, there have been no changes to the accounting principles used.

b) Change in estimate

i) Changes in actuarial hypotheses discount rate

During the first quarter of 2006 an evaluation was performed of the market interest rate used to calculate the current value of staff severance indemnities. After completing this analysis, the Company decided to reduce the discount rate from 7% to 6%. As a result of these modifications, the Company recorded deferred tax assets of ThCh$ 2,797,402 (historical) in 2006, which will be amortized over the future years of service of the employees that qualify for this benefit.

ii) Change in estimation of international traffic

During 2005, subsidiary Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. surveyed correspondents, in order to implement an automated system to measure, valuate and determine international traffic provisions. This work allowed optimization of information regarding values pending billing and/or payment for the concept of international traffic.

This new methodology generated a change in the estimation of provisions and purging of real net balances of accounts receivable and payable to correspondents, which altogether resulted in adjustments to these accounts of ThCh$8,960,168 (historical) during the second half of 2005.

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4. Marketable Securities:

The balance of marketable securities is as follows:

 
Description 
  2006 
ThCh$ 
  2005 
ThCh$ 
 
Publicly offered promissory notes    16,263,602    16,078,005 
 
Total    16,263,602    16,078,005 
 

Publicly offered promissory notes (Fixed Income)

 
    Date    Par         Book Value    Market    Provision 
           
Instrument             Value    Amount    Rate    Value     
    Purchase    Maturity    ThCh$     ThCh$    %    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
BCD0500907    Dec-04    Sep-07    2,661,950    2,700,997    5%    2,700,997    (23,428)
BCD0500907    Aug-05    Sep-07    1,863,365    1,890,698    5%    1,890,698    (8,812)
BCD0500907    Sep-05    Sep-07    2,129,560    2,160,798    5%    2,160,798    (15,612)
BCD0500907    Sep-05    Sep-07    2,661,950    2,700,997    5%    2,700,997    (19,309)
BCD0500907    Sep-05    Sep-07    2,661,950    2,700,997    5%    2,700,997    (18,521)
BCD0500907    Sep-05    Sep-07    532,390    540,199    5%    540,199    (3,837)
BCD0500907    Sep-05    Sep-07    532,390    540,199    5%    540,199    (3,693)
BCD0500907    Sep-05    Sep-07    1,064,780    1,080,399    5%    1,080,399    (7,160)
    Sub-Total        14,108,335    14,315,284        14,315,284    (100,372)
 
BCU500909    Nov-05    Sep-09    1,833,638    1,948,318    5%    1,963,051           - 
Sub-Total 
  1,833,638    1,948,318        1,963,051           - 
 
Total 
  15,941,973    16,263,602        16,278,335    (100,372)
 

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5. Current and long-term receivables:

The detail of current and long-term receivables is as follows:

 
    Current    Long-term 
     
Description    Up to 90 days    Over 90 up to 1 year    Subtotal    Total Current (net)        
    2006    2005   2006    2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2005
    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$      ThCh$      ThCh$    ThCh$ 
                       
Trade accounts receivable    235,563,333    206,386,671    3,171,776    5,324,584    238,735,109    176,310,318   100.0    151,965,200    100%    -    1,086,836 
   Fixed telephony service    187,372,685    158,807,008    283,755    1,680,374    187,656,440    135,199,724   76.68    111,732,638    73.53      1,086,836 
   Long distance    22,703,056    24,278,493        22,703,056    16,307,812   9.25    16,540,377    10.88     
   Communications corporate    20,847,854    19,258,931    2,597,662    3,316,522    23,445,516    21,782,183   12.36    20,276,385    13.34     
   Other    4,639,738    4,042,239    290,359    327,688    4,930,097    3,020,599   1.71    3,415,800    2.25     
Allowance for doubtful accounts    (62,424,791)  
(59,746,055)
      (62,424,791)                
Notes receivable    8,325,856    8,189,387    221,157    105,348    8,547,013    4,125,379        3,433,457        -    - 
Allowance for doubtful notes    (4,421,634)   (4,861,278)       (4,421,634)                
Miscellaneous accounts receivable    7,551,599    8,944,237    2,972,805    3,327,536    10,524,404    10,524,404        12,271,773        13,607,076    14,620,144 
Allowance for doubtful accounts    -      -      -    -        -          - 
 
Long-term receivables          
  13,607,076    15,706,980 
 

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6. Balances and transactions with related entities:

a) Receivables from related parties are as follows:

 
        Short-term    Long-term 
     
Taxpayer No.    Company    2006    2005    2006    2005 
        ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
           
 
87,845,500-2    Telefónica Móviles Chile S.A.    702,422       
96,672,150-2    Telefónica Móviles Chile Inversiones S.A.    53,353       
96,672,160-k    Telefónica Móviles Chile Larga Distancia S.A.    330,509    1,173,710     
96,834,230-4    Terra Networks Chile S.A.    1,893,796    1,137,399     
96,895,220-k    Atento Chile S.A.    477,989    418,619     
96,910,730-9    Telefónica International Wholesale Services Chile S.A.    489,650    106,387     
96,786,140-5    Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A.    8,458,174    6,635,631     
59,083,900-0    Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad S.A.    10,980    1,926     
96,990,810-7    Telefónica Móviles Soluciones y Aplicaciones S.A.    136,888    184,992     
Foreign    Telefónica España    702,320    819,149     
Foreign    Telefónica LD Puerto Rico    212,383       
Foreign    Telefónica Data Usa Inc.    36,035    27,237     
Foreign    Telefónica Data España      357,121     
Foreign    Telefónica Argentina    1,600,129    1,847,521     
Foreign    Telefónica Soluciones de Informática España S.A.    1,522,632       
Foreign    Telefónica WholeSale International Services    391,626    459,420     
Foreign    Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos España    11,204    11,437     
Foreign    Telefónica Perú    391,372       
Foreign    Telefónica Procesos Tec. de Información      1,366,279     
 
   
Total       
  17,421,462    14,546,828    -    - 
 

There have been charges and credits recorded to current accounts with these companies for invoicing of sale of materials, equipment and services.

b) Payables to related parties are as follows:

 
        Short-term    Long-term 
     
Taxpayer No.    Company    2006    2005    2006    2005 
        ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
           
 
96.990.810-7    Telefónica Móviles Soluciones y Aplicaciones S.A.      1.301     
96.527.390-5    Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A.    286.048    286.296     
96.834.230-4    Terra Networks Chile S.A.    5.336.338    4.241.588     
96.895.220-k    Atento Chile S.A.    3.309.526    675.232     
96.910.730-9    Telefónica International Wholesale Services Chile S.A.    4.154.051    219.679     
96.786.140-5    Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A.    14.591.511    14.979.040     
87.845.500-2    Telefónica Móviles Chile S.A.    2.525.323       
96.672.160-k    Telefónica Móviles Chile Larga Distancia S.A.    4.744    4.531.142     
59.083.900-0    Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad S.A.    1.163       
Foreign    Telefónica Gestión de Servicios Compartidos España S.A.    31.397       
Foreign    Telefónica Argentina    567.014       
Foreign    Telefónica España    35.344       
Foreign    Telefónica Perú    427.488    49.651     
Foreign    Telefónica Guatemala    25.274    100.575     
Foreign    Telefónica Móvil El Salvador S.A. de C.V.    29.856    57.307     
Foreign    Telefónica WholeSale International Services    954.266    692.229     
Foreign    Telefónica Puerto Rico    8.704    16.385     
Foreign    Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo    577.993    522.310     
Foreign    Telecomunicaciones de Sao Paulo    27.932    35.726         
Foreign    Telefónica Data España    113.188       
 
   
Total       
  33.007.160    26.408.461    -    - 
 

As per Article No. 89 of the Corporations Law, all these transactions are carried out under normal market conditions.

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6. Balances and transactions with related companies, continued:

c) Transactions:

               
Company  Tax No.  Nature
of
Relationship 
Description
of
transaction 
2005
ThCh$ 
2004
ThCh$ 
               
  Foreign  Related to parent           
Telefónica España    company  Sales  891,339  891,339  889,463  889,463 
      Purchases  (453,065) (453,065) (232,877) (232,877)
               
Telefonica Data Usa Inc.  Foreign  Related to parent           
    company  Sales  35,182  35,182  5,328,198  5,328,198 
               
Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A.  96,527,390-5  Parent company  Purchases  (580,709) (580,709) (583,198) (583,198)
               
Terra Networks Chile S.A.  96,834,230-4  Related company  Sales  6,107,825  6,107,825  5,328,198  5,328,198 
      Purchases  (694,904) (694,904) (933,828) (933,828)
               
Atento Chile S.A.  96,895,220-k  Related company  Sales  1,224,942  1,224,942  1,709,311  1,709,311 
      Purchases  (17,094,965) (17,094,965) (15,741,142) (15,741,142)
               
  Foreign  Related to parent           
Telefónica Argentina    company  Sales  1,816,792  1,816,792  1,152,875  1,152,875 
      Purchases  (1,885,541) (1,885,541) (853,821) (853,821)
               
  Foreign  Related to parent           
Telecomunicaciones de Sao Paulo    company  Sales  286,655  286,655  163,258  163,258 
      Purchases  (167,757) (167,757) (213,567) (213,567)
               
  Foreign  Related to parent           
Telefónica Guatemala    company  Sales  23,505  23,505  9,031  9,031 
      Purchases  (53,472) (53,472) (38,541) (38,541)
               
  Foreign  Related to parent           
Telefónica del Perú    company  Sales  1,028,126  1,028,126  525,857  525,857 
      Purchases  (745,448) (745,448) (552,147) (552,147)
               
  Foreign  Related to parent           
Telefónica LD Puerto Rico    company  Sales  10,928  10,928  11,964  11,964 
      Purchases  (21,079) (21,079) (14,447) (14,447)
               
  Foreign  Related to parent           
Telefónica El Salvador    company  Sales  9,395  9,395  5,130  5,130 
      Purchases  (42,627) (42,627) (29,614) (29,614)
               
    Related to parent           
Telefónica Móvil de Chile S.A.  96,786,140-5  company  Sales  14,136,159  14,136,159  13,589,179  13,589,179 
      Purchases  (42,179,355) (42,179,355) (42,684,401) (42,684,401)
               
Telefónica Moviles Chile Larga    Related to parent           
Distancia S.A.  96,672,160-k  company  Sales  629,856  629,856  1,569,089  1,569,089 
      Purchases  (8,191,302) (8,191,302) (12,478,781) (12,478,781)
               
Telefónica WholeSale International Services  Foreign  Related to parent  Sales  304,153  304,153 
España    company  Purchases  (2,624,571) (2,624,571)
               
Telefónica Móviles Chile Inversiones S.A.  96,672,150-2  Related to parent  Sales  793,708  793,708 
    company  Purchases  (147,727) (147,727)
               
Telefónica Wholesale Internacional Services  Foreign  Related to parent           
Uruguay    company  Purchases  (1,328,185) (1,328,185)
               
Telefónica Gestión de Serv.Compartidos  Foreign  Related to parent           
España S.A.    company  Sales      11,437  11,437 
      Purchases  (8,590) (8,590)
     
Other non-operating
       
      income  137  137 
               
Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad S.A.  59,083,900-0  Related to parent           
    company  Sales  104,259  104,259  10,228  10,228 
      Purchases  (28,075) (28,075)
               
Telefónica Moviles Soluciones y Aplicaciones  96,990,810-7  Related to parent           
S.A.    company  Sales  65,110  65,110  93,208  93,208 
               
Terra Networks Inc.  Foreign  Related to parent           
    company  Sales  82  82 
               
Telefónica Internacional Wholesale Services  96,910,730-9  Related to parent           
Chile S.A.    company  Sales  1,279,971  1,279,971  959,746  959,746 
      Purchases  (5,129,791) (5,129,791) (111,193) (111,193)
               
Instituto Telefónica Chile S.A.  96,811,570-7  Related to parent           
    company  Sales  26,073  26,073 
               
Telefónica Soluciones Informática y  Foreign  Related to parent           
Comunicaciones de España    company  Sales  22,730  22,730 
               

The conditions of the agreement related to intercompany transactions between the Company and its equity-method investees and its mercantile current account are both short and long-term, denominated in US dollars and accrue interest at a variable rate adjusted to market rates (US$ + Market Spread).
In the case of Sales and Services Rendered, these mature in the short-term (less than a year) and the maturity terms for each case varies based on the related transaction.

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7. Current and deferred income taxes:

a) General information:

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Parent Company had established a first category income tax provision, as it has taxable net income of ThCh$142,024,686 and ThCh$112,443,624, respectively.

In addition, as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, a provision for first category income tax in subsidiaries was recorded for ThCh$52,220,032 and ThCh$29,208,300, respectively.

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, accumulated tax losses of subsidiaries amount to ThCh$6,344,235 and ThCh$7,495,647 respectively.

