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FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of July, 2018

Commission File Number: 001-09531

Telefónica, S.A.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Distrito Telefónica, Ronda de la Comunicación s/n,

28050 Madrid, Spain

3491-482-8700

(Address of principal executive offices)

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Quarterly Results of Telefónica Group: January - June 2018

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

Acceleration in the growth of the main financial and operating metrics.

 

   

Increased value accesses: LTE (+31% y-o-y), smartphones (+6%), FTTx/Cable (+23%; record net additions in the quarter of 724k), mobile contract (+6%; 2.2m net additions, 7-year record), Pay TV (+6%).

 

   

Revenues (€12,144m; -6.3% y-o-y) accelerated their organic growth to +2.0% in the quarter.

 

   

April-June OIBDA (€4,237m; +1.9% y-o-y) increased by 4.1% organic (+3.3% in the first quarter) and OIBDA margin expanded (+2.8 p.p. y-o-y; +0.7 p.p. in organic terms).

 

   

In the second quarter, net income (€902m) grew by 9.9% y-o-y and by 11.0% per share (€0.16).

 

   

Reported April-June results are affected by net positive impacts in OIBDA (€225m) and negative impacts in net income (-€60m), mainly associated with a favourable court ruling in Brazil, and partial goodwill impairment and tax asset reversal in Mexico.

 

 

Radical transformation of our networks.

 

   

47.3m premises passed with FTTx/cable (+15% y-o-y) and LTE coverage of 73% (+6 p.p.).

 

   

Leaders in network virtualisation and in the creation of a global customer-centric digital ecosystem.

 

 

Financial flexibility continued increasing.

 

   

Free cash flow (€1,548m in January-June 2018) grew 32.7% y-o-y excluding spectrum.

 

   

Net debt (€43,593m at June; -10.1% y-o-y) decreased for the 5th consecutive quarter (-€382m).

 

 

The Company reiterates its guidance and the dividend announced for 2018.

 

 

T. España reinforced its positioning with the launch of O2 Brand and football content acquisition, whilst growing in revenues (+0.3% y-o-y in organic terms) and OIBDA (+0.2%), with OIBDA margin at 40.5% in April-June.

 

 

T. Brasil organic OIBDA growth accelerated y-o-y in the quarter (+7.1%), with OIBDA margin expansion of 2.2 p.p. after posting a new record in fibre connections and increasing contract net additions y-o-y.

 

 

T. Deutschland improved its commercial activity in the second quarter with the launch of O2 Free Boost and O2 Connect and grew in mobile service revenues (ex-regulation +0.2% y-o-y organic), OIBDA (+0.3%) and operating cash flow (+3.2% in the first half of the year).

 

 

T. UK maintained in April-June its leading contract churn in the market, and growth accelerated both in revenues (+5.6% y-o-y organic) and OIBDA (+8.2%), while operating cash flow increased by 21.0% y-o-y in January-June.

 

 

T. Hispam Sur; solid increase in revenues and OIBDA y-o-y organic growth in the quarter (+8.7% and +8.8% respectively) posting net contract additions in all the countries and a gradual progress in FTTx/Cable.

 

 

T. Hispam Norte; strong commercial activity focused on high value. April-June revenues -0.4% y-o-y organic and OIBDA -2.8%. However, excluding regulation growth trends accelerated (+1.5% and +5.1% respectively).

 

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Comments from José María Álvarez-Pallete, Executive Chairman:

“Telefónica second quarter results showed an improvement in the y-o-y organic growth trends of revenues, OIBDA and OIBDA margin expansion. Moreover, net debt decreased for the fifth consecutive quarter thanks to the strong free cash flow generation (€998 million), which grew by 55% excluding spectrum payment in the UK. These results allow us to reiterate our guidance and dividends for 2018.

Our value offer to customers remains key, and we continue investing and expanding our ultra broadband networks. As of June, we have 47.3m premises passed with proprietary FTTx/cable network, +15% y-o-y. LTE coverage grew by 6 p.p. to an average 73% in all our footprint.

Lastly, we remain convinced that the key levers to a sustainable digital future lie with our capacity to radically transform our networks, create a customer-centric digital ecosystem, establish digitalisation as the cornerstone for generating efficiencies and remain at the vanguard of cognitive intelligence”.

 

 

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TELEFÓNICA

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January -
June
    % Chg     Jan -
Jun *
     April -
June
    % Chg     Apr -
Jun *
 
     2018     Reported     Organic     2018 (IAS 18)      2018     Reported     Organic     2018 (IAS 18)  

Revenues

     24,334       (6.7     2.0       24,361        12,144       (6.3     2.0       12,160  

Telefónica España

     6,265       0.6       0.7       6,269        3,167       0.2       0.3       3,168  

Telefónica Deutschland

     3,525       (0.5     (0.8     3,514        1,758       (0.7     (1.2     1,750  

Telefónica UK

     3,223       0.5       4.2       3,269        1,638       1.9       5.6       1,665  

Telefónica Brasil

     5,227       (15.6     0.8       5,219        2,522       (16.7     0.5       2,521  

Telefónica Hispam Sur (1)

     3,631       (13.7     8.2       3,630        1,798       (14.0     8.7       1,798  

Telefónica Hispam Norte (2)(3)

     1,998       (9.7     (1.3     1,999        1,027       (1.7     (0.4     1,025  

Other companies & eliminations

     464       (7.8     0.8       461        234       (9.5     (2.0     233  

Telxius

     366       (1.0     4.0       363        186       2.2       6.1       184  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OIBDA

     8,102       (0.9     3.7       8,080        4,237       1.9       4.1       4,227  

Telefónica España

     2,507       3.4       0.4       2,510        1,283       0.1       0.2       1,284  

Telefónica Deutschland

     882       2.4       0.5       864        479       3.7       0.3       464  

Telefónica UK

     879       3.5       7.2       890        450       3.7       8.2       460  

Telefónica Brasil

     2,257       5.5       5.8       2,245        1,275       23.3       7.1       1,270  

Telefónica Hispam Sur (1)

     1,024       (13.4     9.8       1,020        507       (15.2     8.8       506  

Telefónica Hispam Norte (2)(3)

     434       (29.2     (5.1     435        176       (40.2     (2.8     175  

Other companies & eliminations

     119       8.4       24.8       117        68       21.1       30.6       67  

Telxius

     173       (3.2     2.5       171        87       0.3       4.5       86  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OIBDA margin

     33.3     1.9  p.p.      0.5  p.p.         34.9     2.8  p.p.      0.7  p.p.   

Telefónica España

     40.0     1.1  p.p.      (0.1  p.p.)         40.5     (0.0  p.p.)      (0.0  p.p.)   

Telefónica Deutschland

     25.0     0.7  p.p.      0.3  p.p.         27.2     1.2  p.p.      0.4  p.p.   

Telefónica UK

     27.3     0.8  p.p.      0.8  p.p.         27.5     0.5  p.p.      0.7  p.p.   

Telefónica Brasil

     43.2     8.6  p.p.      1.7  p.p.         50.5     16.4  p.p.      2.2  p.p.   

Telefónica Hispam Sur (1)

     28.2     0.1  p.p.      0.4  p.p.         28.2     (0.4  p.p.)      0.0  p.p.   

Telefónica Hispam Norte (2)(3)

     21.7     (6.0  p.p.)      (1.1  p.p.)         17.1     (11.0  p.p.)      (0.7  p.p.)   

Other companies & eliminations

     25.6     3.8  p.p.      4.9  p.p.         29.1     7.3  p.p.      7.0  p.p.   

Telxius

     47.3     (1.1  p.p.)      (0.7  p.p.)         47.0     (0.9  p.p.)      (0.7  p.p.)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Operating Income (OI)

     3,697       9.7       10.3          2,059       14.4       12.2    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income attributable to equity holders of the Parent

     1,739       8.6            902       9.9      

Basic and diluted earnings per share (euros)

     0.29       (0.8          0.16       11.0      
  

 

 

   

 

 

        

 

 

   

 

 

     

CapEx

     3,932       12.1       5.5          2,441       29.4       8.8    

Telefónica España

     778       10.4       10.4          432       16.2       16.2    

Telefónica Deutschland

     424       (2.5     (2.3        228       0.5       0.7    

Telefónica UK

     987       n.m.       (6.1        804       n.m.       5.3    

Telefónica Brasil

     892       (2.6     17.2          504       (2.9     17.6    

Telefónica Hispam Sur (1)

     553       (14.3     7.9          302       (13.5     11.2    

Telefónica Hispam Norte (2)(3)

     165       (40.6     (36.0        111       (22.4     (20.4  

Other companies & eliminations

     134       39.4       51.1          61       (10.6     (6.4  

Telxius

     98       73.6       92.9          41       (5.5     0.6    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Spectrum

     595       n.m.       n.m.          588       n.m.       n.m.    

Telefónica España

     —         —         —            —         —         —      

Telefónica Deutschland

     —         —         —            —         —         —      

Telefónica UK

     588       —         —            588       —         —      

Telefónica Brasil

     —         —         —            —         —         —      

Telefónica Hispam Sur (1)

     6       —         —            —         —         —      

Telefónica Hispam Norte (2)(3)

     0       n.m.       n.m.          —         —         —      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     4,170       (10.7     2.4          1,796       (20.9     0.3    

Telefónica España

     1,729       0.5       (3.5        852       (6.4     (6.3  

Telefónica Deutschland

     458       7.3       3.2          251       6.8       0.1    

Telefónica UK

     (107     c.s.       21.0          (354     c.s.       11.0    

Telefónica Brasil

     1,365       11.6       (2.6        771       49.6       (3.2  

Telefónica Hispam Sur (1)

     471       (12.3     12.0          205       (17.5     5.5    

Telefónica Hispam Norte (2)(3)

     269       (19.9     20.4          64       (57.2     13.7    

Other companies & eliminations

     (15     c.s.       c.s.          7       c.s.       c.s.    

Telxius

     75       (38.6     (39.1        46       6.2       8.5    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

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Reconciliation included in the excel spreadsheets.

Notes:

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January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.

(*)

For comparative purpose only, January-March 2018 results reported under prior accounting IAS 18.

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OIBDA and OI are presented before brand fees and management fees.

(1)

Telefónica Hispam Sur includes Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay

(2)

Telefónica Hispam Norte includes Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and Ecuador.

(3)

Following the pre-payment of the debt derived from the operating agreement with PARAPAT in Colombia and after taking over its subsidiaries Telebucaramanga, Metrotel and Optecom, the consolidated results are included in the fixed business of T. Colombia from 1 October 2017. For organic comparative purposes, the results of these subsidiaries are included since 1 January 2017.

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2018 Organic criteria assumes average constant foreign exchange rates of 2017, except for Venezuela (2017 and 2018 results converted at the closing synthetic exchange rate for each period). Considers constant perimeter of consolidation. Excludes the effects of the accounting change to IFRS 15 in 2018, write-downs, capital gains/losses from the sale of companies, tower sales, restructuring costs and material non-recurring impacts. CapEx excludes spectrum investments.

 

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TELEFÓNICA

  

Consolidated Results

     5  

•   Digitalisation and Monetisation

     9  

•   Telxius

     11  

RESULTS BY BUSINESS UNITS

  

Telefónica España

     18  

Telefónica Deutschland

     22  

Telefónica UK

     24  

Telefónica Brasil

     26  

Telefónica Hispanoamérica Sur

     29  

•   Argentina, Chile, Perú

  

Telefónica Hispanoamérica Norte

     37  

•   Colombia, México

  

ADDENDA

  

Key Holdings of the Telefónica Group

     43  

Changes to the Perimeter

     44  

Alternative performance measures

     45  

The financial information related to January-June 2018 contained in this document has been prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as adopted by the European Union, which do not differ for the purposes of the Telefónica Group, from IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

Telefónica’s management model, regional and integrated, means that the legal structure of the companies is not relevant for the release of Group financial information, and therefore, the operating results of each of these business units are presented independently, regardless of their legal structure. For the purpose of presenting information on a business unit basis, revenue and expenses arising from invoicing among companies within Telefónica’s perimeter of consolidation for the use of the brand and management contracts have been excluded from the operating results for each business unit. This breakdown of the results does not affect Telefónica’s consolidated earnings.

The English language translation of the consolidated financial statements originally issued in Spanish has been prepared solely for the convenience of English speaking readers. Despite all the efforts devoted to this translation, certain omissions or approximations may subsist. Telefónica, its representatives and employees decline all responsibility in this regard. In the event of a discrepancy, the Spanish-language version prevails.

 

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CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

The access base of Telefónica Group stood at 357.5m at June 2018 (-1% y-o-y) and increased vs. March 2018 by 546k accesses, supported by intense commercial activity focused on high-value customers.

The quality of the customer base continued improving, after average revenue per access growth accelerated in the quarter to 3.0% y-o-y organic (+2.9% in January-June) and average life per customer increased following a reduction in churn levels (-0.1 p.p. y-o-y).

Growing demand for data, speed and content resulted in high-value accesses growth acceleration: i) LTE customers totalled 106.6m (+31% y-o-y) with quarterly net additions of 3.7m and a penetration of 42% (+10 p.p. y-o-y); ii) mobile contract (119.7m; +6% y-o-y) reported the highest quarterly net additions since the third quarter of 2011 (+2.2m; 1.8 times y-o-y) and represented 44% of total mobile accesses (+3 p.p. y-o-y); iii) smartphones (+6% y-o-y; 163.9m), with quarterly net additions of 2.3, reached a penetration of 65% (+4 p.p. y-o-y); iv) FTTx/Cable (12.2m; +23% y-o-y) posted record quarterly net additions of 724k accesses (1.9 times y-o-y; +530k in January-March of 2018), already representing 57% of total fixed broadband access (+10 p.p. y-o-y) with a coverage of 47.3m passed premises with proprietary network (+15% y-o-y); and v) Pay TV (8.7m; +6% y-o-y) presented quarterly net additions of 131k accesses (2.4 times y-o-y).

It should be noted that the following factors impacted second quarter results;

 

   

T. Brasil: following the final court ruling in favour of Telefónica Brasil regarding the base for calculating the company’s contributions to PIS (Programa de Integração Social) and COFINS (Contribuição para Financiamento da Seguridade Social) from September 2003 to July 2014, a non-current asset with the Tax Administration has been recognized (€855m). This factor impacted positively January-June 2018 consolidated results of Telefónica Group (+€485m in OIBDA and +€444m in net financial expenses). In addition, in T. Brasil there were contingencies (€106m) and restructuring costs (€28m).

 

   

T. Hispam Norte; a partial write-off of the goodwill allocated to T. México (108M€) was registered, following a deterioration due to variations in the discount rate (WACC) and the perpetuity growth rate resulting from changes in macro conditions reflected, among other factors, in a higher risk-free rate. In addition, related to a change in the tax assumptions used, deferred tax assets for temporary differences were derecognized in T. México, impacting Corporate income tax (294M€).

 

   

T. Deutschland: restructuring expenses (€18m).

Reported variations of the consolidated financial statements for January-June 2018 reflected the adoption of IFRS 15 and 9 since 1 January 2018 (results of January-June 2017 are reported following prior accounting standards). Organic variations excluded the impact of the accounting change to IFRS 15 in 2018 (-€17m in revenues; +€10m in OIBDA of the second quarter; -€27m and +€21m respectively in the first six months). The accounting change to IFRS 9 had no significant impact on the results.

In the second quarter, the exchange rate evolution reduced y-o-y revenue growth by 8.8 p.p. and that of OIBDA by 10.7 p.p. (-8.7 p.p. and -10.0 p.p. respectively in January-June). However, the negative impact of the depreciation of currencies at OIBDA level decreased significantly in terms of cash flow generation by reducing the payment in euros of CapEx, taxes and interests.

 

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Revenues (€12,144m in the second quarter; 24,334 in January-June) decreased by 6.3% y-o-y in the quarter (-6.7% in the half year). In organic terms, however, they grew 2.0% y-o-y (+2.0% in January-June) backed by the strong pace of growth from handset sales (+19.6% in the second quarter; +18.1% in the half year) and the positive performance of service revenues (+0.7% both in the second quarter and in the first half).

Mobile data revenues increased in the quarter by 6.4% y-o-y in organic terms (+7.9% in January-June), already representing 62% of mobile service revenues (+2 p.p. y-o-y in organic terms).

Excluding the negative impact of regulation (-1.2 p.p. in the quarter and first six months) revenues would have risen by 3.3% y-o-y in organic terms in the quarter (+3.2% in the first half of the year).

In the second quarter, provisions for restructuring costs amounted to €46m (€18m in T. Deutschland and €28m in T. Brasil), impacting personnel expenses (€30m) and other net income/expense (€17m). In the second quarter of 2017, restructuring costs totalled €25m (primarily in T. Deutschland). In January-June, restructuring costs reached €64m (€113m for the same period in 2017).

Also, €106m contingency expenses in Brazil were registered in the second quarter, affecting personnel expenses (€10m), other operating expenses (€35m) and other net income/expense (€61m).

Finally, reported evolution of operating expenses was affected by the positive impact associated with the before mentioned Brazilian court ruling in the second quarter of 2018 (€485m).

Operating expenses totalled €8,036m in the quarter and decreased by 11.2% y-o-y (-9.9% in the first half of 2018).

In organic terms, operating expenses increased by 1.9% y-o-y in the second quarter (+1.5% in the first half of the year) due to the growth acceleration in supplies (+4.8% y-o-y in April-June; +3.0% January-June) associated with higher handset consumption, growing content costs and the impact of “RLAH” on European operations, despite interconnection savings.

The y-o-y growth trend in organic terms of other operating expenses slowed down and remained virtually stable (+0.1% in the second quarter; +0.7% in the first six months), reflecting efficiencies from digitalisation and integration synergies, which compensated higher network expenses. Personnel expenses decreased by 0.2% y-o-y in organic terms in the second quarter (-0.1% in January-June).

The average headcount in January-June 2018 stood at 122,563 employees (-3.0% y-o-y).

In the second quarter of 2018, impairment of goodwill and other assets totalled €109m, mainly associated with the partial deterioration of the goodwill allocated to T. México, previously mentioned.

Gain on sale of fixed assets in the second quarter amounted to €40m, highlighting capital gains on the sale of fibre assets in Mexico with an impact of €14m on OIBDA (€12m in April-June 2017) and capital gains on the sale of real estate in Colombia (€9m).

Operating income before depreciation and amortisation (OIBDA) totalled €4,237m in the second quarter, increasing 1.9% y-o-y. In January-June, OIBDA amounted to €8,102m (-0.9% y-o-y).

In organic terms, OIBDA accelerated its growth trend to 4.1% y-o-y in the quarter (+3.7% in January-June), reflecting the positive growth in revenues. Excluding the impact of the regulation (-2.2 p.p. in April-June and January-June) OIBDA would have increased by 6.4% y-o-y in organic terms in the quarter and 5.9% in the first half of the year.

Underlying OIBDA reached €4,002m in April-June (-4.7% y-o-y) and excluded the impact associated with the beforementioned Brazilian court ruling (€485m), the partial impairment of goodwill allocated to T. México (-€108m), contingencies in Brazil (-€106m), restructuring costs (-€46m) and the impact on OIBDA of the adoption of IFRS 15 (€10m). In the first six months, underlying OIBDA amounted to €7.865m (-5.1%).

 

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OIBDA margin in the second quarter stood at 34.9% (+2.8% p.p. vs. April-June 2017) and 32.9% in organic terms (+0.7 p.p. y-o-y). In January-June, it reached 33.3% (+1.9 p.p. y-o-y) and 32.3% in organic terms (+0.5 p.p. y-o-y).

Depreciation and amortisation totalled €2.178m in the quarter and decreased by 7.6% y-o-y (-8.4% in January-June) and by 1.9% y-o-y in organic terms (-1.1% in January-June).

Thus, operating income (OI) reached €2,059 in the second quarter and rose by 14.4% y-o-y (+9.7% in January-June). In organic terms, it grew 12.2% y-o-y in the quarter (+10.3% in the first six months).

Net financial expenses in the second quarter (€1m) were mainly affected by the impact associated with the aforementioned favourable court ruling in Brazil on financial results (€444m). Excluding this impact, its evolution compared to the same period in the previous year (€748m) reflected in 2018 savings due to the reduction in both debt and cost of debt, and in 2017 losses and impairments from the stake in Mediaset Premium and Prisa. In January-June 2018 (€383m) net financial expenses decreased by 68.0% y-o-y, affected by the aforementioned factors.

Corporate income tax totalled €939m in April-June, mainly affected by the deferred tax assets reversal in T. Mexico and the impact associated with the aforementioned court ruling in Brazil.

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests in the second quarter (€218m) was higher than the same period in the previous year (€26m), mainly due to the greater profit attributable to minority interests in T. Brasil, affected by the aforementioned impacts.

In this regard, the profit attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent in the second quarter reached €902m and grew 9.9% y-o-y (€1,739m in January-June; +8.6% y-o-y).

In underlying terms, it decreased by 2.1% y-o-y in the second quarter (-1.6% in the first six months of 2018), after excluding in April-June 2018 the impacts associated to: i) the aforementioned Brazilian court ruling (€452m), ii) deferred tax assets reversal in T. México (-€294m), iii) partial goodwill impairment in T. México (-€108m), iv) depreciation and amortisation charges from purchase price allocation processes (-108M€), v) contingencies in Brazil (-€74m), vi) restructuring costs (-€36m) and vii) the adoption of IFRS 15 (€3m).

Basic earnings per share reached €0.16 in the second quarter, growing 11.0% y-o-y (€0.29 in the first half of the year; -0.8% y-o-y). In underlying terms, EPS totalled €0.20 in April-June (-2.1% y-o-y) and 0.37€ in January-June (-2.5% y-o-y).

CapEx for the first half of 2018 amounted to €3,932m (+12.1% y-o-y) and included €595m from spectrum (€588m in the second quarter in the United Kingdom; €7m in the first quarter in Argentina). In organic terms, CapEx increased by 5.5% because of the different execution calendar and continued to be focused on the radical transformation of networks (deployment of ultrafast networks, network virtualisation, simplification and digitalisation of processes and systems).

Operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) totalled €4,170m in the first half of 2018, decreasing by 10.7% y-o-y, affected by the aforementioned acquisition of spectrum in the United Kingdom. In organic terms Operating cash-flow grew by 2.4%, reflecting good business performance.

Interest payments in the first half of the year (€986m) increased by 1.1% y-o-y, and the effective cost of interest payments in the last twelve months stood at 3.48% at June 2018 (3.50% at March 2018).

Tax payments amounted to €356m in January-June 2018, decreasing by 33.7% y-o-y, mainly due to larger tax refunds from previous years and exchange rates evolution.

Working capital consumed €985m in the first half of 2018 due to CapEx seasonality, payment of taxes and site rentals, and the effect associated with the aforementioned Brazilian court decision (as the impact in cash generation is expected between 2019 and 2021), partially offset by the execution of factoring measures on accounts receivable and the extension of payment terms with suppliers or with the factoring company where those had been discounted. The improvement of €359m vs. January-June 2017, was mainly due to lower restructuring payments and seasonal impacts.

 

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Operations with minority shareholders amounted to €406m in the first six months of 2018 (€255m in the first half of 2017) and their y-o-y variation was affected by the payment in the first quarter of 2018 of an extraordinary dividend to Telxius shareholders (€166m; mainly associated with the optimisation of the company’s capital structure). In April-June 2018, payments to minority shareholders totalled €238m, in line with the same period in 2017 (€234m).

Free cash flow reached €1,548m in the first half of the year (-4.8% vs. the same period in 2017), thus rising by 32.7% y-o-y excluding spectrum payments.

Net financial debt at June (€43,593m) decreased €637m vs. December 2017 thanks to free cash flow generation (€1,548m; including spectrum payments of €619m, mainly in the United Kingdom), the replacement of capital instruments (€226m) and other factors totalling €546m (€855m associated with the aforementioned favourable court ruling in Brazil, €59m with the lower value in euros of net debt in foreign currencies, and others amounting to -€368m, including the extension of payment terms with suppliers or with the factoring firm). Contrarily, the following factors increased debt; i) remuneration to shareholders (€1,186m, including the payment of capital instrument coupons), ii) labour-related commitments (€398m) and iii) net financial investments (€99m).

In the second quarter of the year, debt decreased €382m thanks to free cash flow generation (€998m; including the spectrum payments of €590m) and other factors totalling €589m (€855m associated with the Brazilian court ruling, €117m with the lower value in euros of net debt in foreign currencies and others amounting to -€383m, including the extension of payment terms with suppliers or with the factoring firm). On the other hand: i) remuneration to shareholders (€962m, including the payment of capital instrument coupons), ii) labour-related commitments (€197m) and iii) net financial investments (€46m), increased debt.

During the first half of 2018, the financing activity of Telefónica increased to approximately €10,814m equivalent (without considering the refinancing of commercial paper and short-term bank loans) and focused on maintaining a solid liquidity position, and refinancing and extending debt maturities (in an environment of low interest rates). Therefore, as of the end of June, the Group has covered debt maturities for the next two years. The average debt life stood at 8.95 years (compared with 8.08 years in December 2017).

After the closing, in July, Telefónica Deutschland closed a senior debt issuance of €600m with a maturity in July 2025 and an annual coupon of 1.750%.

Throughout the first half of year, Telefónica Group obtained funding by means of extending payment terms with suppliers or with the factoring firm where those had been discounted, for a total of €226m equivalent (€598m equivalent in January-June 2017).

Meanwhile, Telefónica, S.A. and its holding companies continued their issuance activity under the Promissory Notes and Commercial Paper Programmes (Domestic and European), maintaining an outstanding notional balance of approximately €1,934m at the end of June.