According to current legislation the tax years subject to an eventual review by the fiscal authority consider transactions generated from 2004 to date for most of the taxes to which the Company’s operations are subject.

In the curse of its normal operations, the Company is subject to the regulation and oversight of the Chilean Internal Revenue Service, and therefore differences can arise in the application of tax determination criteria. Based on the information available to date, management believes that there are no additional significant liabilities other than those already recorded for this concept in the financial statements.

The companies in the group with positive Retained Taxable Earnings and their associated credits are as follows:

 
Subsidiaries    Retained    Retained    Retained     Retained    Retained    Amount 
  Taxable    Taxable    Taxable    Taxable    Taxable    of 
  Earnings    Earnings    Earnings     Earnings    Earnings     credit 
  w/15% credit    w/16% credit    w/16.5% credit    w/17% credit    w/o credit     
  ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
 
Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.    2,183,566             827,286           4,951,307    59,637,318     5,114,977    13,736,166 
Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile S.A.    103             1,721,203    42,118,766     5,552,492    8,966,859 
Telefónica Chile S.A.          106,924,222    24,144,197    21,900,112 
Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A.          2,925,794    440,006    599,258 
 
Total 
   2,183,669             827,286           6,672,510    211,606,100    35,251,672    45,202,395 
 

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7. Current and deferred income taxes, continued:

b) Deferred taxes:

As of December 31, 2006 and 2005 the accumulated balances of temporary differences that generated net deferred tax liabilities in the amount of ThCh$41,131,826 and ThCh$47,657,709, are as follows:

 
Description        2006            2005     
   
  Deferred tax assets    Deferred tax liabilities    Deferred tax assets    Deferred tax liabilities 
       
  Short-term    Long-term    Short-term    Long-term    Short-term    Long-term    Short-term    Long-term 
     ThCh$       ThCh$       ThCh$    ThCh$       ThCh$       ThCh$       ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
 
Allowance for doubtful accounts    10,080,033          10,265,254          - 
Vacation provision    732,497          834,088      -    - 
Tax benefits for tax losses      1,078,520        225,115    1,049,145    -    - 
Staff severance indemnities          3,901,638        -    6,351,092 
Leased assets and liabilities      20,504      210,814      61,465    -    124,007 
Property, plant and equipment      661,234      144,637,726      4,214,526    -    167,885,804 
Difference in amount of capitalized staff severance      374,552      385,800      546,158    -    - 
Deferred charge on sale of assets      4,102      260,834        -    988,059 
Development software          3,952,366          2,199,009 
Collective negotiation bonus          138,783        -    34,648 
Other    3,180,902    1,134,220    61,142    7,093,945    656,481    292,305    50,100    4,229,742 
 
Sub-Total    13,993,432    3,273,132    61,142    160,581,906    11,980,938    6,163,599    50,100    181,812,361 
 
 
Complementary accounts net of accumulated amortization      (863,355)     (103,108,013)   -    (3,726,247)   -    (119,786,462)
                                 
 
 
Sub-Total    13,993,432    2,409,777    61,142    57,473,893    11,980,938    2,437,352    50,100    62,025,899 
                                 
 
 
Tax reclassification    (61,142)   (2,409,777)   (61,142)   (2,409,777)   (50,100)   (2,437,352)   (50,100)   (2,437,352)
                                 
 
 
Total    13,932,290        55,064,116    11,930,838    -    -    59,588,547 
                                 
 

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7. Current and deferred income taxes, continued:

c) Income tax detail:

The current tax expense shown in the following table is based on taxable income:

 
Description    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Common tax expense before tax credit (income tax 17%)   33,021,602    24,080,827 
Current tax expense (article 21 single tax at 35%)   52,484    63,256 
Common tax expense (first category (corporate) single income tax)     342,339 
Tax expense adjustment (previous exercises)   (337,991)   74,698 
 
Income tax subtotal            
  32,736,095    24,561,120 
 
- Current exercises deferred taxes    (16,932,280)   (4,363,371)
- Tax benefits from tax loss carry forwards    (19,475)  
- Effect of amortization of complementary accounts for deferred assets and liabilities    13,815,557    13,895,659 
 
Deferred tax subtotal            
  (3,136,198)   9,532,288 
 
 
 
Total expense tax           
  29,599,897    34,093,408 
 

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8. Other Current Assets:

The detail of other current assets is as follows:

 
Description    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
 Fixed income securities purchased with resale agreement (note 9)   3,728,382    4,084,521 
 Deferred union contract bonus (1)   1,410,404    1,270,488 
 Deferred exchange insurance premiums      80,417 
 Telephone directories for connection program    2,978,524    2,771,733 
 Deferred higher bond discount rate (note 25)   230,432    48,761 
 Deferred disbursements for placement of bonds (note 25)   127,846    269,297 
 Commercial paper issuance costs (note 25)     102,983 
 Deferred disbursements for foreign financing proceeds (2)   415,127    702,122 
 Exchange insurance receivable    631,636    232,979 
 Deferred staff severance indemnities charges (3)   1,210,332    1,038,064 
 Others    215,875    731,673 
 
Total
  10,948,558    11,333,038 
 
 
(1) Between May and September 2006, the Company negotiated a collective agreement for 38 and 48 months with part of its employees, granting them, among other benefits, a negotiation bonus. That bonus was paid between July and December 2006 The total benefit amounted to ThCh $ 4,918,946 (historical), and is deferred using the straight-line method during the term of the collective agreement. The long-term portion is presented under Others (in Other Assets) (Note 14). 
 
(2) This amount corresponds to the cost (net of amortization) of the mandatory reserve paid to the Central Bank of Chile and disbursements incurred for foreign loans obtained by the Company to finance its investment plan. The long-term portion is presented under Others (in Other Assets) (Note 14). 
 
(3) Corresponds to the short-term portion to be amortized due to changes in the actuarial hypotheses and for the concept of loans to employees. The long-term portion is presented under Others (in Other Assets) (Note 14). 

9.- Information regarding sales commitment transactions (agreements):

 
Code    Dates    Counterparty    Original    Subscription    Rate    Final Value    Instrument    Book Value 
       
  Inception    End      currency    value ThCh$        ThCh$    Identification       ThCh$ 
 
CRV    December 28,    January 04, 2007    HSBC BANK    USD    7,000    5.32%       3,771,437    BCP0800708       3,728,382 
    2006                                 
 
 
           
Total 
      7,000           3,771,437           3,728,382 

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10. Property, plant and equipment:

The detail of property, plant and equipment is as follows:

 
    2006    2005 
   
Description    Accumulated    Gross prop., plant    Accumulated    Gross prop., plant 
    depreciation    and equipment    depreciation    and equipment 
    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$   ThCh$
 
Land    -    27,858,064    -    27,852,723 
Building and improvements    355,383,167    785,112,256    334,195,911    791,790,968 
Machinery and equipment    2,120,375,386    2,762,527,493    1,989,388,441    2,723,729,586 
Central office telephone equipment    1,310,136,450    1,544,440,986    1,230,381,338    1,554,229,089 
External plant    598,561,543    931,830,518    575,640,139    927,068,791 
Subscribers’ equipment    175,157,240    249,126,821    146,407,442    204,413,834 
General equipment    36,520,153    37,129,168    36,959,522    38,017,872 
 
Other Property, Plant and Equipment    185,488,435    316,701,911    155,313,521    264,559,181 
Office furniture and equipment    97,934,870    113,042,579    82,748,400    107,872,923 
Projects, work in progress and materials (2)     92,962,795      63,072,289 
Leased assets (1)   64,748    503,026    56,364    503,026 
Property, plant and equipment temporarily out of service    7,004,509    7,004,509    5,549,445    6,635,785 
Software    78,512,544    100,649,206    65,295,048    83,841,793 
Other    1,971,764    2,539,796    1,664,264    2,633,365 
 
Technical revaluation Circular 550    10,825,085    9,463,656    11,174,705    9,948,548 
 
 
Total      
  2,672,072,073    3,901,663,380    2,490,072,578    3,817,881,006 
 

(1) Leased assets have a gross value of ThCh$503,025 and ThCh$503,025 for the concept of buildings for 2006 and 2005, respectively, with accumulated depreciation of ThCh$64,748 and ThCh$56,365 for 2006 and 2005, respectively.

(2) Until December 31, 2002, works in progress included capitalization of the related borrowing costs, as per Technical Bulletin No. 31 of the Chilean Association of Accountants, and therefore, the gross property, plant and equipment balance includes interest of ThCh$197,476,463. Accumulated depreciation for this interest amounts to ThCh$137,959,179 and ThCh$126,825,076 for 2006 and 2005, respectively.

A depreciation charge for the year amounting to ThCh$198,515,815 and ThCh$193,673,289 for 2006 and 2005, respectively, was recorded as operating cost, and a depreciation charge of ThCh$5,511,233 for 2006 and ThCh$4,522,137 for 2005 was recorded as administrative and selling cost. Depreciation of property, plant and equipment that is temporarily out of service is made up mainly of telephone equipment under repair and incurred depreciation amounting to ThCh$879,772 and ThCh$2,724,767 in 2006 and 2005, which is classified under “Other Non-operating Expenses”(note 22b).

During the normal course of its operations the Company monitors both new and existing assets and their depreciation rate, adjusting them to the technological evolution and development of the market in which it competes.

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10. Property, plant and equipment, continued:

The detail by item of the technical reappraisal is as follows:

 
    Net    Accumulated    Gross property,    Gross property, 
    Balance    Depreciation    plant and    plant and 
Description           equipment    equipment 
            2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Land    (517,192)     (517,192)   (517,192)
Building and improvements    (805,598)   (4,157,537)   (4,963,135)   (4,962,876)
Machinery and equipment    (38,639)   14,982,622    14,943,983    15,428,616 
 
Total 
  (1,361,429)   10,825,085    9,463,656    9,948,548 
 

Depreciation of the technical reappraisal surplus for the years of ThCh$(22,455) and ThCh$(23,723) for 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Gross property, plant and equipment includes assets that have been totally depreciated in the amount of ThCh$1,353,312,969 in 2006 and ThCh$1,102,827,648 in 2005, which include ThCh$13,141,591 and ThCh$12,518,520, respectively, from the reappraisals mentioned in Circular No. 550.

11. Investments in related companies:

The detail of investments in related companies is as follows:

 
                    Percentage         
            Currency        participation    Equity of the companies 
                         
        Country of    controlling    Number of                 
Taxp. No.    Company    origin    the    shares    2006    2005     2006     2005 
            investment                     
                     %    %    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Foreign    TBS Celular Participación S.A. (1)   Brazil    Dollar    48,950,000    2.61    2.61    151,214,295    148,096,542 
96,895,220-K    Atento Chile S.A. (3)   Chile    Pesos    3,209,204    28.84    28.84    14,433,488    14,325,163 
96,922,950-1    Empresa de Tarjetas Inteligentes S.A. (2)   Chile    Pesos        20.00     
 

 
                                 
        Net income (loss)   Equity in income           Investment 
Taxp. No.   Company    of the companies   (loss) of the   Investment value   book value
            investment        
                     
                                 
         2006     2005     2006    2005    2006    2005    2006     2005 
        ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$     ThCh$     ThCh$     ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
 
Foreign    TBS Celular Participación S.A. (1)   (1,288,424)   5,146,141    (33,628)   134,315    3,946,692    3,865,320    3,946,692    3,865,320 
96,895,220-K    Atento Chile S.A. (3)    6,759,221   5,596,446    1,949,359    1,614,014    4,162,618    4,131,377    4,162,618    4,131,377 
96,922,950-1    Empresa de Tarjetas Inteligentes S.A. (2)     (165,964)     (33,193)        
 
    Total                    8,109,310    7,996,697    8,109,310    7,996,697 
 

(1) The company records its investment in TBS Celular using the equity method since it exercises significant influence through the business group to which it belongs, as established in paragraph N° 4 of Circular N° 1,179 issued by the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance and ratified in Title II of Circular N° 1,697. Although Telefónica Chile only has a 2.61% direct participation in TBS Celular, its Parent Company, Telefónica España, has direct and indirect participation exceeding 20% ownership of the capital stock of that Company. 

(2) The Special Shareholders’ Meeting agreed to the dissolution of Empresa de Tarjetas Inteligentes S.A. During September 2005, the Chilean Internal Revenue Service authorized the closing of this company. 

(3) As of December 31, 2006, the value of the investment was recognized on the basis of unaudited financial statements. 

As of the date of these financial statements, there are no liabilities for hedge instruments assigned to foreign investments. The Company intends to reinvest net income from foreign investments on an ongoing basis, and therefore there is no potentially remittable net income.