At the end of June, Telefónica maintained undrawn, committed credit lines with different credit institutions for an approximate amount of €12,733m (€12,282m maturing in more than twelve months) which, combined with the cash equivalents position and current financial assets excluding Venezuela, placed liquidity at €18,947m.

Definitions:

Organic growth: The average exchange rates in 2017 are assumed, with the exception of Venezuela (results from 2017 and 2018 at synthetic exchange rate upon the close of each period), considering a constant perimeter of consolidation. This excluded the effects of the accounting change to IFRS 15 in 2018, write-downs, capital gains/losses from the sale of companies, tower sales, restructuring costs and material non-recurring impacts. CapEx excludes spectrum investments.

Underlying growth: Figures reported excluding the effects of the accounting change to IFRS 15 in 2018, write-downs, capital gains/losses from the sale of companies, tower sales, restructuring costs and material non-recurring impacts as well as depreciation and amortisation charges from purchase price allocation processes.

 

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Digitalisation and Monetisation

(y-o-y changes in organic terms)

Telefónica progressed in the development of its four platforms to drive customer-centric digitalisation. The first platform, the physical assets, guarantee an excellent connectivity over an increasing convergent, flexible, capable and efficient network:

 

   

Fiber in Spain reached 20.2m premises passed in June and the industrialisation of the deployment process enabled the extension of the fiber network with the same quality but in a more agile and efficient manner in Latin America. In Hispam, FTTx/cable coverage amounted to 8.2m premises passed in June (+51% y-o-y) and 18.8m in Brazil. Overall, FTTx/cable network coverage reached 78.5m premises passed (47.3m of own network, +15% y-o-y), and connected customers increased to 12.2m (+23% y-o-y). In Spain, the costs of the deployment process have been reduced on a 50% basis during the past five years, and among the main efficiencies achieved it is noteworthy the 60% reduction in network incidents when migrating to fiber in the past two years and the 41% reduction in the installation time of the new customer equipment (HGU) vs. the previous equipment.

 

   

LTE coverage stood at 73% in June (+6 p.p. y-o-y) at June; 92% in Europe and 67% in Latam) supporting LTE traffic, which already accounts for the 62% of the total traffic. At the same time, 4.5G deployment in Germany, Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, use of Massive MIMO, spectrum use optimisation and improvement in the speed of access, shows the progress towards 5G.

 

   

Telefónica continues expanding its unified fixed access customer hardware portfolio in the operators, as a basis for own and third-party services integration with an excellent quality. Out of more than 30m installed devices, more than 3m are HGU (Home Gateway Unit) hardware, that will include the latest technological advances (Smart WiFi, 802.11 pre-ax, GPON upgrade) at a less cost.

 

   

The Company’s virtualisation programme progresses, driven by UNICA (global solution under an industrialisation process), and at the end of June it is in production in 7 Data Centers of 4 operators (Argentina, Colombia, Germany and Peru), being a reality the dynamic, virtual and centralized management of network functions through SDN/NFV solutions hosted in data centers.

In the second platform, we have the structural transformation of systems and IT. The 25% of the total customer base has migrated to Full Stack as of June 2018 (+8 p.p. y-o-y) and 62% of the Company’s business processes are already digitized and managed in real time (+8 p.p. y-o-y), improving time-to-market and customer experience.

Telefónica’s digital transformation is moving forward with the execution of initiatives encompassed in the 5 priorities of the E2E digitalisation programme: i) Increase direct interaction with our customers in the sales (focus on online sales), ii) Promote top-ups and sale of additional bundles through digital channels, iii) Increase the efficiency of the payment and collection process, improving customer experience, iv) Improve the experience in the provision and technical support and v) Improve the experience in customer care.

Thus, the execution of the Digitalisation Plans in all operators is reflected both in the operating KPIs improvement and the capture of savings, with remarkable progress made in Spain and Brazil (KPIs for the second quarter of 2018 below).

In Spain:

 

   

Digital channel sales account for 28% of total sales after increasing by 45% y-o-y (+16% in June 2018 vs. December 2017).

 

   

49% of consumer customers (+9 p.p. y-o-y) and 61% of business customers (+6 p.p. y-o-y) use digital channels, and the use of the “Mi Movistar” App has increased by 54% (1.4m users in June).

 

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37% of the technical incidents are self-managed by customers (+19% y-o-y) thanks to the proactive detection of incidents with direct impact on satisfaction (-13% customers dissatisfied with technical support).

 

   

On TV, the personalization of the advertising and the content recommender in Movistar+ are increasing their effectiveness, having multiplied by 5 the effectiveness of the latter.

 

   

The use of Advance Analytics optimises the CapEx required for deploying FTTH fibre.

In Brazil:

 

   

66% of customer interactions are already in digital channels after increasing by 22% y-o-y.

 

   

Use of the “Meu Vivo” App increased by 66% y-o-y to 7m users (+15% in June 2018 vs. December 2017).

 

   

Prepay top-ups via digital channels increased by 16% y-o-y.

 

   

E-billing increased by 53% y-o-y so that half of the customers are using only digital invoicing.

 

   

All the above has contributed to reduce calls to the call center by 25% in annual terms.

In this context, customers are demanding an increasingly digital experience and Telefónica has a leadership position to capture the monetisation of the higher data consumption, due to the evolution of its operating model and the continuous transformation of the portfolio of products and services, the third platform.

In the consumer segment, an ecosystem of platforms is being created to enrich the customer experience around connectivity: Novum (personalized digital Telco experience integrated with AURA), Smart Wifi (intelligent connectivity management and home wifi devices), Consumer IoT (connection of personal services) and Movistar Play (open platform of entertainment services). This ecosystem drives the demand for data and speed, and increases ARPU and customer loyalty. This is achieved through the adoption of recurrent integrated plans in prepay with tiered pricing structures (with a penetration of 43% in Latam, and more than 60% in Brazil), which translate into an ARPU improvement higher than 10% and churn improvement; and also through the acceleration upselling in contract, with family data plans (United Kingdom, Argentina and Central America) and the offer enriched with digital services (music and video), dedicated data and content, highlighting the “ Movistar Play” OTT video service (present in almost every Latam country). On the other hand, in fixed customers the UBB and contents are the basis of customer development.

In the corporate segment, the value proposition integrates new digital services on connectivity services (both own ones and those of the best partners in the market), creating an open digital ecosystem that provides differential solutions. This, together with the differential advantage of the great capillarity of our global network: 45,000 km and more than 1,000 PoP, 24 Data Centers, 11 security centers and a sales force of 12,000 sales specialists, specialized in the sale of digital services, position Telefónica as a key technological partner for the digital transformation of customers. An example of such value proposition is the global agreement signed in June with Avianca for its digital transformation in 27 countries during the following 5 years.

Broadband connectivity and services beyond connectivity revenues continue to grow and stand at 53% of the Company’s revenues as of June 2018 (+2 p.p. y-o-y).

In particular, digital services revenues totalled €1,663m in the quarter and continue to grow significantly by 28.5% y-o-y (€3,271m, +28.5% in the first half).

i) Video revenues in April-June amounted to €718m (+0.4% y-o-y) and Pay TV accesses excluding OTT services totalled 8.7m (+6% y-o-y), with notable growth in IPTV base (+17% y-o-y), and churn reduction (-0.1 p.p.). At the end of May, Telefónica announced that it would integrate Netflix in its video and TV platforms (promotion already launched in the UK) reaffirming the commitment to a content offer as complete as possible, with original production and third partie’s. In the first six months Video revenues amounted to € 1,440m (+0.7% y-o-y).

 

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ii) Revenues from Advanced Digital Services aimed at corporate clients, reached €353m (+34.3% y-o-y, €658m, +28.5% in the first half) driven by Cloud business (€159m; +42.2% y-o-y) and Security (€97m, +29.5% y-o-y, +63.4% in corporates), having announced in the quarter the alliance with Devo, specialist in Big Data security, and the collaboration with Rivetz for the development of advanced mobile security protocols. Likewise, the “Latch” patent concession in the USA has been obtained.

iii) Contents contributed €435m of revenues in the quarter, and maintained a triple-digit growth (+127% y-o-y) again driven by Brazil. In the first six months they amount to €858m (+138.6%).

iv) Other Digital Services revenues grew by 8.5% due to the advertising business (+17.1% in first half).

Finally, taking advantage of the capabilities of the fourth platform, and on the commitment to a new model of relationship with customers, from July 3rd it is available to access Aura in 6 stores in Madrid and Barcelona through “Movistar Home”, the new device (8 inches screen) that will allow to reach the center of the home (interacting with the fixed telephony, television and connectivity) and will be commercialized in the coming months in Spain.

Telxius

(y-o-y changes in organic terms)

During the second quarter, Telxius continued expanding its business by accelerating the deployment of new infrastructures and reported solid operational and financial performance.

Revenues amounted to €186m and accelerated their growth to 6.1% y-o-y. Tower business revenues (€81m) maintained a solid y-o-y growth of 8.8% and Cable revenues (€105m) returned to growth (+4.1% y-o-y; -3.1% in Q1), despite the negative euro/dollar impact on dollar-denominated contracts of subsidiaries with functional currency euro.

In the first half of the year, revenues totalled €366m (+4.0% y-o-y), with the tower business contributing €161m (+9.1% y-o-y) and the Cable business €205m (+0.4% y-o-y).

OIBDA improved its growth trend to +4.5% y-o-y (+0.6% in H1) and amounted to €87m (€173m in H1). The OIBDA margin stood at 47.0% (47.3% in H1).

The Tower business continued adding towers to the portfolio (+141 in Q2), mainly in Spain, Brazil and Chile (+165 in H1) and ended June totalling 16,453 towers. This, together with the new co-location contracts signed primarily in Spain, Brazil and Germany, resulted in a “tenancy ratio” of 1.34x (+0.04x y-o-y).

In the Cable business, the demand for international data traffic managed by Telxius showed a strong y-o-y growth in bandwidth capacity services (+28%) and IP traffic (+27%).

CapEx reached €98m in H1 (€56m in H1 17) and reflected the deployment of new cables, MAREA (connecting the USA and northern Spain) and BRUSA (will connect USA with Puerto Rico and Brazil). This investment will significantly decrease in the second half of the year, once the deployment period has finalised.

 

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ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     341,785.7        341,347.3        339,843.1        338,997.9        337,921.1        338,521.8        (0.8

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     37,853.0        37,488.4        37,028.0        36,898.6        36,404.2        35,973.3        (4.0

Internet and data accesses

     21,657.8        21,697.3        21,696.7        21,864.6        21,827.0        21,911.5        1.0  

Broadband

     21,196.4        21,240.4        21,243.8        21,417.5        21,385.9        21,460.2        1.0  

FTTx/Cable

     9,580.6        9,960.5        10,511.8        10,961.6        11,491.8        12,216.0        22.6  

Mobile accesses

     274,055.6        273,886.6        272,742.7        271,766.9        271,084.9        271,901.0        (0.7

Prepay

     162,648.4        161,271.6        158,662.8        155,868.5        153,623.2        152,234.0        (5.6

Contract

     111,407.2        112,615.0        114,079.9        115,898.4        117,461.7        119,667.0        6.3  

M2M

     14,488.0        15,009.9        15,572.9        16,137.2        16,778.1        17,623.4        17.4  

Pay TV

     8,219.3        8,274.9        8,375.8        8,467.7        8,604.9        8,736.1        5.6  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wholesale Accesses

     18,392.2        18,507.4        18,752.0        19,124.9        19,021.1        18,966.5        2.5  

Fixed wholesale accesses

     5,087.1        4,887.2        4,689.4        4,460.2        4,222.2        4,082.6        (16.5

Mobile wholesale accesses (2)

     13,305.1        13,620.2        14,062.6        14,664.7        14,798.9        14,883.9        9.3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     360,177.9        359,854.7        358,595.1        358,122.8        356,942.2        357,488.4        (0.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.

(2)

Mobile Wholesale accesses have been included since the first quarter 2018 and this information is also given for comparative purposes from January 2017.

TELEFÓNICA

MOBILE ACCESSES

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     40.7     41.1     41.8     42.6     43.3     44.0     2.9  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

     151,547.7       155,126.7       156,511.5       158,717.7       161,572.5       163,886.0       5.6  

Smartphone penetration (%)

     59.4     60.9     61.8     63.0     64.4     65.3     4.4  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

     75,458.8       81,604.2       88,978.7       97,534.0       102,910.4       106,617.8       30.7  

LTE penetration (%)

     29.1     31.5     34.6     38.2     40.5     41.9     10.4  p.p. 

 

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June     % Chg     April - June     % Chg  
     2018     2017     Reported     Organic     2018     2017     Reported     Organic  

Revenues

     24,334       26,091       (6.7     2.0       12,144       12,960       (6.3     2.0  

Internal exp. capitalized in fixed assets

     404       430       (5.9     (0.7     211       222       (4.8     0.4  

Operating expenses

     (16,569     (18,396     (9.9     1.5       (8,036     (9,048     (11.2     1.9  

Supplies

     (6,678     (7,362     (9.3     3.0       (3,362     (3,632     (7.4     4.8  

Personnel expenses

     (3,125     (3,493     (10.5     (0.1     (1,555     (1,675     (7.2     (0.2

Other operating expenses

     (6,766     (7,541     (10.3     0.7       (3,120     (3,741     (16.6     0.1  

Other net income (expense)

     (7     28       c.s.       n.m.       (12     (1     n.m.       n.m.  

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     52       18       n.m.       n.m.       40       10       n.m.       n.m.  

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

     (112     9       c.s.       c.s.       (109     16       c.s.       c.s.  

Underlying operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     7,865       8,292       (5.1       4,002       4,198       (4.7  

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     8,102       8,179       (0.9     3.7       4,237       4,158       1.9       4.1  

OIBDA Margin

     33.3     31.3     1.9  p.p.      0.5  p.p.      34.9     32.1     2.8  p.p.      0.7  p.p. 

Depreciation and amortization

     (4,405     (4,809     (8.4     (1.1     (2,178     (2,358     (7.6     (1.9

Operating income (OI)

     3,697       3,370       9.7       10.3       2,059       1,800       14.4       12.2  

Share of profit (loss) of investments accounted for by the equity method

     5       3       57.4         2       1       n.m.    

Net financial income (expense)

     (383     (1,197     (68.0       (1     (748     n.m.    

Profit before taxes

     3,319       2,176       52.5         2,060       1,053       n.m.    

Corporate income tax

     (1,298     (520     149.6         (939     (206     n.m.    

Profit for the period

     2,021       1,656       22.0         1,121       847       32.3    

Attributable to equity holders of the Parent

     1,739       1,600       8.6         902       821       9.9    

Attributable to non-controlling interests

     282       56       n.m.         218       26       n.m.    

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period (millions)

     5,127       5,094       0.6         5,127       5,123       0.1    

Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to equity holders of the Parent (euros)

     0.29       0.29       (0.8       0.16       0.15       11.0    

Underlying basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to equity holders of the Parent (euros)

     0.37       0.38       (2.5       0.20       0.20       (2.1  

Notes:

 

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January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.

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After considering Venezuela as a hyperinflationary country, P&L and CapEx from the operations in the country are to be accounted at the closing exchange rate Bolivar Fuerte/Euro. For the January-June 2018 period Telefónica uses a synthetic exchange rate of 2,369,815 Venezuelan bolivars fuertes per dollar at June 2018.

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Basic and diluted earnings per share ratio is calculated dividing Profit for the period Attributable to equity holders of the Parent, adjusted for the net coupon corresponding to “Other equity instruments” (€277m in January-June 2018 and €66m in April-June 2018), by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

TELEFÓNICA

GUIDANCE 2018

 

    

2018 Guidance

     2018  
  2017 Base             Jan - Jun  
  52,037    

Revenues (% Chg YoY)

   growing around 1%
(in spite of regulation: ~-0.9 p.p.)
     2.0
  32.0  

OIBDA margin (Chg YoY)

   Expansion of around 0.5 p.p.
(despite regulation dragging -1.6 p.p.)
     0.5 p.p.  
  15.7  

CapEx / Sales

   Around 15%      13.9

 

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2018 Organic criteria assumes average constant foreign exchange rates of 2017, except for Venezuela (2017 and 2018 results converted at the closing synthetic exchange rate for each period). Considers constant perimeter of consolidation. Excludes the effects of the accounting change to IFRS 15 in 2018, write-downs, capital gains/losses from the sale of companies, tower sales, restructuring costs and material non-recurring impacts. CapEx excludes spectrum investments.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     June 2018      December 2017      % Chg  

Non-current assets

     91,567        95,135        (3.8

Intangible assets

     17,118        18,005        (4.9

Goodwill

     25,527        26,841        (4.9

Property, plant and equipment

     32,674        34,225        (4.5

Investments accounted for by the equity method

     68        77        (11.2

Financial assets and other non-current assets

     8,768        8,167        7.4  

Deferred tax assets

     7,412        7,820        (5.2

Current assets

     19,384        19,931        (2.7

Inventories

     1,220        1,117        9.3  

Receivables and other current assets

     10,816        10,093        7.2  

Tax receivables

     1,092        1,375        (20.6

Other current financial assets

     2,552        2,154        18.5  

Cash and cash equivalents

     3,662        5,192        (29.5

Non-current assets classified as held for sale

     42        0        n.m.  

Total Assets = Total Equity and Liabilities

     110,951        115,066        (3.6

Equity

     23,715        26,618        (10.9

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent and other holders of equity instruments

     14,821        16,920        (12.4

Equity attributable to non-controlling interests

     8,894        9,698        (8.3

Non-current liabilities

     59,397        59,382        0.0  

Non-current financial liabilities

     46,798        46,332        1.0  

Payables and other non-current liabilities

     1,823        1,687        8.1  

Deferred tax liabilities

     2,360        2,145        10.0  

Non-current provisions

     8,416        9,218        (8.7

Current liabilities

     27,839        29,066        (4.2

Current financial liabilities

     7,972        9,414        (15.3

Payables and other current liabilities

     15,485        15,095        2.6  

Current tax payables

     2,252        2,341        (3.8

Current provisions

     2,130        2,216        (3.9

Financial Data

        

Net Financial debt

     43,593        44,230        (1.4

TELEFÓNICA

NET FINANCIAL DEBT PLUS COMMITMENTS

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     June 2018  

Non-current financial liabilities

     46,798  

Current financial liabilities

     7,972  

Gross Financial Debt

     54,770  

Cash and cash equivalents

     (3,662

Other current financial assets

     (2,552

Positive mark-to-market value of long-term derivative instruments

     (2,854

Other liabilities included in “Payables and other non-current liabilities”

     652  

Other liabilities included in “Payables and other current liabilities”

     114  

Other assets included in “Financial assets and other non-current assets”

     (2,141

Other assets included in “Receivables and other current assets”

     (734

Net Financial Debt (1)

     43,593  

Gross commitments related to employee benefits

     6,130  

Value of associated Long-term assets

     (784

Tax benefits

     (1,422

Net commitments related to employee benefits

     3,924  

Net financial debt plus commitments

     47,517  

Net Financial Debt / OIBDA

     2,68x  

Notes:

 

(1)

Net financial debt includes a positive value of the derivatives portfolio for a net amount of €787m, €2,774m included as financial liabilities and €3,561m included as financial assets.

 

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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June  
     2018      2017      % Var  

Cash received from operations

     29,760        32,024     

Cash paid from operations

     (22,317      (24,557   

Net payments of interest and other financial expenses net of dividens received

     (986      (976   

Net interest and other financial expenses paid

     (1,008      (999   

Dividends received

     22        23     

Taxes paid

     (356      (537   

Net cash flow provided by operating activities

     6,101        5,954        2.5  

(Payments)/proceeds on investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

     (4,582      (4,405   

Proceeds from the sale in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

     25        48     

Payments on investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

     (4,607      (4,453   

Proceeds on disposals of companies, net of cash and cash equivalents disposed

     1        30     

Payments on investments in companies, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired

     (2      (6   

Proceeds on financial investments not included under cash equivalents

     480        155     

Payments on financial investments not included under cash equivalents

     (586      (544   

(Payments)/proceeds on placements of cash surpluses not included under cash equivalents, net

     (604      (1,112   

Government grants received

     37        —       

Net cash flow used in investing activities

     (5,256      (5,882      (10.6

Dividends paid

     (1,433      (1,136   

Proceeds from issue of share capital increase

     —          3     

(Payments)/proceeds of treasury shares and other operations with shareholders, net

     —          —       

Operations with other equity holders (1)

     68        (135   

Proceeds on issue of debentures and bonds, and other debts

     2,672        6,789     

Proceeds on loans, borrowings and promissory notes

     2,284        2,823     

Cancellation of debentures and bonds, and other debts

     (3,760      (2,534   

Repayments of loans, borrowings and promissory notes

     (1,744      (2,439   

Financed operating payments and investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets payments

     (230      (841   

Net cash used in financing activities

     (2,143      2,530        c.s.  

Effect of changes in exchange rates

     (232      (292   

Effect of changes in consolidation methods and others

     —          —       

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the year

     (1,530      2,310        c.s.  

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

     5,192        3,736     

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

     3,662        6,046     

Notes:

 

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After considering Venezuela as a hyperinflationary country, P&L and CapEx from the operations in the country are to be accounted at the closing exchange rate Bolivar Fuerte/Euro. For the January-June 2018 period Telefónica uses a synthetic exchange rate of 2,369,815 Venezuelan bolivars fuertes per dollar at June 2018.

1)

Includes issuance and coupons of undated deeply subordinated securities.

 

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FREE CASH FLOW AND CHANGE IN DEBT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

         January - June  
         2018     2017     % Chg  

I

  

Cash flow from operations

    7,480       7,467       0.2  

II

  

Net interest payment (1)

    (986     (976  

III

  

Payment for income tax

    (356     (537  

A=I+II+III

  

Net cash provided by operating activities

    6,138       5,954       3.1  

B

  

Net payment for investment in fixed and intangible assets (2)

    (4,582     (4,405  
  

Spectrum (3)

    (619     (8  

C=A+B

  

Net free cash flow after CapEx

    1,556       1,549       0.4  

D

  

Net payment for financial investment

    (107     (366  

E

  

Net payment for operations with minority shareholders and treasury stock (4)

    (1,365     (1,268  

F=C+D+E

  

Free cash flow after dividends

    83       (85     c.s.  

G

  

Effects of exchange rate changes on net financial debt

    (59     (506  

H

  

Effects on net financial debt of changes in consolid. and others

    (495     314    

I

  

Net financial debt at beginning of period

    44,230       48,595    

J=I-F+G+H

  

Net financial debt at end of period

    43,593       48,487       (10.1

TELEFÓNICA

RECONCILIATIONS OF CASH FLOW AND OIBDA MINUS CAPEX

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June  
     2018      2017      % Chg  

OIBDA

     8,102        8,179        (0.9

- CapEx accrued during the period

     (3,932      (3,507   

- Payments related to cancellation of commitments

     (398      (331   

- Net interest payment

     (986      (976   

- Payment for tax

     (356      (537   

- Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets and impairment of goodwill and other assets

     112        (10   

- Investment In working capital and other deferred income and expenses and Others (2)(5)

     (985      (1,269   

= Net Free Cash Flow after CapEx

     1,556        1,549        0.4  

+ Payments related to cancellation of commitments

     398        331     

- Dividends paid to minority shareholders

     (406      (255   

= Free Cash Flow

     1,548        1,626        (4.8

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period (millions)

     5,127        5,094     

= Free Cash Flow per share (euros)

     0.30        0.32        (5.4

Notes:

 

(1)

Includes cash received from dividends paid by subsidiaries that are not fully consolidated.

(2)

Includes Net Cash received from sale of Real Estate

(3)

Figures in €m. 2018 includes mainly: 590 in UK, 7 in Argentina, 2 in Colombia and 20 in Costa Rica. In 2017 mainly: 4 in Spain, 2 in Colombia and 2 in México.

(4)

Dividends paid by Telefónica S.A., operations with treasury stock, issuance of shares, issuance and coupons of undated deeply subordinated securities, issuance of mandatorily convertible bonds into Telefónica S.A. shares and operations with minority shareholders from subsidiaries that are consolidated through the equity method.

(5)

Other deferred expenses include €76m in 2017 related to commitments associated with long-term restructuring plans in Spain.

 

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EXCHANGES RATES APPLIED

 

     P&L and CapEx (1)      Statement of Financial Position (2)  

Currency units per Euro

   Jan - Jun 2018      Jan - Jun 2017      June 2018      December 2017  

USA (US Dollar)

     1.210        1.082        1.165        1.199  

United Kingdom (Sterling)

     0.880        0.860        0.886        0.888  

Argentina (Argentine Peso)

     25.794        16.980        33.632        22.518  

Brazil (Brazilian Real)

     4.135        3.437        4.493        3.968  

Chile (Chilean Peso)

     740.258        713.796        758.823        737.333  

Colombia (Colombian Peso)

     3,446.624        3,161.635        3,415.114        3,579.008  

Costa Rica (Colon)

     690.131        616.523        664.011        686.813  

Guatemala (Quetzal)

     8.958        7.991        8.731        8.809  

Mexico (Mexican Peso)

     23.065        20.979        22.945        23.584  

Nicaragua (Cordoba)

     37.708        32.116        36.753        36.921  

Peru (Peruvian Nuevo Sol)

     3.930        3.544        3.812        3.888  

Uruguay (Uruguayan Peso)

     35.409        30.733        36.666        34.551  

Venezuela (Bolivar Fuerte) (3)

     2,762,430.939        4,045.307        2,762,430.939        43,316.682  

 

(1)

Average exchange rate for the period.

(2)

Exchange rates as of 30/06/18 and 31/12/17.