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12. Goodwill:

The detail of goodwill is as follows:

 
            2006    2005 
   Taxpayer No.    Company    Year    Amount    Balance of    Amount    Balance of 
      amortized    Goodwill    amortized    Goodwill 
      in the year        in the year     
      ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
   Foreign    TBS Celular Participación S.A.    2001    190,433    1,702,655    190,433    2,538,239 
96,551,670-0    Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.    1998    1,174,896    13,868,237    1,174,896    15,043,133 
78,703,410-1    Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A. (1)   1998    761,341      155,466    777,329 
96,834,320-3    Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A.(2)   1999    96,021    384,085    96,021    480,106 
 
    Total        2,222,691    15,954,977    1,616,816    18,838,807 
 

(1) As indicated in Note 2d) No. 1, on January 26, 2006 the Board of Directors of Telefónica Internet Empresas S.A. agreed to sell the shares of Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A. (formerly Tecnonáutica S.A.) to Telefónica Chile S.A. This sale was performed at book value, not taking into consideration the amount corresponding to goodwill in the price, which meant recognizing in results (in an extraordinary manner) the amortization of the balance of goodwill as of that date. 

(2) On January 27, 2006 Telefónica Empresas CTC Chile sold to Telefónica Chile S.A. 215,099 shares at ThCh$1,468,683, which corresponded to its participation in this company. 

On January 26 CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones sold to Telefónica Chile S.A. 16 shares at ThCh$132, which corresponded to its participation in this company. 

Goodwill amortization periods have been determined taking into account aspects such as the nature and characteristics of the business and estimated period of return of investment.

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13. Intangibles:

The detail of intangibles is as follows:

 
Description     2006     2005 
  ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Underwater cable rights (gross)   37,817,759    37,827,844 
   Accumulated amortization, previous exercises    (7,529,868)   (5,277,917)
   Amortization for the exercises    (1,768,940)   (2,251,951)
Licenses (Software) (gross)   15,414,682    12,075,031 
   Accumulated amortization, previous exercises    (5,405,782)   (1,967,911)
   Amortization for the year    (3,255,187)   (2,595,384)
 
Total Net Intangibles   35,272,664    37,809,712 
 

14. Other non-current assets:

The detail of other non-current assets is as follows:

 
Description     2006     2005 
  ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
 Deferred disbursement for obtaining external financing (note 8(2)) (1)   721,033    1,291,171 
 Deferred union contract bonus (note 8(1))   3,076,244    69,714 
 Bond issue expenses (note 25)   684,423    27,208 
 Bond discount (note 25)   1,120,213    183,916 
 Securities deposits    116,806    140,421 
 Deferred charge due to change in actuarial estimations (note 8(3)) (2)   8,017,844    7,416,719 
 Deferred staff severance indemnities (3)   4,208,788    4,752,041 
 Other      16,280 
 
 Total    17,945,351    13,897,470 
 

(1) This amount corresponds to the cost (net of amortizations) of the mandatory reserve paid to the Chilean Central Bank and disbursements incurred for foreign loans obtained by the Company to finance its investment plan. The short-term portion is   presented under Other Current Assets (Note 8). 

(2) In light of the new contractual conditions derived from the organizational changes experienced by the Company, a series of studies has allowed for, beginning in 2004, modification of the variable for future years of service of employees within the basis for calculating staff severance indemnities. After concluding these studies, in 2005 other estimations were incorporated such as mortality of employees and future salary increases and includes the rate change mentioned in Note 3 b i) for 2006, all determined on the basis of actuarial calculations, as established in Technical Bulletin No. 8 of the Chilean Association of Accountants. The   short-term portion is presented under Other Current Assets (Note 8)

The difference at the beginning of the year as a result of changes in the actuarial estimates constitutes actuarial gains or losses, which are deferred and amortized during the average remaining future years of service for the employees that will receive the benefit (see Note 2s). 

(3) In conformity with the union agreements between the Company and its employees, loans were granted to employees, the amounts and conditions of which were based, among other aspects, on the accrued balances of staff severance indemnities when   they were granted. The short-term portion is presented under Other Current Assets (Note 8)

 The staff severance indemnities provision has been recorded in part at its current value, deferring and amortizing this effect over   the years of average remaining service life of employees eligible for the benefit. The loan is presented under Other Long-term   Receivables. 

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15. Short-term obligations with banks and financial institutions:

The detail of short-term obligations with banks and financial institutions is as follows:

   
Taxp.No.    Bank or financial institution    US$    U.F.    TOTAL 
     
    2006    2005    2006    2005    2006     2005 
   
        ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
    Current maturities of long-term debt                         
   
                             
97,015,000-5    BANCO SANTANDER SANTIAGO (4)       446,305    327,951    446,305    327,951 
Foreign    CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH AND                         
    OTHERS    169,034    128,200        169,034    128,200 
97,008,000-7    CITIBANK (2)   655,812    315,130        655,812    315,130 
Foreign    BBVA BANCOMER AND OTHERS (3)   733,963          733,963   
Foreign    ABN AMRO BANK      576,013          576,013 
     
 
    Total    1,558,809    1,019,343    446,305    327,951    2,005,114    1,347,294 
     
    Outstanding principal             
     
 
    Average annual interest rate    5.70%    4.68%    3.16%    2.32%    5.20%    4.10% 
   

Percentage of obligations in foreign currency       :          77.74 % for 2006           and          75.66 % for 2005
Percentage of obligations in local currency          :          22.26 % for 2006           and           24.34 % for 2005

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16. Long-term obligations with banks and financial institutions

Long-term obligations with banks and financial institutions:

 
   Taxp.No.    Bank or financial institution    Currency or Indexation      Index    Years to maturity for long-term portion     Long-term portion
as of
June 30,2006 
  Average
annual
interest
rate % 
  Long-term  portion
as of
June 30,2005 
 
      1 to 2    2 to 3    3 to 5       
               
 
            ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$         ThCh$       ThCh$ 
    LOANS IN DOLLARS                             
Foreign    CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH AND    US$                         
    OTHERS (1)         106,478,000      106,478,000    Libor + 0.35%    104,652,502 
Foreign    BBVA BANCOMER AND OTHERS (3)   US$        79,858,500    79,858,500    Libor + 0.334%    78,489,374 
97,008,000-7    BANCO CITIBANK (2)   US$    79,858,500        79,858,500    Libor + 0.31%    78,489,374 
       
 
                                                                     SUBTOTAL        79,858,500    106,478,000    79,858,500    266,195,000    5.70%    261,631,250 
       
 
 
    LOANS IN UNIDADES DE FOMENTO                             
97,015,000-5    BANCO SANTANDER SANTIAGO (4)   UF        65,185,831    65,185,831    Tab         65,242,359 
                            360+0.45%     
       
                                                                     SUBTOTAL            65,185,831    65,185,831    3.16%         65,242,359 
       
                                                                             TOTAL        79.858.500    106,478,000    145,044,331    333,380,831    5.20%    326,873,609 
   

Percentage of obligations in foreign currency           :           80.33 % for 2006           and           80.04 % for 2005
Percentage of obligations in local currency               :          19.67 % for 2006           and           19.96 % for 2005

(1) In December 2004, the Company renegotiated this loan, extending its due date from February and August 2005 to December 2009, in addition to changing the agent bank, which was the Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Bank.
(2) In May 2005, the Company renegotiated this loan, extending its due date from April 2006 and April 2007 to December 2008, in addition to changing the agent bank, which was the ABN Amro Bank.
(3) In November 2005, the Company renegotiated this loan, extending its due date from April 2006, April 2007 and April 2008 to June 20011, in addition to changing the agent bank, which was the ABN Amro Bank.
(4) In April, the Company renegotiated this loan, extending its maturity due from April 2010 and reducing the interest rate to TAB 360 + 0.45% .

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17. Obligations with the Public:

a) Commercial paper:

On January 27, 2003 and May 12, 2004, Telefónica Chile registered two commercial paper lines in the securities registry, the inspection numbers of which are 005 and 015, respectively. The maximum amount of each line is ThCh$35,000,000, and placements charged to the line may not exceed that amount. The term of each line will be 10 years from the date of registration with the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance. The interest rate will be defined upon each issuance of these commercial papers.

On April 27, 2005, a Series F placement of the same type of instrument was made for ThCh$23,000,000. The placement agent was Scotiabank Sudamericano Corredores de Bolsa.

On October 25, 2005, series G and H of the same instrument were placed in the amount of ThCh$35,000,000. Scotiabank Sudamericano Corredores de Bolsa was the placement agent on that occasion.

On March 21, 2006, a Series I placement of the same type of instrument was made for ThCh$12,000,000. The placement agent was Inversiones Boston Corredores de Bolsa, maturing on December 6, 2006.

On July 11, 2006, the Company placed a fourth issuance of its line of Commercial Paper with a charge to line No. 015. This issuance was performed in three series (J1 - J2 - J3) for a total of ThCh$7,000,000 The placement agent was Inversiones Boston, and the instrument’s maturity date was September 27, 2006.

The details of these transactions are described below:

                                 
Registration or
 identification
number of the
instrument  
Current 
Bond 
Final
Maturity 
nominal 
readjustment unit 
Interest 
Book value 
Placement 
                             
Series 
amount 
rate 
in Chile or 
placed 
% 
2006 
2005 
abroad 
ThCh$ 
ThCh$ 
ThCh$ 
ThCh$ 
                                 
Short-term                                 
commercial paper                                 
 
015      23,000,000    Ch$ non-adjustable    0.4100    Mar 28, 2006      23,217,737    Chile 
 
005      17,500,000    Ch$ non-adjustable    0.5100    Apr 20, 2006      17,544,574    Chile 
 
005      17,500,000    Ch$ non-adjustable    0.5100    Apr 27, 2006      17,523,515    Chile 
                                 
                Total            58.285.826     
                                 

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17. Obligations with the public, continued:

b) Bonds

The detail of obligations with the public for bond issues, classified as short and long-term, is as follows:

 
Registration number
or identification
of
 the instrument 
  Series    Nominal Amount
 of issue 
  Readjustment
 unit 
for bond
 
  Nominal annual
 interest
 rate 
  Final
 maturity 
  Frequency    Par value    Placement
 in Chile
 or abroad 
   
            Interest
 payment 
  Amortizations    2006 
ThCh$
 
  2005 
ThCh$
 
 
                   
 
Short-term portion of long-term bonds                                     
143,27,06,91         F    71,429    U.F.    6.000    Apr, 2016    Semi-annual    Semi-annual    1,465,059    1,483,495    Chile 
281,20,12,01         L (1)     U.F.    3.750    Oct, 2012    Semi-annual    Maturity    374,699      Chile 
 
 
Issued in New York    Yankee Bonds      US$    7.625    Jul, 2006    Semi-annual    Maturity      26,884,467    Abroad 
Issued in New York    Yankee Bonds      US$    8.375    Jan, 2006    Semi-annual    Maturity      85,344,169    Abroad 
                   
                            Total    1,839,758    113,712,131     
                   
Long-term bonds                                         
143,27,06,91         F    642,857    U.F.    6.000    Apr, 2016    Semi-annual    Semi-annual    11,132,803    12,453,342    Chile 
281,20,12,01         L (1)   3,000,000    U.F.    3.750    Oct, 2012    Semi-annual    Maturity    55,009,140      Chile 
 
                   
                            Total    66,141,943    12,453,342     
 

 (1) On March 29, 2006, the Company placed bonds in the local market for a nominal amount of UF3,000,000 (equivalent to US$102.1 million) of a series denominated L, which is composed of 6,000 bonds with a value of UF 500 each. These bonds mature in one installment on October 25, 2012 at an annual interest rate of UF + 3.75%. Interest is paid semiannually. There is a redemption option as of October 25, 2007. 

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18. Provisions and Write-offs:

The detail of provisions and write-offs shown in liabilities is as follows:

 
    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Current         
Staff severance indemnities    462,785    486,528 
Vacation    4,307,527    4,947,831 
Other employee benefits (1)   5,095,643    5,938,839 
Employee benefit advances    (1,484,258)   (1,073,889)
 
Sub-Total    8,381,697    10,299,309 
 
Long-term         
Staff severance indemnities    35,525,488    36,078,910 
 
Total    43,907,185    46,378,219 
 

(1) Includes provisions as per current collective agreement.

During the exercises, there were bad debt write-offs of ThCh$14,471,923 in 2006 and ThCh$43,669,583 in 2005, which were charged against the respective allowance for doubtful accounts.