(3)

After considering Venezuela as a hyperinflationary country, P&L and CapEx from the operations in the country are to be accounted at the closing exchange rate Bolivar Fuerte/Euro. For the January-June 2018 period Telefónica uses a synthetic exchange rate of 2,369,815 Venezuelan bolivars fuertes per dollar at June 2018.

NET FINANCIAL DEBT STRUCTURE BY CURRENCY

Unaudited figures

 

     June 2018  
     EUR     LATAM     GBP     USD  

Net financial debt structure by currency

     83     9     7     1

TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES BREAKDOWN

Unaudited figures

 

     June 2018  
     Bonds and
commercial
paper
    Debt with
financial
institutions
    Other financial debt
(including governments) and
net derivatives
 

Total financial liabilities (1)

     82     16     2

 

(1)

Includes positive value of derivatives and other financial debt.

CREDIT RATINGS

 

     Long-Term      Short-Term      Perspective      Date of last rating change  

Moody’s1

     Baa3        P-3        Stable        07/11/2016  

Fitch1

     BBB        F-3        Stable        05/09/2016  

S&P1

     BBB        A-2        Stable        17/05/2016  

 

(1)

The rating is issued by a credit rating agency established in the EU and registered under Regulation (EC) 1060/2009.

 

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TELEFÓNICA ESPAÑA

(y-o-y changes in organic terms)

Telefonica España main financial figures presented y-o-y growth in the second quarter (+0.3% in revenues and +0.2% in OIBDA) reflecting the positive business performance (retail accesses grow by 1.4%, “Fusión” customers and ARPU, by 2% and 6% respectively, mobile contract by 7%, whilst the quarter showed simultaneous growth at both consumer revenues +1.0% and business revenues +1.2%), which was partially offset by the negative impacts of the migration of Yoigo and Pepephone wholesale/MVNO customers (whose effects will no longer be relevant in 2019), and the regulatory impact related mobile interconnection rate cut.

Growth in accesses (+0.4% y-o-y, +1.4% in retail accesses) took place particularly in the higher value ones, because of the differentiation strategy, supported in both the continuous deployment of our FTTH network (the largest in Europe, over 20 million premises passed), and commercial actions aimed at reinforcing our competitive positioning, as the recently announced “O2” portfolio launch and acquisition of Premium TV content. These differential levers allow the Company to continue increasing its customers’ value, raising operational leverage and improving the sustainability of the business model.

“Movistar Fusión” customers (4.5m) grew by 2% y-o-y, with 22k net additions, and already account for 89% of the total TV base (+5 p.p. y-o-y), 86% (+2 p.p.) of fixed broadband and 82% (+6 p.p.) of mobile contract. “Fusión” continues growing in terms of quality, which is reflected in the strong performance of total accesses included in “Fusión” (21.2m, +10% y-o-y), driven by mobile accesses (+1.2m y-o-y) and TV (+437k) and the higher percentage of customers with high-value bundles (27%, +3 p.p. y-o-y). Thus, the average mobile lines per “Fusión” customer rose to 1.9 (vs. 1.7 in June 2017), “Fusión” customers with TV rises to 78% (+8 p.p. y-o-y) and customers with high-speed fibre to 38%.

“Fusión” ARPU stood at €89.5 and increased by 5.5% y-o-y, on tariff upgrades and an improved customer mix. The lower pace of growth vs. the previous quarter (-2 p.p.) is explained by a tariff upgrade calendar that differs from the previous year. Churn remained stable vs. March at 1.5%, and we should highlight the increased base of medium and high-value customers which show greater loyalty level and hence a higher average customer life (6 years).

Mobile accesses kept showing strong net additions in April-June (+153k) and solid progress in contract (+7% y-o-y, +233k accesses in the quarter), driven by multiline “Fusión” bundles and positive balance in portability. Churn (1.5%) remained stable both y-o-y and sequentially.

Fixed broadband accesses (6.0m) notably improved their trend and recovered the y-o-y growth, after reporting the best net additions figure since the fourth quarter in 2016 (+17k), thanks to the growth of gross additions (+21% y-o-y) and improved churn (1.6%, -0.1 p.p. vs. the previous quarter; stable y-o-y). Higher quality fibre accesses (3.7m) accelerated their strong growth (+14% y-o-y; +117k net additions), and now represent 61% of the total broadband base (+7 p.p. vs. June 2017).

Fixed telephony accesses (-4% y-o-y) reduced their quarterly net loss (-92k vs. -124k in the first quarter).

Pay TV customers (3.9m) grew y-o-y for the fifth straight quarter (+7%) after posting quarterly net additions of 8k affected by the period’s seasonality.

Wholesale accesses rose to 4.0m (-8% y-o-y) with particularly strong growth in NEBA Fibre (1.2m, 2.1x y-o-y), which now represents 29% of the total (+16 p.p. y-o-y; +5 p.p. q-o-q), reflecting the continuous acceleration of net additions (+163k accesses, +44% y-o-y).

 

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Premises passed with FTTH stood at 20.2m (540k quarterly increase) and connected customer uptake rose to 24% (18% retail and 6% wholesale).

Revenues in the second quarter grew to €3,167m and continue showing y-o-y growth (+0.3%) on higher service revenues (€3,079m; +0.1% y-o-y) and higher handset sales (+7.5% y-o-y). Total revenues (€6,265m) and service revenues (€6,086m) in January-June grew by 0.7% and 0.4% y-o-y respectively.

Consumer revenues in April-June (€1,670m) increased 1.0% y-o-y, a slower pace than what seen in the first quarter (-1.9 p.p.) because of the different upgrade calendar of both convergent and non-convergent tariffs (more concentrated in the second quarter of 2017 and in the first quarter of 2018). “Fusión” revenues grew 7.7% and “non-Fusión” revenues decreased by -12.9% both y-o-y.

Business revenues (€880m) reversed their trend and again showed growth (+1.2% y-o-y, +1.8 p.p. vs. the first quarter), levered by the solid and sustained progress of IT revenues (+7.4%; +2.2 p.p. q-o-q). Likewise, Communications revenues (-0.7% y-o-y) improved sequentially (+1.4 p.p.) on seasonal factors.

Wholesale and other revenues (€529m) decreased by 4.4% y-o-y (vs. -3.5% in the first quarter) due to the larger negative impact this quarter from the loss of wholesale/MVNO customers (Yoigo and Pepephone) and the regulatory impact related to mobile interconnection rate cut (-36% since the beginning of February), not offset by the wholesale fibre revenue growth.

Operating expenses for April-June (€1,977m) sequentially improved their y-o-y performance (flat y-o-y, vs. +0.6% in the first quarter) primarily because of greater personnel savings. In the first half of the year, total expenses (€3,916m) grew by 0.3 y-o-y.

Supplies (€886m in April-June) increased by 3.5% y-o-y, because of higher content expenses and higher IT sales. Sequentially, performance improved because of lower handset consumption. Additionally, net content costs (after wholesale revenues) increase by 11% y-o-y (vs. +8% in January-March).

Personnel expenses (€491m in the quarter) improved y-o-y performance (-5.6% vs. -4.0% in the first quarter) on higher savings from the voluntary employment suspension plan (€29m). Headcount at the end of June stands at 26,758 employees (-5% y-o-y).

Other operating expenses (€600m) come down y-o-y (-0.3%) thanks to the containment of commercial expenses and to overall efficiencies, which offset the higher commercial activity in the quarter.

OIBDA in April-June therefore rose to €1,283m growing 0.2% y-o-y, and the OIBDA margin stood at 40.5% (flat vs. second quarter 2017). In January-June OIBDA stood at €2,507m (+0.4% y-o-y) with the OIBDA margin at 40.0% (-0.1 p.p. y-o-y).

CapEx in the first half of the year stood at €778m (+10.4% y-o-y), affected by execution calendars. Operating cash flow totalled €1,729m (-3.5% y-o-y).

 

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January -   June     % Chg     April -   June     % Chg  
     2018     2017     Reported     Organic     2018     2017     Reported     Organic  

Revenues

     6,265       6,226       0.6       0.7       3,167       3,160       0.2       0.3  

Mobile handset revenues

     180       165       9.2       11.0       88       83       6.7       7.5  

Revenues ex-mobile handset revenues

     6,086       6,062       0.4       0.4       3,079       3,077       0.0       0.1  

Consumer (1)

     3,336       3,273       1.9       1.9       1,670       1,654       1.0       1.0  

Fusión

     2,371       2,184       8.6       8.6       1,200       1,114       7.7       7.7  

Non-Fusión

     965       1,090       (11.4     (11.4     470       540       (12.9     (12.9

Business

     1,715       1,710       0.3       0.3       880       870       1.2       1.2  

Communications

     1,312       1,331       (1.5     (1.5     662       667       (0.7     (0.7

IT

     403       379       6.4       6.4       218       203       7.4       7.4  

Wholesale and Other (2)

     1,035       1,078       (4.0     (4.0     529       554       (4.5     (4.4

Internal expenditure capitalized in fixed assets

     148       153       (3.1     (3.1     78       77       2.4       2.4  

Operating expenses

     (3,916     (3,981     (1.6     0.3       (1,977     (1,978     (0.1     (0.0

Supplies

     (1,738     (1,672     3.9       3.9       (886     (856     3.5       3.5  

Personnel expenses

     (995     (1,121     (11.2     (4.8     (491     (520     (5.6     (5.6

Other operating expenses

     (1,184     (1,189     (0.4     (0.4     (600     (602     (0.4     (0.3

Other net income (expense)

     (1     11       c.s.       c.s.       2       9       (75.8     (75.8

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     16       18       (13.7     (13.7     13       14       (12.6     (12.6

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

     (5     (2     n.m.       n.m.       (0     (1     (93.1     (93.1

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     2,507       2,425       3.4       0.4       1,283       1,282       0.1       0.2  

OIBDA Margin

     40.0     38.9     1.1  p.p.      (0.1  p.p.)      40.5     40.6     (0.0  p.p.)      (0.0  p.p.) 

CapEx

     778       704       10.4       10.4       432       371       16.2       16.2  

Spectrum

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     1,729       1,720       0.5       (3.5     852       910       (6.4     (6.3

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA before management and brand fees.
(1) Consumer revenues include residential and SOHO revenues.
(2) Wholesale and other revenues include subsidiaries and other revenues.

TELEFÓNICA ESPAÑA

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     36,537.3        36,464.3        36,614.6        36,768.5        36,884.3        36,970.3        1.4  

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     9,584.2        9,463.3        9,387.4        9,304.7        9,180.9        9,089.2        (4.0

Internet and data accesses

     6,075.9        6,044.4        6,040.7        6,039.6        6,032.8        6,050.1        0.1  

Broadband

     6,050.9        6,020.1        6,017.6        6,020.3        6,014.7        6,032.0        0.2  

FTTH

     3,127.8        3,213.5        3,309.3        3,423.7        3,550.5        3,667.5        14.1  

Mobile accesses

     17,261.7        17,289.8        17,419.6        17,576.5        17,743.3        17,896.1        3.5  

Prepay

     2,135.9        2,000.4        1,905.4        1,793.4        1,683.9        1,603.6        (19.8

Contract

     15,125.7        15,289.4        15,514.1        15,783.1        16,059.3        16,292.5        6.6  

M2M

     2,015.6        1,974.7        2,020.9        2,015.6        2,083.7        2,149.2        8.8  

Pay TV (2)

     3,615.6        3,666.8        3,766.9        3,847.6        3,927.3        3,934.9        7.3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wholesale Accesses

     4,442.3        4,377.8        4,295.7        4,221.1        4,119.0        4,035.1        (7.8

Fibre

     426.2        539.7        671.7        849.5        995.8        1,158.9        114.7  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     40,979.6        40,842.1        40,910.3        40,989.6        41,003.2        41,005.4        0.4  
                    

 

(1) Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.

 

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TELEFÓNICA ESPAÑA

CONSUMER ACCESSES (Fusión + non-Fusión)

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

    2017     2018        
    March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Fixed telephony accesses

    7,146.2       7,041.5       6,972.1       6,895.4       6,799.9       6,721.7       (4.5

Internet and data accesses

    5,195.3       5,174.0       5,178.0       5,181.9       5,187.7       5,198.6       0.5  

Mobile accesses

    11,754.9       11,813.6       11,885.8       12,024.8       12,141.4       12,236.6       3.6  

Prepay

    2,135.9       2,000.4       1,905.4       1,793.4       1,683.9       1,603.6       (19.8

Contract

    9,618.9       9,813.2       9,980.3       10,231.4       10,457.5       10,633.0       8.4  

Pay TV

    3,615.6       3,666.8       3,766.9       3,847.6       3,927.3       3,934.9       7.3  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Consumer Accesses

    27,711.8       27,695.9       27,802.7       27,949.7       28,056.3       28,091.8       1.4  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL MOBILE ACCESSES

Unaudited figures

 

    2017     2018        
    March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

    87.6     88.4     89.1     89.8     90.5     91.0     2.6  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

    10,800.7       11,240.4       11,473.6       11,857.7       12,264.6       12,356.6       9.9  

Smartphone penetration (%)

    71.3     73.8     74.8     76.4     78.5     78.7     4.8  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

    6,589.6       6,976.3       7,322.8       7,686.2       8,002.5       8,270.0       18.5  

LTE penetration (%)

    43.2     45.6     47.6     49.4     51.1     52.5     7.0  p.p. 

CONSUMER FUSIÓN

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

    2017     2018        
    March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Fusión Customers

    4,379.0       4,374.7       4,384.7       4,426.2       4,460.0       4,482.1       2.5  

High speed Fibre

    1,669.1       1,677.9       1,691.3       1,701.8       1,708.5       1,696.9       1.1  

IPTV/Satellite

    2,970.9       3,071.9       3,218.7       3,347.8       3,470.6       3,508.6       14.2  

Mobile add-ons

    2,861.6       3,138.5       3,365.9       3,690.9       4,036.7       4,248.0       35.4  

Fusión Accesses

    18,969.5       19,334.6       19,738.7       20,317.2       20,887.3       21,203.0       9.7  

CONSUMER FUSIÓN

Unaudited figures

 

    2017     2018        
    Q1     Q2     Q3     Q4     Q1     Q2     % Chg org.  

Fusión ARPU (EUR)

    81.6       84.8       87.6       86.1       87.8       89.5       5.5  

Fusión churn

    1.4     1.3     1.5     1.6     1.5     1.5     0.2  p.p. 
    Jan - Mar     Jan - Jun     Jan - Sep     Jan - Dec     Jan - Mar     Jan - Jun     % Chg org.  

Fusión ARPU (EUR)

    81.6       83.2       84.7       85.1       87.8       88.6       6.5  

Fusión churn

    1.4     1.4     1.4     1.5     1.5     1.5     0.1  p.p. 

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

    2017     2018        
    Jan - Mar     Jan - Jun     Jan - Sep     Jan - Dec     Jan - Mar     Jan - Jun     % Chg  

Total data traffic (TB)

    1,473,501       3,166,713       4,860,008       6,863,956       2,113,454       4,296,235       35.7  

Fixed data traffic

    1,406,556       3,009,891       4,581,394       6,466,074       1,978,154       4,010,990       33.3  

Mobile data traffic

    66,944       156,821       278,614       397,882       135,300       285,245       81.9  

Notes:

 

- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.

 

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TELEFÓNICA DEUTSCHLAND

(y-o-y changes in organic terms)

Telefónica Deutschland delivered a solid set of results, fully on-track with FY 2018 guidance, on successful synergy capture and strong operational momentum in a dynamic but still rational market. Since 5 June 2018, the refresh of the O2 Free portfolio (including the “boost” option to double data volumes for +€5 per month) and the launch of O2 Free Connect (allowing to share high-speed data volume for up to 10 devices) further support data growth and ARPU-uplift.

Contract mobile customers (21.8m; +4.1% y-o-y) benefitted from +333k net additions in the quarter (+69% y-o-y) leveraging the O2 Free tariffs and a continued strong partner trading (58% of gross additions; +61% in Q1) as a result of 4G offers. Prepay customers (21.2m; -13% y-o-y) remained impacted by lower demand after the regulatory changes introduced in the summer of 2017, though net disconnections were reduced in the quarter to -148k (-535k in Q1 2018). Smartphone penetration continued to grow (+6 p.p. y-o-y to 63%) and LTE accesses increased (+15% y-o-y) to 16.6m, with penetration reaching 40% (+7 p.p. y-o-y). The average data usage for O2 contract LTE customers increased by 69% y-o-y to 3.4 GB per month in the quarter (+22% q-o-q). Retail broadband accesses were lower (-2% y-o-y to 2.0m), while demand for VDSL (1.3m; +39% y-o-y) remained strong with 86k net additions. Wholesale DSL registered -55k net disconnections due to the planned dismantling of the legacy infrastructure, with only 8k accesses remaining as per the end of the quarter.

Revenues reached €1,758m in Q2 18, down by -1.2% y-o-y (€3,525m in H1 18; -0.8% y-o-y) and -0.3% excluding regulatory effects (flat y-o-y in H1). Mobile service revenues totalled €1,311m in the quarter and declined (-0.9% y-o-y in Q2 18 and -0.7% in H1 18) on headwinds from the European roaming legislation, the continued rotation of the legacy base and the increasing share of partner MSR. Ex-regulation, MSR growth evolution remained positive at +0.2% y-o-y (+0.3% y-o-y in H1 18). Handset revenues totalled €249m in Q2 18, up 7.5 % y-o-y (+9.1% y-o-y in H1 18) on the back of continued strong demand for smartphones. Fixed revenues amounted to €192m in the quarter and continued to decline (-13.0% y-o-y in Q2 18; -12.7% y-o-y in H1 18) due to the ongoing migration of the wholesale customer base.

Operating expenses amounted to €1,281m in Q2 18 and decreased by 1.6% y-o-y, reversing trends vs. Q1 18 ( -0.5% y-o-y in H1 18). Supplies reached €538m in Q2 18 and decreased by 1.7% y-o-y (-0.6% in H1 18) mainly as a result of lower interconnection costs, despite higher handset consumption and higher costs for outbound roaming. Personnel expenses (€151m) were lower 0.9% y-o-y (+0.7% in H1 18) as the inflation-related salary adjustments in 2018 have been more than compensated with the savings related to the successful completion of the employee restructuring programme. Other operating expenses reached €591m in Q2 18 and were 1.7% lower y-o-y (-0.8% y-o-y in H1 18), benefitting from integration synergies. Restructuring expenses amounted to €18m in Q2 18 (€19m in Q2 17).

OIBDA (€479m in Q2 18; €882m in H1) continued to grow at +0.3% y-o-y (+0.5% in H1 18), albeit at a slower pace vs. Q1 18 due to lower incremental synergies (~€30m in Q2 18 and ~€65m in H1 18; mainly rollover effects from FTE restructuring and network consolidation) and a higher regulatory drag (-€17m in Q2 18; -€31m in H1 18). OIBDA margin stood at 27.2% in the quarter and expanded by 0.4 p.p. y-o-y (25.0% in H1 18; +0.3 p.p. y-o-y), driven by the focus on profitable growth and efficient cost management.

CapEx in the first half of 2018 totalled €424m and decreased by 2.3% y-o-y, still benefiting from efficient CapEx management and incremental synergies of ~€25m, while network integration, the subsequent LTE rollout and the strategy to bring fibre to the backhaul progressed according to plan.

As such, operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) was up 3.2% y-o-y to €458m in H1 18.

 

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

    January - June     % Chg     April - June     % Chg  
    2018     2017     Reported     Organic     2018     2017     Reported     Organic  

Revenues

    3,525       3,542       (0.5     (0.8     1,758       1,771       (0.7     (1.2

Mobile Business

    3,127       3,092       1.1       0.8       1,560       1,548       0.8       0.3  

Mobile service revenues

    2,598       2,610       (0.5     (0.7     1,311       1,318       (0.5     (0.9

Data revenues

    1,426       1,488       (4.2     (4.2     725       772       (6.1     (6.2

Handset revenues

    529       482       9.7       9.1       249       229       8.5       7.5  

Fixed Business

    391       440       (11.2     (12.7     192       217       (11.8     (13.0

FBB and new services (1)

    301       344       (12.5     (14.4     147       167       (11.8     (13.5

Voice & access revenues

    90       96       (6.6     (6.6     44       50       (11.5     (11.5

Internal expenditure capitalized in fixed assets

    54       48       12.1       12.1       28       27       2.3       2.3  

Operating expenses

    (2,664     (2,696     (1.2     (0.5     (1,281     (1,313     (2.4     (1.6

Supplies

    (1,125     (1,132     (0.6     (0.6     (538     (547     (1.7     (1.7

Personnel expenses

    (303     (313     (3.0     0.7       (151     (157     (3.6     (0.9

Other operating expenses

    (1,235     (1,252     (1.3     (0.8     (591     (609     (2.8     (1.7

Other net income (expense)

    (34     (33     2.0       (80.6     (26     (24     7.9       (12.7

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

    0       1       (63.5     (63.5     —         0       —         —    

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

    —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

    882       861       2.4       0.5       479       461       3.7       0.3  

OIBDA Margin

    25.0     24.3     0.7  p.p.      0.3  p.p.      27.2     26.1     1.2  p.p.      0.4  p.p. 

CapEx

    424       435       (2.5     (2.3     228       226       0.5       0.7  

Spectrum

    —         1       —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

    458       426       7.3       3.2       251       235       6.8       0.1  

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA before management and brand fees.
(1) Includes broadband connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, data and ICT revenues, other services over connectivity and FBB equipment.

TELEFÓNICA DEUTSCHLAND

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     48,988.0        49,478.7        49,105.1        47,415.8        47,011.3        47,171.6        (4.7

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     2,000.1        1,987.9        1,979.3        1,979.6        1,968.7        1,958.8        (1.5

Internet and data accesses

     2,312.5        2,297.2        2,284.2        2,281.5        2,265.6        2,251.1        (2.0

Broadband

     2,095.3        2,082.4        2,072.5        2,072.2        2,060.0        2,048.5        (1.6

FTTx

     872.2        959.9        1,062.5        1,151.6        1,243.4        1,329.7        38.5  

Mobile accesses

     44,675.3        45,193.6        44,841.6        43,154.7        42,777.0        42,961.6        (4.9

Prepay

     23,967.0        24,288.6        23,753.8        21,880.9        21,345.9        21,197.6        (12.7

Contract

     20,708.4        20,905.0        21,087.8        21,273.8        21,431.1        21,764.0        4.1  

M2M

     830.1        896.8        969.4        1,027.0        1,067.2        1,103.4        23.0  

Wholesale Accesses

     561.8        428.0        297.9        188.1        63.3        8.0        (98.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     49,549.8        49,906.7        49,402.9        47,603.9        47,074.6        47,179.6        (5.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     46.4     46.3     47.0     49.3     50.1     50.7     4.4  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

     24,781.1       25,227.4       25,554.2       25,466.1       25,707.5       26,411.1       4.7  

Smartphone penetration (%)

     57.0     57.4     58.7     60.9     62.0     63.5     6.0  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

     13,967.6       14,422.0       15,679.2       15,759.1       16,093.5       16,595.8       15.1  

LTE penetration (%)

     31.9     32.6     35.7     37.4     38.6     39.6     7.1  p.p. 

Mobile churn (quarterly)

     1.9     1.9     2.1     3.1     2.2     1.8     (0.0  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     1.6     1.5     1.6     1.7     1.7     1.5     0.0  p.p. 

Mobile churn (cumulative YTD)

     1.9     1.9     2.0     2.2     2.2     2.0     0.1  p.p. 

Contract (1)

     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.7     1.6     0.0  p.p. 

Mobile ARPU (EUR)(cumulative YTD)

     9.6       9.6       9.7       9.7       9.8       9.9       2.3  

Prepay

     5.0       5.1       5.1       5.2       5.6       5.7       10.4  

Contract (1)

     15.5       15.5       15.6       15.5       14.8       14.8       (4.6

Fixed data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     709,516       1,399,083       2,063,429       2,794,399       718,369       1,383,972       (1.1

Mobile data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     86,423       185,036       295,720       418,086       126,040       277,660       50.1  

Notes:

 

- ARPU: monthly average revenue divided by the monthly average accesses of the period. % organic change.
- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.
(1) Excludes M2M.

 

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TELEFÓNICA UK

(y-o-y changes in organic terms)

Telefónica UK continued to deliver a good set of results, growing financials in the second quarter of 2018, despite regulatory impacts and accounting changes. The Company remains UK’s favourite mobile network carrier with total base more than 32m customers and continues to lead market loyalty with the lowest churn. Customers continued to spend more with the Company, reflecting continued focus on great customer propositions and experiences.

Total mobile accesses grew by 0.3% y-o-y and remained market-leading at 32.1m including partners on Telefónica UK’s network (7.3m). Own brand contract net additions were 84k (43k ex-M2M; 16k in Q1), increased by +1.2% y-o-y to 15.9m (64% penetration, +1.7 p.p. y-o-y reflecting market trends), supported by new tariffs and new channels strategy. Churn remained low at 1.0% (flat y-o-y and q-o-q). Additionally, LTE accesses were -0.7% y-o-y down to 12.5m with a penetration of 59% (+0.8 p.p. y-o-y). In prepay, net quarterly disconnections decreased to -101k (-245K in Q1), in-line with market dynamics.

Revenues continued to increase this quarter for the 7th consecutive quarter to €1,638m, up 5.6% y-o-y (€3,223m; +4.2% in H1), mainly as a result of an increase in customer spend driven by an update of tariffs for RPI in April, and higher handset, wholesale and non-mobile revenues, which more than offset regulatory drag of 2.1 p.p.

Mobile service revenues continued to grow in the quarter and totalled €1,221m up +3.5% y-o-y; +2.3 p.p. q-o-q (€2,384m; +2.4% in H1). Excluding regulatory impacts from roaming and MTRs grew +6.2% y-o-y, vs. +2.8% in Q1 (+4.5% in H1), mainly driven by higher average subscriptions and continuing MVNO growth.