19. Staff severance indemnities:

The detail of the charge to income for staff severance indemnities is as follows:

 
    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Operating costs and administrative and selling expenses    3,898,771    4,472,409 
Other non-operating expenses    9,470,747    1,345,883 
 
                                                         Total    13,369,518    5,818,292 
 
Payments and other changes in the exercises    (19,645)   1,737,323 
 

20. Minority interest:

Minority interest recognizes the portion of equity and revenues of subsidiaries owned by third parties. The detail for 2006 and 2005 is as follows:

 
 Subsidiaries    Percentage    Participation    Participation 
  Minority    in equity       in net income (loss)
 
Interest
               
                       
  2006    2005     2006     2005    2006     2005 
  %    %    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Instituto Telefónica Chile S.A.      20.00      251,764    (47,226)   (6.716)
Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.    0.82    0.84    1,053,959    1,142,716    104,884    8.583 
Fundación Telefónica Chile    50.00    50.00    176,314    275,590    (99,276)   28.852 
 
Telefónica Gestión Servicios Compartidos de Chile    0.001      14    11    (1)  
S.A.                         
CTC Equipos y Servicios de Telecomunicaciones S.A.      0.0001         
 
        Total    1.230.287    1,670,081    (41,619)   30,724 
 

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21. Shareholders’ equity

During the 2006 and 2005, changes in shareholders’ equity accounts are as follows:

 
    Paid-in 
capital 
  Other
reserves 
  Retained
earnings 
  Net
income 
  Interim
dividend 
       Total
shareholders´
equity 
             
             
                         
 
    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$     ThCh$         ThCh$ 
                                                   2006                         
             
 
Balances as of December 31, 2005    912,692,729    (1,751,241)     25,183,320    (10,549,786)   925,575,022 
Transfer of 2005 net income to retained earnings        25,183,320    (25,183,320)    
Capital reduction    (40,200,514)             (40,200,514)
Absorption of interim dividend        (10,528,728)       10,528,728   
Final dividend 2005        (14,654,592)         (14,654,592)
Interim dividend 2006            (10,528,728)   (10,528,728)
Cumulative translation adjustment      530,149          (530,149)
Price-level restatement, net    18,402,738    (44,867)       63,173    18,421,044 
Other reserves      (674,254)         (674,254)
Net income          23,353,046      23,353,046 
   
Balances as of December 31, 2006    890,894,953    (3,000,511)   -    23,353,046    (10,486,613)   900,760,875 
   
                                                   2005                         
             
 
Balances as of December 31, 2004    880,977,537    (1,237,651)   48,806,351    311,628,674    (255,303,899)   984,871,012 
Transfer of 2004 income to retained earnings        311,628,674    (311,628,674)    
Absorption of interim dividend        (255,303,899)     255,303,899   
Final dividend 2004        (56,324,775)       (56,324,775)
Interim dividend        (48,806,351)       (48,806,351)
Interim dividend 2005            (10,528,728)   (10,528,728)
Cumulative translation adjustment      (469,034)         (469,034)
Price-level restatement, net    31,715,192    (44,556)       (21,058)   31,649,578 
Net income          25,183,320      25,183,320 
   
 
Balances as of December 31, 2005    912,692,729    (1,751,241)   -    25,183,320    (10,549,786)   925,575,022 
   
Restated balances as of December 31, 2006    931,859,276    (1,788,017)   -    25,712,170    (10,771,330)   945,012,099 
   

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21. Shareholders’ Equity, continued:

(a) Paid-in capital:

As of December 31, 2006 the Company’s paid-in capital is as follows:

Number of shares:

 
Series    No. of subscribed    No. of paid shares    No. of shares with 
  shares        voting rights 
 
  873,995,447    873,995,447    873,995,447 
  83,161,638    83,161,638    83,161,638 

Paid-in capital:

 
    Subscribed    Paid-in 
Series     Capital    Capital 
     ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
   813,490,434    813,490,434 
     77,404,519     77,404,519 

(b) Shareholder distribution:

As indicated in SVS Circular No.792, the distribution of shareholders by their ownership percentage in the Company as of December 31, 2006 is as follows:

 
    Percentage of Total    Number of 
    holdings    shareholders 
Type of shareholder    %     
 
10% holding or more    55.90   
Less than 10% holding:    43.35    1,584 
Investment equal to or exceeding UF 200         
Investment under UF 200    0.75    10,999 
 
Total    100.00    12,585 
 
Company controller    44.90   
 

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21. Shareholders’ Equity, continued:

(c) Dividends:

i) Dividend policy:

In accordance with Law No.18,046, unless otherwise decided at the Shareholders Meeting by unanimous vote, when there is net income at least 30% must be distributed in dividends.

Considering the cash situation, levels of projected investment and the solid financial indicators for 2005 and future years, on April 14, 2005, the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting modified the dividend distribution policy reported at the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of April 2004, and agreed to distribute 100% of net income generated during the respective year, by means of an interim dividend in November of each year and a final dividend in May of the following year.

ii) Dividend distributed:

On April 14, 2005, the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting approved the payment of a final dividend (No. 168) of Ch$ 58.84591 per share with a charge to net income for 2004 of ThCh$56,324,775. Likewise, it approved payment of a provisional dividend (No.169) of Ch$ 50.99095 per share, with a charge to retained earnings as of December 2004 of ThCh$48,806,351. Both dividends were paid on May 30, 2005.

On October 27, 2005, the Board approved payment of an interim dividend (No. 170) of Ch$11.00 per share, with a charge to 2005 net income equivalent to ThCh$ 10,528,728.

On April 20, 2006, the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting approved the payment of a final dividend (No. 171) of Ch$15.31 per share with a charge to net income for 2005 of ThCh$14,654,592. The dividend was paid on June 22, 2006.

In addition, the shareholders approved the modification of the Company’s bylaws to decrease capital by ThCh$40,200,514, in order to distribute additional cash to the shareholders in 2006. Capital distribution No. 1 was equivalent to Ch$42 per share and Ch$168 per ADR.

On October 26, 2006, the Board of Directors approved payment of interim dividend No. 172, in the amount of ThCh$10,528,728, equivalent to Ch$11 per share.

(d) Other reserves:

Other Reserves include the participation of the reserve established by Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A. for the acquisition of the shares of dissident minority shareholders and the net effect of the adjustment for conversion differences as established in Technical Bulletin No. 64 of the Chilean Association of Accountants, the detail of which is as follows:

 
        Amount         
         
        December 31,    Price-level restatement
ThCh$ 
  Net     
    Company     2005      Movement    Balance as of 
                  September 30, 2006 
        ThCh$      ThCh$     ThCh$ 
 
96,551,670-0    Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.        (682,346)   (682,346)
Foreign    TBS Celular Participación S.A.    (1,751,241)   (36,776)   (530,148)   (2,318,165)
 
    Total    (1,751,241)   (36,776)   (1,212,494)   (3,000,511)
 

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22. Other Non-Operating Income and Expenses:

(a) Other non-operating income:

The detail of other non-operating income is as follows:

 
Other Income    2006       2005 
  ThCh$     ThCh$ 
 
 
Administrative services    186,968   
Fines levied on suppliers and indemnities    125,864   
Proceeds from sale of used equipment    606,183    1,956,018 
Real estate rental    349,404    276,691 
Net income on the sale of Intelsat shares      646,887 
Other    348,448    291,237 
 
Total    1,616,867    3,170,833 
 

(b) Other non-operating expenses:

The detail of other non-operating expenses is as follows:

 
Other Expenses    2006    2005 
  ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
 
Lawsuit and other provisions    1,665,332    1,189,410 
Depreciation and retirement of out-of-service property, plant and equipment (1)   879,772    2,724,767 
Removal of property, plant and equipment that is out of service    636,314    1,746,693 
Unrecovered VAT credit      1,250,279 
Lower market value provision    26,213    169,905 
Restructuring costs (2)   9,528,970    2,070,590 
Expired assets provision    2,534,000    2,264,271 
Donations      416,345 
Other    1,374,081    1,519,320 
 
Total    16,644,682    13,351,580 
 

(1) As of December 2006, this caption is composed mainly of depreciation of telephone equipment maintained in stock for replacements.
(2) Corresponds mainly to payments made to employees on the basis of the Early Retirement Plan.

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23. Price-level restatement:

The detail of price-level restatement is as follows:

 
Assets (Charges) Credits    Indexation         2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Inventory    C.P.I.    25,622    181,845 
Prepaid expenses    C.P.I.    (1,255)   5,264 
Prepaid expenses    U.F.    22,242    (14,014)
Other current assets    C.P.I.    118,016    54,659 
Other current assets    U.F.    78,956    145,178 
Short and long-term deferred taxes    C.P.I.    2,387,135    4,515,842 
Property, plant and equipment    C.P.I.    27,844,681    51,304,830 
Investments in related companies    C.P.I.    132,539    215,088 
Goodwill    C.P.I.    371,584    710,813 
Long-term receivables    U.F.    (328,733)   (1,909,445)
Long-term receivables    C.P.I.    144,527    304,103 
Other long-term assets    C.P.I.    789,282    1,713,663 
Other long-term assets    U.F.    (103,584)   12,119 
Expense accounts    C.P.I.    4,508,838    11,103,245 
 
Total Charges        35,989,850    68,343,190 
 

 
Liabilities – Shareholders’ Equity (Charges) Credits    Indexation    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Short-term obligations    U.F.    (125,877)   (6,865,444)
Short-term obligations    C.P.I    (23,572)  
Long-term obligations    C.P.I.    (26,908)   (18,718)
Long-term obligations    U.F.    (9,991,243)   (9,240,066)
Shareholders’ equity    C.P.I.    (18,421,044)   (32,314,220)
Revenue accounts    C.P.I.    (6,900,277)   (17,919,074)
 
Total Credits        (35,488,921)   (66,357,522)
 
 
Price-level restatement, net        500,929    1,985,668 
 

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24. Foreign currency translation:

The detail of the gain on foreign currency translation is as follows:

 
                           Assets (Charges)/ Credits    Currency    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Inventory    US$      (967,381)
Current assets    US$    3,694,819    6,257,457 
Current assets    EURO    2,096    (10,006)
Current assets    BRAZILIAN REAL    142,064    (32,263)
Long-term receivables    US$    1,411,885    6,007,972 
Other long-term assets    US$    (850)   5,931 
 
                           Total Credits        5,250,014    11,261,710 
 
 
 
                           Liabilities (Charges)/ Credits    Currency    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Short-term obligations    US$    (2,024,503)   (1,489,006)
Short-term obligations    EURO    (52,254)   5,422 
Short-term obligations    BRAZILIAN REAL    82,030    21,950 
Long-term obligations    US$    (3,090,398)   (8,823,947)
 
                           Total (Charges)       (5,085,125)   (10,285,581)
 
 
Foreign currency translation, net        164,889    976,129 
 

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25. Expenses from issuance and placement of shares and debt:

The detail of this item is as follows:

 
    Short-term    Long-term 
     
    2006    2005    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Bond issuance expenses    127,846    269,297    684,423    27,208 
Discount on debt    230,432    48,761    1,120,213    183,916 
Commercial paper issuance expense      102,983         - 
 
Total    358,278    421,041    1,804,636    211,124 
 

These items are classified under Other Current Assets and Other Long-term Assets, as applicable, and are amortized over the term of the respective obligations.

26. Cash flows:

Financing and investing activities that do not generate cash flows during the exercises, but which commit future cash flows are as follows:

a) Financing activities: Financing activities that commit future cash flows are as follows:

  Obligations with banks and financial institutions   - see Notes 15 and 16
  Obligations with the public   - see Note 17

b) Investing activities: Investing activities that commit future cash flows are as follows:

 
    Maturity    ThCh$ 
 
BCD    2007    14,315,284 
BCU    2009    1,948,318 
 

c) Cash and cash equivalents:

 
    2006    2005 
    ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Cash    10,074,960    6,424,238 
Time deposits    27,543,715    86,753,294 
Other current assets    3,728,382    4,084,521 
 
Total    41,347,057    97,262,053 
 

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27. Derivative Contracts:

The detail of derivate contracts is as follows:

Type of Derivate  Type of Contract         Description of Contract  Value of
Hedged Item
ThCh$ 
Affected Accounts 
   
Contract
Value 
Maturity
or Expir. 
Specific Item  Purchase Sale Position  Hedged Item or Transaction  Asset/Liability  Effect on Income 
     
Name   Amount     Name  Amount ThCh$   Realized ThCh$ Unrelized ThCh$
                     
CCPE  150,000,000  III Quarter 2008  Exchange rate  Oblig.in US$  150,000,000  79,858,500  asset  80,191,646  4,084,417 
                  liabilities  (90,137,930)    
CCPE  200,000,000  II Quarter 2009  Exchange rate  Oblig.in US$  200,000,000  106,478,000  asset  106,533,546  2,754,923 
                  liabilities  (120,358,491)    
CCPE  150,000,000  II Quarter 2011  Exchange rate  Oblig.in US$  150,000,000  79,858,500  asset  80,047,989  (1,185,064)
                  liabilities  (83,908,400)    
FR  CI  26,400,000  I Quarter 2007  Exchange rate  asset  14,063,458  5,656 
                  liabilities  (14,057,502)    
FR  CI  13,105,140  I Quarter 2007  Exchange rate  asset  6,977,047  (63,046)
                  liabilities  (7,040,093)    
FR  CI  391,416  I Quarter 2007  Exchange rate  asset  96,891  19,272 
                  liabilities  (71,372)    
                         
Deferred income for exchange forward contracts              liabilities  317.621 
Deferred costs for exchange insurance              asset  (206.190)  
Exchange forward contracts expensed during the year ( net )               2.049.135 
                   
        TOTAL              7.776.724 
                         

Type of derivates :    FR: Forwad    Type of Contract:    CCPE: Hedge contract for existing transactions 
    S : Swap        CI: Investment hedge contract 
            CCTE: Hedge contract for anticipated transactions 

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28. Contingencies and commitments:

a) Lawsuits against the Government:

• On October 31, 2001,Telefónica Chile filed an administrative motion before the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications and the Ministry of Economy, requesting correction of the errors and illegalities in Tariff Decree No. 187 of 1999. On January 29, 2002, the Ministries issued a joint response rejecting the administrative recourse, after having “carefully evaluated, only the viability and timeliness of the petition made, considering the set of circumstances that concur in the problem stated and the prudence that must orient public actions”, adding that such rejection “has had no other motivation than to protect the general interest and progress of the telecommunications services”.

Upon extinguishing the administrative instances to correct the errors and illegalities involved in the tariff setting process of 1999, in March 2002, Telefónica Chile filed a lawsuit for damages against the State of Chile for the sum of Ch$ 181,038,411,056, plus readjustments and interest, which covers past and future damages until May 2004. Currently a decision is pending in this case.

• Telefónica Chile and Telefónica Larga Distancia filed a plenary damage indemnity lawsuit against the Government of Chile, claiming damages due to modification of telecommunications networks related to work performed by highway concessionaries from 1996 to 2000.

The Government forced both companies to pay to transfer their communications networks due to the construction of public works on concession under the Concessions Law, and the related damages amount to:

a.- Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.: Ch$1,929,207,445
b.- Telefónica Larga Distancia S.A.: Ch$ 2,865,208,840

     The process is currently at the final sentencing stage.

b) Lawsuits:

(i) Voissnet Accusation:

On January 20, 2005, Telefónica Chile responded to the accusation made by Voissnet filed before the National Economic Attorney General’s Office for alleged events which in its opinion threatened free competition, development and growth of Internet technology, fundamentally of broadband telephony, and access to broadband, since they establish the prohibition of carrying voice using the Internet broadband access provided by Telefónica Chile. Voissnet has requested the Antitrust Commission to force Telefónica Chile to allow third parties to provide IP Telephony through the ADSL Internet owned by Telefónica Chile.

On October 26, 2006, the Company was notified of the sentence dictated by the Antitrust Commission, which partially accepted the complaint filed by Voissnet S.A. and the requirement of the National Economic Attorney General’s Office, and fined Telefónica Chile 1,500 Annual Tax Units.

On November 8, 2006, Telefónica Chile S.A. filed an appeal before the Supreme Court requesting the sentence to be revoked exonerating the Company from any sanction. The appeal was accepted for processing and the Supreme Court has not set a date to hear the allegations of the parties.

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(ii) Complaint filed by VTR Telefónica S.A.:

On June 30, 2000, VTR Telefónica S.A. filed a plenary suit charged in Chilean pesos, claiming payment of Ch$2,204 million plus sums accrued during the suit, for the concept of access charges for the use of its networks. It bases its complaint on the differences arising due to the reduction of access charge tariffs after Tariff Decree No. 187 came into effect. Telefónica Chile answered the complaint sustaining that the tariffs for access charges that both parties must pay for the reciprocal use of their networks, are regulated in a contract signed with VTR, and which that company does not recognize. The first instance sentence accepted the complaint filed by VTR and the compensations alleged in subsidy by Telefónica Chile for the its access charges. The Company filed an appeal for annulment before the Court of Appeals of Santiago which is pending.

There are another two causes related to the judicial process mentioned above. The first filed by VTR in 2002 before Subtel for alleged non-payment of invoices for access charges set by D.S. 26, in which it requests that Telefónica Chile be forced to pay such invoices and pay the fines imposed by the General Telecommunications Laws. That case has been suspended by order of the Minister until sentence is dictated in the judicial proceeding filed by VTR in 2000. The other case was filed by Telefónica Chile on June 6, 2003, for VTR’s non-payment of access charges in accordance with the contract signed between the parties. That case has been suspended until a sentence is issued in the first of the mentioned suits.

In turn, on December 21, 2005 Telefónica Chile sued VTR for non-payment of automatic reversal of charges service (800 service), in the amount of Ch$1,500 million, plus sums accrued during the course of the trial. VTR filed a countersuit for the same concepts in the amount of Ch$1,200 million. That judicial process is in first instance processing.

(iii) Manquehue Net

On June 24, 2003, Telefónica Chile filed a forced contract compliance with damage indemnity complaint against Manquehue Net in the amount of ThCh$3,647,689 in addition to the sums accrued during substantiation of the proceeding, before the mixed arbitration court of Mr. Víctor Vial del Río. Likewise, and on the same date, Manquehue Net filed a discounts compliance complaint (in the amount of UF 107,000), in addition to an obligation to perform complaint (signing of 700 service contract). On June 5, 2004, following the evidence presentation stage, the arbitrator summoned the parties to hear sentencing.

On April 11, 2005, the Court notified the first instance sentence that accepted the complaint filed by Telefónica Chile, condemning Manquehue Net to pay approximately Ch$ 452 million and at the same time accepted the complaint filed by Manquehue Net condemning Telefónica Chile to pay UF 47,600.

Telefónica Chile filed an appeal for annulment, which is currently pending before the Court of Appeals of Santiago.

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28. Contingencies and restrictions, continued:

(iv) Chilectra and CGE:

In June 2006, Telefónica Chile filed complaints against Chilectra S.A. and Río Maipo (currently CGE Distribución), in which it requests a readjusted refund of the Reimbursable Financial Contributions (AFR) (“Aportes Financieros Reembolsables”) made by the Company between 1992 and 1998, in relation to the Electrical Law. The restitution amounts claimed are ThCh$899,658 and ThCh$117,350, respectively. The lawsuits have recently been notified and is at the discussion stage.

(v) Protection Motion:

On June 28, 2006 television channels UCTV and TVN filed a petition for protection against Telefónica Chile requesting suspension of the inclusion of such signals in the Digital Television Plan. On June 30, the Court of Appeals declared the petition inadmissible, which was confirmed on July 4, by rejection of the motion to appeal.

The complaint filed before the Supreme Court by the channels against the ministers integrating the Courtroom was declared inadmissible on July 13, 2006.

(vi) Labor lawsuits:

In the course of normal operations, labor lawsuits have been filed against the Company.

To date, among others, there are labor proceedings involving former employees, who claim wrongful dismissal. These employees did not sign termination releases or receive staff severance indemnities. On various occasions, the Supreme Court has reviewed the sentences handed down on the matter, accepting the argument of the Company and ratifying the validity of the dismissals.

There are, in addition, other lawsuits involving former employees in some proceedings, whose staff severance indemnities have been paid and their termination releases signed, who in spite of having chosen voluntary retirement plans or having been terminated due to company needs, intend to have the terminations voided. Of these lawsuits, to date, two have received a sentence favorable to the Company, rejecting the annulments.

Certain unions have filed complaints before the Santiago Labor Courts, requesting damage payments for various concepts.

Management and their internal and external legal counsel periodically monitor the evolution of the lawsuits and contingencies affecting the Company in the normal course of its operations, analyzing in each case the possible effect on the financial statements. Based on this analysis and on the information available to date, Management and their legal counsel believe that it is unlikely that the Company’s income and equity will be significantly affected by a loss contingency eventually represented by significant liabilities in excess of those already recorded in the financial statements.

(c) Financial restrictions

In order to develop its investment plans, the Company has obtained financing both in the domestic market and abroad (notes 15, 16 and 17), which establish among other things: clauses on the Company’s maximum debt.

The maximum debt ratio for these is 1.60.

Non-compliance with these clauses implies that all the obligations assumed in these financing contracts would be considered due and payable.

As of December 31, 2006 the Company complies with all financial restrictions.

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29. Third party guarantees:

The Company has not received any guarantees from third parties.

30. Local and Foreign Currency:

A summary of the assets in local and foreign currency is as follows:

 
 Description   Currency     2006    2005 
        ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Total current assets:        296,291,385    324,991,956 
   Cash    Non-indexed Ch$    6,222,818    6,326,771 
    Dollars    3,807,548    54,330 
    Euros    44,594    43,137 
   Time deposits    Indexed Ch$    303,652    294,239 
    Non-indexed Ch$    24,424,413    1,968 
    Dollars    2,815,650    86,457,087 
   Marketable securities    Indexed Ch$    1,948,318    1,981,366 
    Dollars    14,315,284    14,096,639 
   Notes and accounts receivable                          (1)   Indexed Ch$    39,493   
    Non-indexed Ch$    189,017,503    163,657,874 
    Dollars    1,773,251    4,012,556 
    Euros    129,854   
   Accounts receivable from related companies    Non-indexed Ch$    12,995,478    12,053,601 
    Dollars    4,425,984    2,493,227 
   Other current assets                                         (2)   Indexed Ch$    8,538,175    2,827,190 
    Non-indexed Ch$    21,169,688    30,143,564 
    Dollars    4,306,562    540,175 
    Brazilian Real    13,120    8,232 
Total property, plant and equipment :        1,229,591,307    1,327,808,428 
   Property, plant and equipment and accumulated    Indexed Ch$         
   Depreciation        1,229,591,307    1,327,808,428 
Total other long-term assets        90,893,557    94,253,845 
   Investment in related companies    Indexed Ch$    8,109,310    7,996,697 
   Investment in other companies    Indexed Ch$    4,179    4,179 
   Goodwill    Indexed Ch$    15,954,977    18,838,807 
   Other long-term assets                                     (3)   Indexed Ch$    43,849,330    51,531,024 
    Non-indexed Ch$    22,920,979    4,973,547 
    Dollars    54,782    10,909,591 
 
Total assets        1,616,776,249    1,747,054,229 
 
Subtotal by currency    Indexed Ch$    1,308,338,741    1,411,281,930 
    Non-indexed Ch$    276,750,879    217,157,325 
    U.S. Dollars    31,499,061    118,563,605 
    Euros    174,448    43,137 
    Brazilian Real    13,120    8,232 
 

(1)Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Trade Accounts Receivable, Notes Receivable and Miscellaneous Accounts Receivable. 
(2)Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Inventories, Recoverable Taxes, Prepaid Expenses, Deferred Taxes and Other Current Assets
(3)Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Long-term Debtors, Intangibles, Accumulated amortization and Others. 

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30. Local and Foreign Currency , continued:

A summary of the current liabilities in local and foreign currency is as follows:

 
Description    Currency         Up to 90 days        90 days up to 1 year 
 
    2006    2005                 2006    2005 
 
    Amount 
ThCh$ 
  Average 
annual
 
interest
 
%
 
  Amount 
ThCh$ 
  Average 
annual 
interest 
% 
  Amount 
ThCh$ 
  Average 
annual
 
interest
 
%
 
  Amount 
ThCh$
 
  Average 
annual
 
interest
 
%
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
 
Short-term portion of obligations with banks and financial institutions                                     
  Indexed Ch$    446,306    3.16                     -      327,951   
    Dollars    1,558,808    5.70    1,019,343    4.46                 -       
 
Obligations with the public (Commercial paper)   Non-indexed Ch$        23,217,737    3.10                 -      35,068,089    3.60 
 
Obligations with the public (Bonds payable)   Indexed Ch$    1,839,758    5.54                     -      1,483,494    6.00 
    Dollars        85,344,170    8.40                 -      26,884,467    7.60 
 
Long-term obligations maturing                                     
within a year    Indexed Ch$    2,930    8.10    2,747    9.06                 8,792    8.10    14,115    9.06 
 
Accounts payable to related companies    Indexed Ch$                         -      286,295   
    Non-indexed Ch$    30,502,075      25,642,842                   -       
    Dollars    2,505,085      479,324                   -       
 
Other current liabilities      (4)   Indexed Ch$    555,372      2,026,114                   -      821,280   
    Non-indexed Ch$                    24,154,050             
        115,765,844      121,927,299            5,221,218   
    Dollars    16,952,763      5,133,496      9,250      367,928   
    Euros    380,743                       -       
    Yen    785                       -       
 
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES        170,510,469        264,793,072        24,162,842        70,474,837     
 
 
Subtotal by currency    Indexed Ch$    2,844,366        2,028,861                     8,792        2,933,135     
    Non-indexed Ch$    146,267,919        170,787,878        24,154,050        40,289,307     
    U.S. Dollars    21,016,656        91,976,333                     -        27,252,395     
    Euros    380,743        -                     -        -     
    Yen    785        -                     -        -     
 

(4) Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Dividends payable, Trade accounts payable, Notes payable, Miscellaneous accounts payable, Accruals, Withholdings, Income taxes, Unearned Income and Other current liabilities. 