Handset & other revenues amounted to €417m, up 13.4% y-o-y (€840m; +11.2% in H1), again driven by flagship device sales together with continuing growth from the smart metering programme (SMIP) and B2B ICT solutions.

Operating expenses totalled €1,221m in the quarter to +5.2% y-o-y (+3.3% in H1). Supplies (€546m) grew +5.7% y-o-y (+3.6% in H1) driven by higher commercial efforts and a discretionary spend phasing in handsets. Personnel expenses amounted to €112m, +2.3% y-o-y (+0.9% in H1) and other expenses increased +5.2% y-o-y to €563m (+3.5% y-o-y in H1), mainly driven by network improvement and stronger trading activity in the market.

OIBDA totalled €450m in the quarter increasing by +8.2% y-o-y; (€879m; +7.2% in H1), reflecting the robust top-line performance and a reduction in Annual Licence Fee payments, and more than offsetting the impact of regulation (-€37m in the quarter). Thus, OIBDA margin was 27.5% improving +0.7 p.p. y-o-y (+27.3%; +0.8 p.p. in H1), also supported by efficient cost controls.

CapEx amounted to €987m in the first six months, after investing €588m in the acquisition of 40MHz of 4G spectrum (2.3GHz), and 40MHz (3.4GHz). CapEx reduced -6.1% y-o-y in organic terms, on efficient expenditure in network capacity and customer experience. Operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) increased by 21.0% y-o-y in organic terms in the first half of the year.

 

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June     % Chg     April - June     % Chg  
     2018     2017     Reported     Organic     2018     2017     Reported     Organic  

Revenues

     3,223       3,208       0.5       4.2       1,638       1,607       1.9       5.6  

Mobile service revenues

     2,384       2,531       (5.8     2.4       1,221       1,276       (4.3     3.5  

Data revenues

     1,367       1,468       (6.9     1.3       699       740       (5.6     2.6  

Handset revenues and other

     840       677       24.0       11.2       417       331       25.9       13.4  

Internal expenditure capitalized in fixed assets

     62       59       5.1       7.5       33       30       9.9       12.0  

Operating expenses

     (2,402     (2,418     (0.7     3.3       (1,221     (1,204     1.4       5.2  

Supplies

     (1,080     (1,479     (27.0     3.6       (546     (732     (25.4     5.7  

Personnel expenses

     (219     (222     (1.3     0.9       (112     (111     0.4       2.3  

Other operating expenses

     (1,103     (718     53.7       3.5       (563     (360     56.2       5.2  

Other net income (expense)

     (5     0       c.s.       158.6       (1     (0     63.6       c.s.  

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     —         0       —         —         (0     0       c.s.       c.s.  

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     879       849       3.5       7.2       450       433       3.7       8.2  

OIBDA Margin

     27.3     26.5     0.8  p.p.      0.8  p.p.      27.5     27.0     0.5  p.p.      0.7  p.p. 

CapEx

     987       434       127.4       (6.1     804       209       284.7       5.3  

Spectrum

     588       —         —         —         588       —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     (107     415       c.s.       21.0       (354     224       c.s.       11.0  

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA before management and brand fees.

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ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     277.2        281.3        281.9        283.9        285.8        296.1        5.3  

Internet and data accesses

     24.0        24.7        24.8        25.3        25.7        26.6        7.8  

Broadband

     24.0        24.7        24.8        25.3        25.7        26.6        7.8  

Mobile accesses

     25,009.3        25,139.7        25,283.0        25,003.9        24,775.3        24,758.7        (1.5

Prepay

     9,375.4        9,427.4        9,477.4        9,203.7        8,959.1        8,858.3        (6.0

Contract (2)

     15,633.9        15,712.3        15,805.6        15,800.2        15,816.2        15,900.3        1.2  

M2M

     3,330.3        3,373.1        3,434.4        3,358.9        3,370.1        3,411.7        1.1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wholesale accesses

     6,879.0        6,859.0        7,018.0        7,162.0        7,247.1        7,340.0        7.0  

Mobile wholesale accesses

     6,879.0        6,859.0        7,018.0        7,162.0        7,247.1        7,340.0        7.0  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total accesses

     32,189.5        32,304.7        32,607.7        32,475.1        32,334.0        32,421.4        0.4  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.
(2) Includes the disconnection of 228 thousand inactive contract accesses in the first quarter 2017.

MOBILE ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Retail mobile accesses

     25,009.3        25,139.7        25,283.0        25,003.9        24,775.3        24,758.7        (1.5

Wholesale mobile accesses (1)

     6,879.0        6,859.0        7,018.0        7,162.0        7,247.1        7,340.0        7.0  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total mobile accesses

     31,888.3        31,998.7        32,301.0        32,165.9        32,022.4        32,098.6        0.3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Mobile Wholesale accesses information has been included since the first quarter 2018 and is also given for comparative purposes from January 2017.

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     62.5     62.5     62.5     63.2     63.8     64.2     1.7  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

     14,910.2       15,514.3       15,667.9       15,961.0       15,917.8       15,979.7       3.0  

Smartphone penetration (%)

     71.2     73.8     74.3     76.5     77.2     77.8     4.0  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

     12,438.0       12,592.0       12,611.0       12,891.1       12,773.3       12,500.3       (0.7

LTE penetration (%)

     57.4     57.8     57.7     59.6     59.7     58.6     0.8  p.p. 

Mobile churn (quarterly)

     2.2     1.5     1.7     2.2     1.9     1.9     0.4  p.p. 

Contract (1)(2)

     1.5     1.0     1.0     1.0     1.0     1.0     0.0  p.p. 

Mobile churn (cumulative YTD)

     2.2     1.9     1.8     1.9     1.9     1.9     (0.0  p.p.) 

Contract (1)(2)

     1.5     1.2     1.1     1.1     1.0     1.0     (0.2  p.p.) 

Mobile ARPU (EUR)(cumulative YTD)

     16.1       16.1       16.0       15.9       14.7       15.0       1.8  

Prepay

     7.3       7.1       7.0       6.9       6.8       6.9       (0.1

Contract (1)(2)

     26.6       27.0       26.8       26.8       24.2       24.7       1.3  

Mobile data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     79,926       173,446       280,109       401,489       126,797       274,846       58.5  

Notes:

 

- ARPU: monthly average revenue divided by the monthly average accesses of the period. % organic change.
- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.
(1) Excludes M2M.
(2) Includes the disconnection of 228 thousand inactive contract accesses in the first quarter 2017.

 

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(y-o-y changes in organic terms)

In the second quarter of 2018 Telefónica Brasil accelerated organic growth in OIBDA and showed margin improvement to 36.5% in organic terms. Telefónica Brasil’s differential assets and the continued focus to grow in value (new record in fibre connections and y-o-y growth in contract net additions) more than offset the decrease in fixed voice revenues and the worse macroeconomic environment in the quarter, that mainly affected prepay revenues.

Mobile accesses increased by 1% despite the loss of prepay accesses (migration to contract and decrease of low-value accesses), which was offset by the strong growth in contract accesses (+11% y-o-y). Vivo maintained its leadership position with a contract market share of 41.3% as of May 2018 after leading the capture of new contract accesses with a 36.9% share in the last two months. Net contract additions of 936k in the quarter, +9% y-o-y (+29% in the first half) thanks to the greater commercial activity, with stable churn rates y-o-y (both in the quarter and in the first half) despite the higher commercial aggressiveness in the market. The migration to higher value plans drove data ARPU, which grew 11.8% in the first half of the year (total ARPU +0.6%).

In fixed retail broadband accesses (7.5m at June; stable y-o-y) the sharp rise in FTTH connections was particularly noteworthy, achieving a historical record (+162k in the quarter, +284k in the first half) as coverage was expanded to 7.6m homes passed (18.8m with FTTx). Additionally, Pay TV accesses increased by 51% y-o-y after reporting net additions of 56k in the quarter (+106k accesses in the first half). The growth in value translated into a greater sustainability of the business with solid y-o-y growth in ARPU (+7.9% in broadband and +4.2% in pay TV in the first half of the year).

Quarterly revenues (€2,522m; €5,227m in the first half) increased by 0.5% y-o-y (+2.0% excluding regulation; +0.8% in the first half, +2.5% excluding regulation). Mobile service revenues (€1,476m in April-June) increased by 1.9% in the quarter (+2.7% in the first half) backed by solid contract performance (+7.1% in the quarter, +8.1% in the first half), offsetting the worse trend in prepay (-18.1% in the quarter, -15.3% in the first half; due to the overall macroeconomic slowdown and a more competitive environment). Handset revenues increased by 60.5% in the quarter (+40.9% y-o-y in the first half) on a greater focus on profitable handset sales. Fixed revenues (-5.2% y-o-y in the quarter, -4.6% in the first half) were impacted by a higher drop in voice revenues, the regulatory impact, and the Brazilian truckers strike that temporarily affected broadband installation in the quarter. These impacts are partially offset by the excellent performance of fibre revenues (+20.3% in the quarter; +21.0% in the first half) and IPTV (+59.1% in the quarter; +62.6% in the first half).

Operating expenses (€1,233m in the quarter) decreased for the tenth straight quarter (-0.7% y-o-y, -1.3% in the first half) thanks to the digitalisation and cost containment measures. Supplies (€530m) increased by 14.2% y-o-y (+5.5% in the first half) due to higher handset costs, partially offset by the reduction in termination rates. Personnel expenses (€295m) increased below inflation (+2.6% y-o-y, +2.9% in the first half) and included €28m for headcount restructuring costs in the quarter. Other operating expenses (€408m) decreased by 8.9% y-o-y in the quarter (-5.9% in the first half) thanks to the boost in digitalisation that is mainly behind the decrease in commercial expenses (commissions and call center expenses, among others).

 

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OIBDA reported in the quarter was positively affected by €485m associated with the favourable court ruling related to the exclusion of ICMS from the PIS/COFIN tax base, as well as to contingencies amounting to -€106m. OIBDA stood at €1,275m (€2,257m in the first half) and increased in organic terms (excluding the aforementioned impacts, the headcount restructuring, the accounting change to IFRS 15 and the exchange rates impact) by 7.1% y-o-y in the quarter (+5.8% y-o-y in the first half) with an OIBDA margin expanding y-o-y by 2.2 p.p. to 36.5% in organic terms (36.3% in the first half, +1.7 p.p. y-o-y).

CapEx in the first half amounted to €892m (+17.2% y-o-y, as a result of phasing of investments throughout the year), allocated mainly to the fibre and 4G networks expansion. Thus, operating cash flow reached €1,365m in the first half of the year, decreasing by 2.6% in organic terms.

 

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June     % Chg     April - June     % Chg  
     2018     2017     Reported     Organic     2018     2017     Reported     Organic  

Revenues

     5,227       6,193       (15.6     0.8       2,522       3,028       (16.7     0.5  

Mobile Business

     3,285       3,781       (13.1     4.2       1,589       1,850       (14.1     4.2  

Mobile service revenues

     3,076       3,631       (15.3     2.7       1,476       1,776       (16.9     1.9  

Data revenues

     2,396       2,548       (6.0     14.4       1,157       1,276       (9.3     11.8  

Handset revenues

     209       151       38.5       40.9       112       74       50.9       60.5  

Fixed Business

     1,943       2,411       (19.4     (4.6     934       1,178       (20.8     (5.2

FBB and new services (1)

     898       976       (8.0     6.5       440       483       (8.9     6.5  

Pay TV

     229       277       (17.3     (0.5     111       134       (17.2     0.5  

Voice & access revenues

     816       1,159       (29.6     (15.3     384       562       (31.8     (17.0

Internal expenditure capitalized in fixed assets

     61       74       (17.9     (1.2     31       37       (17.5     0.0  

Operating expenses

     (2,973     (4,109     (27.6     (1.3     (1,233     (2,006     (38.6     (0.7

Supplies

     (1,033     (1,171     (11.7     5.5       (530     (557     (5.0     14.2  

Personnel expenses

     (575     (619     (7.2     2.9       (295     (300     (1.6     2.6  

Other operating expenses

     (1,365     (2,319     (41.1     (5.9     (408     (1,149     (64.5     (8.9

Other net income (expense)

     (58     (16     n.m.       c.s.       (43     (22     91.7       c.s.  

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     (2     (15     (89.1     (86.6     (1     (20     (93.9     (92.4

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

     1       11       (90.4     (88.5     (1     17       c.s.       c.s.  

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     2,257       2,138       5.5       5.8       1,275       1,034       23.3       7.1  

OIBDA Margin

     43.2     34.5     8.6  p.p.      1.7  p.p.      50.5     34.1     16.4  p.p.      2.2  p.p. 