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30. Local and Foreign Currency, continued:

A summary of the long-term liabilities in local and foreign currency is as follows:

 
Description    Currency    1 to 3 years
2006 
  3 to 5 years
2006 
  5 to 10 years
2006 
  over 10 years 
       
    Amount 
ThCh$
  Average
annual
interest
rate 
%
  Amount 
ThCh$
  Average
annual
interest
rate 
%
  Amount 
ThCh$
  Average
annual
interest
rate 
%
  Amount 
ThCh$
  Average
annual
interest
rate 
%
 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES                                     
 
   Obligation with banks and                                     
   financial institutions    Indexed Ch$        79,858,500    5.70         
    Dollars    186,336,500    5.70    65,185,831    3.16         
   Bonds payable    Indexed Ch$        55,009,140    3.75    11,132,803    6.00     
   Other long-term liabilities (5)   Indexed Ch$    34,280,242      4,300,302      3,883,407      67,127,739   
    Non-indexed Ch$    437,714      452,161      4,585,421      7,522,016   
 
TOTAL LONG-TERM LIABILITIES        221,054,456        204,805,934        19,601,631        74,649,755     
 
 
Subtotal by currency    Indexed Ch$    34,280,242        139,167,942        15,016,210        67,127,739     
    Non-indexed Ch$    437,714        452,161        4,585,421        7,522,016     
    U.S. Dollars    186,336,500        65,185,831        -        -     
 

A summary of the long-term liabilities in local and foreign currency for 2005 is as follows :

Description    Currency    1 to 3 years
2006 
  3 to 5 years
2006 
  5 to 10 years
2006 
  over 10 years 
       
    Amount 
ThCh$
  Average
annual
interest
rate 
%
  Amount 
ThCh$
  Average
annual
interest
rate 
%
  Amount 
ThCh$
  Average
annual
interest
rate 
%
  Amount 
ThCh$
  Average
annual
interest
rate 
%
 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES                                     
 
   Obligation with banks and                                     
   financial institutions    Indexed Ch$        65,242,359    2.32         
    Dollars    78,489,375    4.69    104,652,500    4.90    78,489,375    4.64     
   Bonds payable    Indexed Ch$                12,453,342   
    Dollars                 
   Other long-term liabilities (5)   Indexed Ch$    16,310,859      17,362,297      6,131,252      78,141,088   
    Non-indexed Ch$    771,896      492,396      1,230,989      5,336,412   
 
TOTAL LONG-TERM LIABILITIES        95,572,130        187,749,552        85,851,616        95,930,842     
 
 
Subtotal by currency    Indexed Ch$    16,310,859        82,604,656        6,131,252        90,594,430     
    Non-indexed Ch$    771,896        492,396        1,230,989        5,336,412     
    U.S. Dollars    78,489,375        104,652,500        78,489,375        -     
 

(5) Includes the following balance sheet accounts: Accounts payable to related companies, Miscellaneous accounts payable, Accruals, Deferred long-term taxes, Other long-term liabilities.

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31. Sanctions:

Neither the Company, nor its Directors and Managers have been sanctioned by the SVS or any other administrative authority during 2006 and 2005.

32. Subsequent events:

On January 24, 2007, the Board of Directors agreed to propose the payment of final dividend (No. 173), with a charge to 2006 net income, in the total amount of ThCh$ 12,866,433 equivalent to Ch$13.44234 per share, at the General Shareholders Meeting.

Management is unaware of any other significant subsequent events that have occurred between January 1 and 24, 2007, and that may affect the Company’s financial position or the interpretation of these consolidated financial statements.

33. Environment:

In the opinion of Management and the Company’s in-house legal counsel and because the nature of the Company’s operations do not directly or indirectly affect the environment, as of the closing date of these consolidated financial statements, no resources have been set aside nor have any payments been made for non-compliance with municipal ordinances or to other supervising organizations.

34. Time deposits:

The detail of time deposits is as follows:

                 
Placement  Institution  Currency  Principal   ThCh$  Rate
% 
Maturity  Principal
ThCh$ 
Accrued
interest 
2006
ThCh$ 
                 
 
Sep 11,2006  BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO  1,000,000  5.76  Mar 12,2007  1,000,000  17,760  1,017,760 
Sep 13,2006  BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO  1,800,000  5.82  Mar 12,2007  1,800,000  31,719  1,831,719 
Sep 26,2006  BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO  1,000,000  5.76  Mar 12,2007  302,518  15,360  1,015,360 
Sep 27,2006  BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO  1,000,000  5.76  Mar 12,2007  1,000,000  15,200  1,015,200 
Oct 2,2006  BCO.CHILE  800,000  5.76  Mar 12,2007  800,000  11,520  811,520 
Nov 30,2006  BCO.ESTADO  1,500,000  5.64  Feb 26,2007  1,500,000  7,285  1,507,285 
Dec 4,2006  CORPBANCA  1,600,000  5.64  Feb 12,2007  1,600,000  6,768  1,606,768 
Dec 5,2006  BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES  UF  16  5.90  Mar 06,2007  302,368  1,284  303,652 
Dec 7,2006  BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES  USD  134  5.25  Jan 08,2007  71,494  250  71,744 
Dec 7,2006  BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES  USD  151  5.25  Jan 08,2007  80,126  280  80,406 
Dec 20,2006  BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES  1,000,000  6.00  Jan 22,2007  1,000,000  1,833  1,001,833 
Dec 20,2006  CORPBANCA  1,100,000  5.88  Jan 22,2007  1,100,000  1,976  1,101,976 
Dec 20,2006  CORPBANCA  2,000,000  5.88  Jan 22,2007  2,000,000  3,593  2,003,593 
Dec 21,2006  BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES  3,000,000  6.00  Jan 22,2007  3,000,000  5,000  3,005,000 
Dec 26,2006  BCO. CREDITO E INVERSIONES  1,700,000  6.00  Feb 20,2007  1,700,000  1,417  1,701,417 
Dec 27,2006  ABN AMRO BANK  USD  5,000  5.24  Jan 04,2007  2,661,950  1,550  2,663,500 
Dec 27,2006  BCO.CHILE  2,800,000  6.00  Jan 31,2007  2,800,000  1,867  2,801,867 
Dec 29,2006  BCO.CHILE  1,000,000  5.52  Jan 29,2007  1,000,000  307  1,000,307 
Dec 29,2006  BCO.CHILE  1,500,000  4.92  Jan 29,2007  1,500,000  410  1,500,410 
Dec 29,2006  BCO. SANTANDER SANTIAGO  1,928  Jan 31,2007  1,928  1,928 
Dec 29,2006  HSBC BANK  1,500,000  5.64  Feb 1,2007  1,500,000  470  1,500,470 
                 
           Total        27,417,866  125,849  27,543,715 
                 

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35. Accounts payable:

The detail of the accounts payable balance is as follows:

 
Description           2006    2005 
       ThCh$    ThCh$ 
 
Suppliers             
       Chilean        78,616,641    62,726,184 
       Foreign        23,397,546    5,116,358 
Provision for work in progress        5,202,071    10,245,219 
 
    Total    107,216,258    78,087,761 
 

36. Other accounts payable:

The detail of other accounts payable is as follows:

 
Description         2006       2005 
      ThCh$     ThCh$ 
 
 
Exchange insurance contract payables        71,930     3,158,496 
Billing on behalf of third parties        6,172,602     6,254,068 
Accrued supports        1,258,297     1,026,799 
Carrier service        6,371,448     8,583,010 
Others        52,690     1,917,399 
 
    Total     13,926,967    20,939,772 
 

Antonio José Coronet    José Molés Valenzuela 
General Accountant    General Manager 

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the Consolidated Financial Statements

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF THE
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2006 and 2005


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COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS     
 
 
 1.    Highlights   
 2.    Volume Statistics, Statement of Income and Results by Business Area   
 3.             Analysis of Results for the Year     
                       3.1     Operating Income   
                       3.2     Non-operating Income   
                       3.3     Net Income   
                       3.4     Results by Business Area   10 
 4.    Statement of Cash Flows    11 
 5.    Financial Indicators    12 
 6.    Explanation of the Main Difference Between Market     
    or Economic Value and Book Value of the Company’s Assets    13 
 7.    Analysis of Markets, Competition and Relative Market Share    14 
 8.    Analysis of Market Risk    16 


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1. HIGHLIGHTS

Collective Bargaining Processes

During the year 2006, the Company successfully completed the collective bargaining processes with seven existing union organizations, which altogether comprise 2,191 employees, representing 97% of union employees. The main issues incorporated in the collective agreements were related to remuneration variability, in accordance with the structure of compensation levels and as a function of the Company’s income, and annual readjustments of labor benefits and conditions. The average duration of these agreements is 48 months.

Decrease in Financial Debt

Telefónica Chile has continued to improve its level of indebtedness and financial ratios through a decrease in the debt level in 2006. As of December 31, 2006, the financial debt reached Ch$401,388 million, reflecting a 20.8% decrease with respect to the financial debt of Ch$512,672 million recorded as of December 31, 2005. The decrease in the indebtedness levels, together with the improved financing conditions, translated into a decrease of 35.3% in financial expenses as of December 31, 2006.

Dividend Policy

Telefónica Chile

On September 21, 2004, after taking into consideration the cash situation, levels of projected investment and solid financial indicators, the Company’s Board of Directors modified the dividend distribution policy, from 30% to 100% of net income generated during the respective year. These dividends will be paid through an interim dividend in November of each year and a final dividend in May of the following year. The dividend policy for 2006 was informed at the Shareholders’ Meeting of April 20, 2006.

Telefónica Larga Distancia

On September 23, 2006, the Board of Directors of Telefónica de Larga Distancia agreed to modify the dividend policy and established its intention to distribute 30% of net income generated during the respective year, through a final dividend in May of each year, which will be proposed at the General Shareholders’ Meeting.

Capital Reduction

The Special Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 20, 2006 approved modification of the Company bylaws in order to reduce capital by ThCh$40,200,514, to distribute additional cash to the shareholders in 2006. That first capital reduction was equivalent to Ch$42 per share and Ch$168 per ADR.


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Permit for Limited Satellite and Cable Television Service

Through Exempt Resolution No. 1605 of December 23, 2005, the Undersecretary of Telecommunications (“Subtel”) granted Telefónica Multimedia Chile S.A. (formerly Tecnonáutica S.A.) a limited satellite television service permit to operate throughout the national territory for a renewable 10-year term. In addition, Telefónica Multimedia has a limited cable television service permit to provide services through the broadband network of Telefónica Chile.

Telefónica Multimedia began commercialization of the satellite television service. In turn, Telefónica Chile began commercializing a bundled service which includes voice, pay television and broadband.

Modifications of the Regulatory Framework: Extension of the Length of Public Telephone Services Subscriber Number

By means of Resolution No. 1120 of September 28, 2005, published in the Official Gazette on October 4, 2005, Subtel set a period of 10 months to extend the local telephone numbers in the Primary Zones of Valparaiso and Concepción by one digit. Furthermore, by means of Decree No. 400, of October 4, 2005, issued by the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, the Fundamental Telephone Numbering Technical Plan was modified in order to define the virtual mobile network area code with the number 09, and by means of Exempt Resolution No. 27 of 2006, August 19, 2006 was established as the date on which the new virtual mobile area code will begin operating.

Telefónica Chile is performing the network and systems modifications needed to enable the new regulatory requirements related to telephone numbers, which are operating normally.


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2. VOLUME STATISTICS, STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RESULTS BY BUSINESS AREA

TABLE No. 1
VOLUME STATISTICS

 
DESCRIPTION    DECEMBER    DECEMBER    VARIATION     
  2005    2006    Q    % 
 
Lines in Service (end of period)   2,440,827    2,215,629    - 225,198    -9% 
Normal    1,386,622    891,032    - 495,590    -36% 
Plans    520,210    963,627    443,417    85% 
Prepaid    533,995    360,970    - 173,025    -32% 
Broadband    314,177    495,479    181,302    58% 
DLD Traffic (thousands) Total minutes (188+120)   601,658    542,141    - 59,517    -10% 
ILD Traffic (thousands) Outgoing minutes (188+120)   65,582    68,123    2,541    4% 
IP Dedicated    10,869    12,634    1,765    16% 
Digital Television      94,209    n.d.    n.d. 
 




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TABLE No. 2

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME FOR THE YEARS

ENDED DECEMBER 31,2006 AND 2005

(Figures in millions of pesos as of December 31, 2006)

 
DESCRIPTION    JAN–DEC    JAN-DEC    VARIATION (2006/2005)
  2005    2006    ThCh$    % 
 
OPERATING REVENUES                 
     FIXED TELECOMUNICATIONS    450,748    439,548    (11,200)   -2.5% 
                                                         Basic Telephony    300,464    264,380    (36,084)   -12.0% 
                   Fixed Charge    126,134    80,678    (45,456)   -36.0% 
                   Variable Charge    98,943    69,869    (29,074)   -29.4% 
                   Connections and Other Installations    3,349    1,482    (1,867)   -55.7% 
                   Flexible Plans (Minutes)   46,687    90,429    43,742    93.7% 
                   Value Added Services    19,884    16,562    (3,322)   -16.7% 
                   Other Basic Telephony Services    5,467    5,360    (107)   -2.0% 
           Broadband and Broadband Plus Voice    43,802    61,297    17,495    39.9% 
           Access Charges and Interconnections (1)   44,929    51,221    6,292    14.0% 
                   Domestic Long Distance (DLD)   10,561    8,494    (2,067)   -19.6% 
                   International Long Distance (ILD)   2,421    1,597    (824)   -34.0% 
                   Other Interconnection Services    31,947    41,130    9,183    28.7% 
           Other Fixed Telephony Services    61,553    62,650    1,097    1.8% 
                   Advertising in Telephone Directories    5,482    4,342    (1,140)   -20.8% 
                   ISP (Switchboard and Dedicated)   2,583    2,226    (357)   -13.8% 
                   Telemergencia (Security Services)   8,251    8,825    574    7.0% 
                   Public Phones    10,025    9,963    (62)   -0.6% 
                   Interior Installation and Equipment Rental    31,331    30,654    (677)   -2.2% 
                   Equipment Commercialization    3,881    2,848    (1,033)   -26.6% 
                   Other      3,792    3,792    s.c. 
     LONG DISTANCE    59,190    58,922    (268)   -0.5% 
                   Long Distance    23,757    22,080    (1,677)   -7.1% 
                   International Service    19,873    22,549    2,676    13.5% 
                   Network Capacity and Circuit Rentals    15,560    14,293    (1,267)   -8.1% 
     CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS    79,853    76,113    (3,740)   -4.7% 
                   Terminal Equipment    13,659    11,318    (2,341)   -17.1% 
                   Complementary Services    14,974    13,732    (1,242)   -8.3% 
                   Data Services    28,709    26,757    (1,952)   -6.8% 
                   Dedicated Links and Others    22,511    24,306    1,795    8.0% 
     OTHER BUSINESSES (2)   3,113    2,621    (492)   -15.8% 
 
 
     TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES    592,904    577,204    (15,700)   -2.6% 
 
                   Salaries    (80,738)   (68,648)   12,090    -15.0% 
                   Depreciation    (200,784)   (207,282)   (6,498)   3.2% 
                   Other Operating Costs    (222,457)   (218,650)   3,807    -1.7% 
 
 
     TOTAL OPERATING COSTS    (503,979)   (494,580)   9,399    -1.9% 
 
 
    OPERATING INCOME    88,925    82,624    (6,301)   -7.1% 
 
                   Interest Income    8,153    4,437    (3,716)   -45.6% 
                   Other Non-operating Income    3,171    1,617    (1,554)   -49.0% 
                   Income from Investment in Related Companies (3)   1,715    1,915    200    11.7% 
                   Interest Expenses    (30,121)   (19,480)   10,641    -35.3% 
                   Amortization of Goodwill    (1,617)   (2,223)   (606)   37.5% 
                   Other Non-operating Expenses    (13,352)   (16,645)   (3,293)   24.7% 
                   Price-level restatement    2,962    666    (2,296)   -77.5% 
 
 
     NON-OPERATING INCOME    (29,089)   (29,713)   (624)   2.1% 
 
 
     INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX    59,836    52,911    (6,925)   -11.6% 
 
                   Income taxes    (34,093)   (29,600)   4,493    -13.2% 
                   Minority Interest    (31)   42    73    s.c. 
 
 
NET INCOME (4)   25,712    23,353    (2,359)   -9.2% 
 
 
 
(1) Due to accounting consolidation does not include access charges of Telefónica Larga Distancia. 
(2) Includes revenues from T-gestiona, Telepeajes and Fundación. 
(3) For the purposes of a comparative analysis, participation in income from investments in related companies is shown net (net income/losses). 
(4) For comparison purposes, certain reclassifications have been made to the 2005 statements of income. 


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3. ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE PERIOD

3.1 OPERATING INCOME

As of December 31, 2006, operating income amounted to Ch$ 82,624 million, which represents a 7.1% decrease with respect to the previous year.

Operating Revenue

Operating revenue for the year amounted to Ch$577,204 million, or a decrease of 2.6% in relation to operating revenue for the year 2005 of Ch$592,904 million. This variation was mainly the result of the decrease in revenues from basic and corporate communications service due to lower traffic and revenues recorded in the year.

Fixed Telephony Revenues: Fixed telephony revenues decreased 2.5% with respect to the previous year, mainly due to a drop of 12.0% in basic telephony revenues, which resulted from a 29.4% decrease in variable charge revenues. This decrease shows the effect of lower revenues derived from the downturn in traffic per line and migration of customers to flexible plans. Similarly, fixed charge revenues from the fixed monthly network connection charge dropped 36.0% . This change is mainly explained by the incorporation of customers to flexible plans, which grew by 93.7% with respect to the previous year. Consequently, the incorporation of customers to flexible plans contributed positively to income, growing Ch$ 43,742 million with respect to the previous year. Revenues from connections and other installations are 55.7% below the previous year’s level, whereas value-added service revenues decreased by 16.7%, mainly due to the drop in average lines in use. Other basic telephony services revenues dropped by 2.0% .

Revenues from broadband services have shown sustained growth, reaching Ch$ 61,291 million, or 39.9% growth, in 2006, as compared to Ch$ 43,802 million in 2005.

Access charges and interconnections increased by 14.0%, mainly due to the 28.7% increase in other interconnection services, where there were particularly noteworthy increases in network rental services, carrier information and connection services, and unbundling services. On the other hand, there was a 19.6% drop in revenues from international long distance access charges and a 34.0% drop in domestic long distance.

 

 

Revenues from other fixed telephony businesses increased 1.8%, equivalent to Ch$ 1,097 million.


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This change is primarily explained by an increase of Ch$ 624 million in Telemergencia’s revenues, with respect to 2005, and television service in the amount of Ch$ 3,792 million. The increase was offset by a drop of Ch$ 1,033 million from commercialization of equipment, Ch$ 677 million from interior installation and equipment rental; Ch$ 1,140 million from telephone book advertising; and Ch$377 million from switchboard and dedicated ISP.

Long Distance: Revenues from long distance services decreased by 0.5% in comparison to 2005, due to a decrease of 7.1% in DLD and a decrease of 8.1% in Network Capacity and Circuit Rentals. However, the decline was offset by an 13.5% increase in ILD income from international services revenue, due to correspondent charges recorded during the third and fourth quarter of 2005.

Corporate Communications: Revenue from corporate communications decreased 4.7% with respect to the previous year, due to decreases in all lines of business: 6.8% in data services, 17.1% in sales of terminal equipment, and 8.3% in complementary services. This was partly offset by a 8.0% increase in revenues from circuits and others.

Other Businesses: Revenue from other businesses decreased 15.8%, mainly because of lower revenues from the subsidiary Telepeajes (automatic toll services) and revenue obtained in 2005 by Fibragalería.

Operating Costs

Operating costs for the period amounted to Ch$ 494,580 million, decreasing by 1.9% in relation to 2005, when they amounted to Ch$ 503,979 million. This change is mainly explained by a Ch$12,090 million decrease in remunerations as a product of the restructuring performed at the beginning of 2006. Furthermore, there was a 1.7% drop in other operating costs, which was offset by an increase in depreciation costs.

3.2 NON-OPERATING INCOME

Non-operating income obtained in the period ended on December 31, 2006 shows a loss of Ch$ 29,713 million, whereas in the previous period it was a loss Ch$ 29,089 million, which implied a 2.1% greater loss. Where:

Financial income decreased 45.6%, mainly because in 2005 the greater volume of funds in the 2005 period was temporarily allocated to financial investments.


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Other non-operating income amounted to Ch$1,617 million, which is lower than the Ch$3,171 million in 2005. This difference is mainly because of lower income obtained on the sale of recovered material, as well as the positive effect of the sale of Intelsat shares on 2005 net income.

Financial expenses decreased by 35.3% in 2006, as a product of lower interest-bearing debt and to an improvement in the international risk rating from BAA2 to BAA1

Amortization of goodwill increased Ch$606 million in relation to 2005, mainly because of the full amortization of the goodwill of Tecnonaútica, during the first quarter of 2006, due to the restructuring of the Telefonica Chile group.

Other non-operating expenses amounted to Ch$16,645 million, a Ch$3,293 million increase with respect to 2005. This increase is explained by the costs incurred in the personnel restructuring that took place at the beginning of 2006.

The Company recorded positive net price-level restatement in 2006 in the amount of Ch$666 million, mainly due to the variations in the CPI, UF and exchange rate. It should be noted that the Company’s hedging activities covered 100% of exchange rate fluctuations and 84% of interest rate fluctuations. As a result of the Chilean peso-U.S. dollar exchange rate hedges, the effect of exchange rate variation in 2005 and 2006 was neutral.

3.3 NET INCOME FOR THE PERIOD

The Company recorded net income of Ch$23,353 million for the 2006 period, compared to Ch$25,712 million in 2005. The lower income obtained in 2006 is explained by a 7.1% decrease in operating income, and a 2.1% decrease in the non-operating loss which effects were partially offset by the drop in income taxes.


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3.4 RESULTS BY BUSINESS AREA

1. Fixed Telecommunications Business: For the fixed telecommunications business, the Company recorded a net loss of Ch$742 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, which is comparatively lower than the net income of Ch$ 12,219 million recorded for the year 2005. The difference is explained in part by lower operating income, which results from lower operating revenues and higher operating costs, and in part by higher non-operating losses, mainly due to the restructuring cost incurred during the first quarter of 2006.

2. Corporate Communications Business: The corporate communications business contributed net income of Ch$13,296 million, a 20.9% increase in relation to 2005, when net income was Ch$11,002 million. The increase is mainly explained by higher operating income, due to the decrease in payroll costs, as well as smaller non-operating losses.

3. Long Distance Business: The Company recorded net income of Ch$15,121 million for the long distance business for the year ended December 31, 2006. This figure exceeds 2005 net income of Ch$1,645 million, as a result of improvements in both operating income and non-operating income, owing to the changes in international businesses, which required the recognition of extraordinary charges during the third quarter of 2005.

4. Other Businesses Other businesses mainly include the services of Telefónica Multimedia, Instituto Telefónica, T-gestiona and Fundación . These businesses altogether generated a net loss of Ch$4,322 million in 2006, whereas during the same period the previous year they generated net income of Ch$846 million. This is mainly due to entry in the operation of the television business through Telefónica Multimedia; in addition to lower income obtained by Fundación and Instituto Telefónica Chile (formerly Telepeajes).


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4. STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

TABLE No. 4
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
(Figures in millions of pesos as of December 31, 2006)

 
DESCRIPTION    JAN-DEC    JAN-DEC    VARIATION 
     2005       2006    ThCh$    % 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period    166,218    97,262    -68,956    -41.49% 
Net cash from operating activities    226,267    234,756    8,489    3.75% 
Net cash from financing activities    (205,394)   (180,343)   25,051    -12.20% 
Net cash from investing activities    (88,254)   (109,464)   (21,210)   -24.03% 
Effect of inflation on cash and cash equivalents    (1,575)   (864)   711    -45.14% 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period    97,262    41,347    -55,915    -57.49% 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents for the year    68,956    55,915    13,041    -18.91% 
 

The net negative variation in cash and cash equivalents of Ch$55,915 million in cash flows for the 2006 period, compared to the negative variation of Ch$68,966 million in 2005, is because of a decrease in cash flows from financing activities in 2006. The decrease is mainly caused by a lower distribution of dividends. In addition greater cash flows were obtained from operating activities. These effects were offset by lower cash flows allocated to investment activities due to a decrease in investment in short-term instruments.


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5. FINANCIAL INDICATORS

TABLE No. 5
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INDICATORS

 
DESCRIPTION   JAN-DEC    JAN-DEC 
  2005    2006 
 
LIQUIDITY RATIOS                 
Current Ratio                 
(Current Assets / Current Liabilities)       0.97        1.52 
 
Acid Ratio                 
(Most liquid assets / Current Liabilities)       0.33        0.28 
 
DEBT RATIOS                 
Leverage Ratio                 
(Total Liabilities / Shareholders’ Equity)       0.84        0.79 
 
Long-term Debt Ratio                 
(Long-term Liabilities / Total Liabilities)       0.58        0.73 
 
Financial Expenses Coverage                 
(Income Before Taxes and Interest / Interest Expenses)       2.72        3.49 
 
RETURN AND EARNINGS PER SHARE RATIOS                 
Operating Margin                 
(Operating Income / Operating Revenues)       15.0%        14.31% 
 
Return on Fixed Assets                 
(Operating Income / Net Property, Plant and Equipment (1) )       6.2%        6.2% 
 
Earnings per Share                 
(Net Income / Average number of paid shares each year)       Ch$26.31        Ch$24.4 
 
Return on Equity                 
(Income / Average shareholders’ equity)       2.60%        2.53% 
 
Profitability of Assets                 
(Income/Average assets)       1.38%        1.38% 
 
Operating Assets                 
(Net income / Average operating assets (2) )       1.85%        6.46% 
 
Return on Dividends                 
(Paid dividends / Market Price per Share)       10.8%        24.4% 
 
ACTIVITY INDICATORS                 
Total Assets    MCh$    1,747,054    MCh$    1,616,776 
Sale of Assets    MCh$    1,346    MCh$    1,035 
Investments in other companies and property, plant and    MCh$    78,006    MCh$    44,499 
equipment                 
 
Inventory Turnover                 
(Cost of Sales / Average Inventory)       2.78        2.15 
 
Days in Inventory                 
(Average Inventory / Cost of sales times 360 days)       129.6        167.49 
 

(1) Figures at the beginning of the year, restated. 
(2) Property, plant and equipment are considered operating assets 


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The key points from the table above are the following:

The current ratio increase is the result of a 8.8% drop in current assets and a 31.9% drop in current liabilities. The change in current liabilities is explained by a decrease in financial debt in comparison to December of the previous year.

The decrease in the leverage ratio is explained by a 10.7% drop in total liabilities as well as a 4.7% decrease in shareholders’ equity, which was the result of both the distribution of retained earnings through the payment of dividends and the capital decrease.

6. EXPLANATION OF THE MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MARKET OR ECONOMIC VALUE AND THE BOOK VALUE OF THE COMPANY’S ASSETS

Due to market imperfections regarding the capital assets of the sector, there is no economic or market value that can be compared to their accounting values. However, there are certain buildings with a book value equal or close to zero. These buildings have a market value, but it is not significant with respect to the Company’s assets in the aggregate.

For other assets with a referential market value, such as marketable securities (shares and promissory notes), provisions have been established when the market value is less than the book value.


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7. ANALYSIS OF MARKETS, COMPETITION AND RELATIVE MARKET SHARE

Relevant Industry Information

During the year 2006, the sector has begun to develop the concept of convergence of services and hybrid wireless solutions.

The most relevant event was the launch of Telefónica Chile’s Satellite Digital TV during the second quarter of 2006. The launch of this new product was followed by rapid growth in bundled offers of voice, broadband and pay TV services. Other fixed telephony operators have replicated this offer through alliances with satellite operators.

Wireless technology continues its development through deployment of Telefónica Chile’s WiFi solutions, the launching of Telsur’s PHS (Personal Handy System), and the recent entrance of Transam to local telephony through the GSM standard. In turn, Entel announced the completion of the upgrade of its WLL network to Wimax.

The mobile sector continues to be highly dynamic. This year has been marked by the massive migration of Telefónica Móviles and América Móviles to the GSM standard. América Móviles changed its local brand from Smartcom to Claro toward the end of July 2006.

Market Evolution

Estimates indicate that as of December 2006 the fixed-line market had approximately 3.3 million lines, a drop of 4.7% with respect to December 2005. Within fixed voice consumption, there were decreases of 5.8% in local consumption, 11.5% in DLD and 15.3% in ILD with respect to the same period the previous year.

According to estimates, as of December 2006 the mobile telephone market had a total of 12.9 million subscribers, which represents growth of 14% in comparison to December 2005.

The Internet market continues with the migration from switchboard access to broadband. In 2006 there was a 61% decrease in switchboard market access, with an estimated total of 2.1 billion annual minutes, and a 39% increase in the Broadband market, with 1,020,000 accesses, 58% of which use ADSL technology.


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Relative Market Share

The following table shows the relative market share of Telefónica Chile in the markets where it participates:

 
            Telefónica 
Business    Market Share    Market Penetration    Chile’s Position 
            in the Market 
 
Fixed Telephony    68%    19.8 lines / 100     
        inhabitants   
             
    36%    86 minutes /   
Domestic Long Distance        inhabitant per year     
             
    34%    12 minutes /   
International Long Distance        inhabitant per year     
 
Corporate Communications    44%    Ch$ 200,927 million   
             
Broadband    49%    1,020,000 
Connections 
  1
 
Security Services    28%    198,000 Connections   
 
Pay TV    9%    1,077,000 Customers   


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8. ANALYSIS OF MARKET RISK

Financial Risk Coverage

Due to the attractive foreign interest rates in certain periods, the Company has obtained financing abroad, denominated mainly in dollars and in certain cases at a floating interest rate. Consequently, the Company faces two types of financial risks: the risk of exchange rate fluctuations and the risk of interest rate fluctuations.

Financial risk due to foreign currency fluctuations

The Company has exchange rate hedging instruments. The purpose of these instruments is to reduce the negative impact of fluctuations of the dollar on Company results. The percentage of interest-bearing debt exposure is defined and continuously reviewed, basically considering the volatility of the exchange rate, its trend, and the cost and availability of hedging instruments for different terms.

The main hedging instruments used are Cross Currency Swaps and dollar/UF and dollar/peso exchange insurance.

As of December 31, 2006, the interest-bearing debt in original currency expressed in dollars was US$ 749 million, including US$ 500 million in dollar – denominated financial liabilities, and US$ 249 million of debt expressed in UF. In this manner US$ 500 million corresponds to debt directly exposed to the variations of the dollar.

During the period, the Company had Cross Currency Swaps, dollar/peso exchange insurance and assets in dollars that resulted, as of the end of the fourth quarter 2006, in close to 0% exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations.

Financial risk due to floating interest rate fluctuations

The policy for hedging interest rates seeks to reduce the negative impact on financial expenses due to interest rate increases.

As of December 31, 2006, the Company had debt at the variable interest rates Libor and TAB, mainly for bank loans.

To protect the Company from increases in the floating interest rates, derivative financial instruments have been used, particularly Cross Currency Swaps (which cover the Libor rate), to limit the future fluctuation of interest rates. As of December 31, 2006, the use of these swaps has allowed the Company to limit its exposure to 16% of the total interest-bearing debt in Chilean pesos.


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Industry Risks

Public Tender to Grant Wireless Local Public Telephone Concessions on the 3,400 – 3,600 MHz Frequency Band

On September 15, 2005, the companies participating in the public tender called by Subtel to grant wireless local public telephone concessions on the 3,400 – 3,600 MHz band delivered their proposals.

The companies participating in the tender were Telefónica Chile, Telmex Servicios Empresariales, MIC Chile S.A. (owned by Telmex Chile) and VTR.

On December 13, 2005, Subtel informed that VTR and Telmex were awarded the concessions to offer wireless local telephone throughout the country, through the preferential rights of both companies.

Telefónica Chile appealed the awarding of the concessions in conformity with the procedure established in the General Telecommunications Law. Additionally on December 27, 2005 Telefónica Chile filed a public law motion to vacate before the 2nd Civil Court of Santiago against the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications and Subtel, requesting that the recognition of the preferential right of Telmex Servicios Empresariales S.A. be declared null. The Court accepted the mentioned complaint for processing. On February 1, 2006, Telefónica Chile presented a complaint before the General Controllership of the Republic, claiming that the provisions for the Bases of the Public Tender to grant concessions are illegal.

On January 4, 2007, the Official Gazette published the decree that grants Telmex the national coverage concession. Regarding the decrees that grant VTR regional coverage, the Contraloría General de la República requested a report on the illegality complaint from Subtel.

Regarding the projects corresponding to Regions XI and XII, the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications communicated that by means of Resolutions No. 64 and No. 65, both of January 20, 2006, it assigned the regional concessions to provide wireless local telephone services in Regions XI and XII to Telefónica Chile, since it was the only bidder.

Modifications of the Regulatory Structure

Commission of telecommunications experts

On May 17, 2006, the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications formed a commission of experts in order to prevent the regulation and the regulator from becoming obsolete. The first stage of the work involved proposing the terms of reference of the telecommunications market review. The second stage involves proposing the regulation in accordance with industry requirements, generating greater competition, eliminating entry barriers, and identifying consumer rights and guarantees.


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The commission of experts issued the “Strategic Review of Telecommunications Regulation – Term of Reference” document ( “Revisión Estratégica de la Regulación de las Telecomunicaciones - Termino de Referencia”) published on October 11, 2006, which contains the terms of reference for the future review of the telecommunications sector and identifies among basic policy aspects: promotion of competition, regulation of access rates and charges, management of the radio-electric spectrum, equal access to basic telecommunications services, quality of service and regulatory institution.

Public consultation on “Removal of Obstacles for the Development of Telecommunications in the Short-term”

On May 18, 2006, the Undersecretary of Telecommunications carried out a public consultation in order to identify the barriers and obstacles detected in the technical and regulatory standards that do not allow efficient market development in terms of competition, investment incentives and protection of the interests of customers and users of telecommunications services. This public consultation seeks to proceed with the derogations, modifications, formal interpretations or incorporations for any obsolete, ambiguous or missing standard in order to achieve a more equitable, competitive sector that protects society, which can be carried out in the short-term.

On October 13, 2006, the Undersecretary of Telecommunications published a Document of Response to the 350 contributions received from Telefónica Chile, Movistar and other companies in the sector. The document indicates the commitments and actions that Subtel acquires in respect to 36 issues to be addressed during 2006 and 10 issues to be addressed in 2007

Public consultation of “Bill Modifying Law No. 18168 (The General Telecommunications Act) in order to Create a Panel of Experts to Resolve Disputes Arising in the Telecommunications Sector”

On September 6, 2006, the Undersecretary of Telecommunications carried out a formal consultation on a bill aimed at creating a Panel of Experts, made up of seven professionals, to resolve disputes in the telecommunications sector. The document proposes, among other things, a list of matters to be resolved by the Panel, the panel’s powers and duties, its composition (five engineers and two lawyers named by the Antitrust Commission), and the areas where it lacks jurisdiction. The costs of the panel will be borne by the concession holders on a prorated basis, which may take into account the value of their assets and/or the estimated number of disputes affecting them, as well as, the nature and complexity of these disputes.

Telefónica Chile submitted its proposal and comments in due time, along with Movistar, Telmex, Telefónica del Sur y Telcoy, GTD, VTR, Entel, SOFOFA, Colegio de Ingenieros, and Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo.

The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications, through the Undersecretary of Telecommunications is preparing an amended draft of the General Telecommunications Act.


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Public consultation on “Regulation of Internet voice public services”.

On December 19, 2006, the Undersecretary of Telecommunications announced a public consultation on a bill created to define the conditions to be adhered to by any party interested in providing public voice over internet services. The deadline to submit these comments and proposals is January 19, 2007.

Public hearings on Digital Terrestrial Television standard

On November 17, 2006, Telefónica Chile S.A. participated in the Public Hearings on the introduction of Digital Terrestrial Television in Chile. The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications began the first program of public hearings with the participation of the President of the National Television Council, representatives of Organismo de Medios FUCATEL and VTR Banda Ancha S.A.

The second, third and fourth hearings were held and on November 24, December 15 and December 19, respectively.

The Undersecretary of Telecommunications reported that the technical standard on Terrestrial Digital Television will be informed in January of 2007, once the study performed and the public hearings are completed.

Bill modifying the free competition law.

On June 6, 2006, the Government announced a legal initiative that seeks to modify the law on free competition to eliminate the risks implicit in market concentration. This initiative is aimed at taking preventive action and increasing the maximum penalty that the Antitrust Commission may impose from 20,000 to 30,000 Annual Tax Units (US $22 million).

Implementation of SAP System

As part of its ongoing efforts to improve customer service, Telefónica Chile has decided to implement a world class ERP application. Implementation of this system, which will contribute to better performance and generate operating cost efficiencies, was completed in August 2006.

This implementation includes the financial-economic and logistical processes of companies that form part of the Telefónica Chile Group.


 
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: March 01, 2007

 


COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A.
By:
/SJulio Covarrubias F.

 
Name:   Julio Covarrubias F.
Title:     Chief Financial Officer
 


 

 

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