CapEx

     892       915       (2.6     17.2       504       518       (2.9     17.6  

Spectrum

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     1,365       1,223       11.6       (2.6     771       515       49.6       (3.2

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- Since 1 July 2017 T. Brasil includes the results of Terra. For organic comparative purposes Terra’s results are included since 1 January 2017.
- OIBDA before management and brand fees.
(1) Includes broadband connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, ICT revenues, other services over connectivity and FBB equipment.

TELEFÓNICA BRASIL

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     97,331.7        97,679.1        97,732.9        97,890.8        97,905.1        97,897.8        0.2  

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     14,242.0        14,167.6        14,007.3        13,837.3        13,679.5        13,459.7        (5.0

Internet and data accesses

     7,439.6        7,537.2        7,554.0        7,534.5        7,544.9        7,569.9        0.4  

Broadband

     7,369.5        7,468.6        7,485.5        7,466.1        7,476.6        7,489.9        0.3  

FTTx/Cable

     4,226.8        4,365.9        4,472.2        4,541.0        4,643.2        4,791.7        9.8  

Mobile accesses

     73,988.8        74,327.1        74,553.6        74,931.3        75,089.3        75,253.9        1.2  

Prepay

     40,171.5        39,652.1        38,897.4        38,168.1        37,599.0        36,827.1        (7.1

Contract

     33,817.3        34,675.0        35,656.2        36,763.2        37,490.3        38,426.8        10.8  

M2M

     5,271.5        5,590.8        5,845.3        6,312.5        6,664.9        7,105.5        27.1  

Pay TV

     1,661.3        1,647.2        1,618.0        1,587.7        1,591.5        1,614.3        (2.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses T. Brasil

     97,349.2        97,696.1        97,749.8        97,905.1        97,919.1        97,912.7        0.2  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     %
Chg
 

Contract percentage (%)

     45.7     46.7     47.8     49.1     49.9     51.1     4.4  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

     50,647.3       52,687.8       53,323.6       54,077.9       56,291.8       57,636.1       9.4  

Smartphone penetration (%)

     76.0     78.8     79.5     80.5     83.8     86.0     7.2  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

     25,422.1       28,645.5       31,645.4       35,042.6       37,566.4       39,404.1       37.6  

LTE penetration (%)

     37.0     41.7     46.1     51.1     54.9     57.8     16.1  p.p. 

Mobile churn (quarterly)

     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.3     3.1     3.0     (0.3  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     1.6     1.8     1.9     1.7     1.6     1.8     (0.0  p.p.) 

Mobile churn (cumulative YTD)

     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.3     3.1     3.0     (0.3  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     1.6     1.7     1.8     1.8     1.6     1.7     (0.0  p.p.) 

Mobile ARPU (EUR)(cumulative YTD)

     8.2       8.0       7.8       7.7       7.0       6.6       0.6  

Prepay

     4.1       3.9       3.8       3.7       3.2       3.0       (8.0

Contract (1)

     15.4       15.1       14.6       14.4       13.0       12.4       (0.2

Mobile data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     129,160       286,854       471,023       676,538       228,836       477,228       66.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed telephony ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     13.7       13.3       12.7       12.3       10.3       9.8       (11.5

Pay TV ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     28.2       27.5       27.3       26.9       24.7       23.9       4.2  

Broadband ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     14.5       14.2       13.9       13.9       13.2       12.7       7.9  

Fixed data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     3,428,917       7,379,965       11,808,743       16,467,417       4,838,067       10,190,227       38.1  

Notes:

 

- ARPU: monthly average revenue divided by the monthly average accesses of the period. % organic change.
- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.
(1) Excludes M2M.

 

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(y-o-y changes in organic terms)

During the second quarter, Hispam Sur maintained solid growth levels (+8.7% in revenues and +8.8% in OIBDA) with a noteworthy trend improvement in Chile (return to growth in revenues and OIBDA) and in Peru due to a better commercial activity in contract, pay TV, fibre and the savings achieved from efficiency measures and digitalisation.

Mobile accesses (43.0M) decreased by 4% y-o-y as a result of the loss of prepay accesses in Argentina (affected by the implementation of a mandatory real-name registration policy). Nonetheless, contract accesses increased by 3% y-o-y (quarterly net additions of +353k, positive in all countries of the region) and LTE accesses by 44%.

In the fixed business, pay TV accesses accelerated its y-o-y growth to 9% (vs. 7% in the first quarter) as a result of the excellent performance of this service in Peru, where another record was set for gross additions, driven by the continuous improvement in the content offer. Accesses connected with FTTx and cable networks increased 61% to 2.1m (306k new FTTH and cable accesses connected in the quarter) after accelerating their deployment throughout the quarter (7.4m premises passed, 631k passed in the quarter).

Revenues in the second quarter rose to €1,798m and increased by 8.7% y-o-y (€3,631m in the first half, +8.2%) thanks to the gradual update in tariffs in Argentina, better performance in Chile as well as in Peru, growth in mobile data (+16.5%) and broadband and new services (+7.0% y-o-y). Operating expenses amounted to €1,333 (€2,673m in the first half) and grew by 9.0% mainly as a result of the increase in Argentina (due to the impact of the inflation and peso depreciation) and greater commercial activity in the region, partially offset by the efficiency measures implemented.

OIBDA reached €507m in the quarter (+8.8% y-o-y; €1,024m in the first half, +9.8%). OIBDA margin stood stable y-o-y at 28.2% (28.2% in the first half, +0.4 p.p. y-o-y).

CapEx amounted to €553m at June (+7.9% y-o-y), allocated primarily to the fibre network deployment and the improvement and expansion of mobile networks. As a result, operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) amounted to €471m in January-June (+12.0% y-o-y).

In the second quarter, Telefónica Argentina posted solid y-o-y growth in revenues and OIBDA (+22.3% and +27.7% respectively), levered on the progressive increase in ARPU (growth in value accesses and the gradual update in tariffs). In April, the Company completed the brand unification process under the “Movistar” trademark for B2C and SME customers.

Mobile accesses (18.7m) decreased by 6% y-o-y on the prepay accesses loss, though contract accesses growth accelerated to 5% with net additions of 99k in the quarter (+84k in the second quarter of 2017; +136k accesses in the first half) and LTE accesses grew by 43% y-o-y with a penetration of 37% (+12.8 p.p. y-o-y) and 4G coverage of 79%.

Retail broadband accesses decreased in the quarter (1.6m; -10% y-o-y) affected by the loss of copper accesses due to the focus on fiber deployment. Thus, FTTx accesses were multiplied by 2.6 times y-o-y to 353k in June (59k new accesses connected in the quarter of which 55k connected with FTTH) after deployment accelerated to reach 1.6m premises passed.

Revenues amounted to €703m in the quarter (+22.3% y-o-y; €1,458m in January-June, +23.6%), showing solid growth in both businesses. Mobile service revenues (€395m in the quarter) increased by 22.4% y-o-y, driven by the growth in value accesses and ARPU (+30.9% y-o-y in the first half of 2018). Data revenues increased by 38.2% y-o-y, with notable data traffic expansion of 60%. Handset revenues grew by 48.8% y-o-y on higher gross additions including profitable device sales and increasing high-end devices mix. Fixed business revenues (€238m) increased by 15.8% y-o-y leveraged on the 19.2% y-o-y growth of broadband ARPU in the first six months (greater weight of fibre accesses and tariffs updates).

 

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Operating expenses (€492m in the quarter) increased by 20.0% (+17.6% in the first half), below inflation as a consequence of efficiency measures and digitalisation, which offset the impact of price hikes and depreciation of the peso. The quarterly OIBDA totalled €218m (+27.7% y-o-y) and €463m in the first half (+39.5% y-o-y). OIBDA margin stood at 31.0% (+1.3 p.p. y-o-y).

CapEx amounted to €254m in June (including €6m investment in the 2.6 GHz spectrum) and grew by 26.8% y-o-y, mainly allocated to expanding the fibre network (in line with the aforementioned deployment acceleration) and improving service quality. Operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) stood at €208m in the first six months (+57.5% y-o-y).

In the second quarter of 2018, Telefónica Chile posted simultaneous growth in revenues (+0.3%) and OIBDA (+1.3%) for the first time in the last 10 quarters thanks to the progressive value customer capture (contract and fiber) and the efficiency measures achieved despite the intense competitive environment.

Mobile accesses amounted to 8.8m (-2% y-o-y). Contract notably improved (+8% y-o-y; 39% penetration, +4 p.p. y-o-y) with 94k net additions in the quarter (-15k accesses in the second quarter of 2017; 185k in the first half of the year) as gross additions increased (+31% y-o-y; +25% in the first half) due to the good reception of the new plans launched in the third quarter of 2017 and the integration of Movistar Play as a differential attribute in the offer. Smartphones grew by 18% y-o-y (42% penetration, +7 p.p. y-o-y) and LTE accesses increased by 50% (to 2.8m) with a penetration of 34% (+12 p.p. y-o-y) after increasing population coverage to 86%.

Retail broadband accesses amounted to 1.1m (-1% y-o-y) after reporting 9k net additions in the quarter driven by the acceleration in FTTx deployment (+1.6m premises passed; 421k connected). It is worth highlighting the increase in FTTH connections (+59% y-o-y to 234k connected; +47k in the quarter) which represented 21% of total broadband accesses. Additionally, Pay TV accesses (679k) increased by 1% y-o-y with 6k net additions in the quarter (-5k in the first half).

Quarterly revenues stood at €525m (€1,051m in the first half) and reversed their y-o-y trend (+0.3% y-o-y; -0.3% in the previous). Mobile service revenues (€231m; -5.4% y-o-y; -6.8% in the first half) improved their trend after ARPU slowed down its y-o-y decline (-6.6% in the quarter; -11.0% January-March). Handset revenues (€74m; +61.0% y-o-y) increased y-o-y growth by 2.8 p.p. compared to the first quarter boosted by the greater commercial activity. Fixed business revenues (€220m) decreased by 3.4% y-o-y (-2.2% in the first half) due to lower voice and pay TV revenues, partially offset by growth in fixed broadband revenues (+0.3% y-o-y; +1.8% in the first half).

Operating expenses (€378m in April-June) increased by 0.7% y-o-y (+1.4% in the first half) explained by higher commercial expenses, mainly handset consumption (although to a lower extent than the increase in handset sales) partially balanced by efficiency measures.

The quarterly OIBDA stood at €158m and increased by 1.3% y-o-y (€312m in the first half; -1.5% y-o-y). OIBDA margin increased by 0.3 p.p. y-o-y to 30.1% (29.7% in January-June, -0.5 p.p. y-o-y).

CapEx in the first half amounted to €168M (-3.1% y-o-y), mainly allocated to LTE coverage expansion and high-speed network deployment in the fixed business. Operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) amounted to €144m and increased by 0.4% compared to the first six months of 2017.

In the second quarter of 2018, Telefónica Perú continued to improve the trend in revenues and OIBDA after posting again solid commercial results, with a new record in Pay TV quarterly net additions and an acceleration in contract accesses growth. All of this, despite the intense competition in the market.

Mobile accesses (13.9m) decreased by 4% y-o-y as a consequence of the loss registered in the last two quarters of the previous year. However, in this quarter there is an improvement in the contract segment, with net additions of 154k accesses (-340k in the second quarter of 2017; +182k in the first half) thanks to higher market rationality (entry barrier

 

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rise and tariffs updates) and an improved offer. Additionally, net portability is positive in the quarter thanks to both the positive contract performance and the stabilization in prepaid (+44k accesses vs. +21k accesses in the previous quarter). 4G accesses grew by 43% (26% penetration; 73% coverage).

Retail broadband accesses (1.9m; +9% y-o-y) posted quarterly net additions of 62k (new record), with an acceleration in FTTx and cable accesses growth (+60% y-o-y to 1.3m connected; 203k connected in the quarter with FTTH). FTTx and cable premises passed reached 4.2m (196k passed in April-June; 479k in January-June). Pay TV accesses (1.5m) increased by 13% y-o-y after reaching net additions of 66k in the quarter with record gross adds, leveraged on differentiation (technical solution and exclusive content with wide acceptance of the sports channel) and success of commercial campaigns aimed at the migration from 2 play to 3 play.

Moreover, Movistar Play momentum continued as a differential characteristic in the fixed and mobile offers.

Revenues totalled €518m in the quarter (-4.5% y-o-y), improving the y-o-y trend compared to previous quarters (€1,019m in January-June with a 6.8% decrease) thanks to higher revenues from contract and fixed services, and despite the negative impact from regulation (+0.5% y-o-y in the quarter excluding regulation). Mobile service revenues (€189m) decreased by 13.7% y-o-y (-13.4% in the first half) impacted by intense competition and regulation. Handset revenues increased by 9.9% y-o-y in April-June (-6.4% in January-June) thanks to the commercial momentum mainly in contract. Quarterly fixed business revenues (€253) increased by 3.0% y-o-y due to higher voice and access revenues (+9.2% y-o-y) and the good performance of pay TV (+2.9% y-o-y with ARPU increase of 1.7% y-o-y), which offset the change in the commercialisation of fixed equipment.

Operating expenses (€426m in the quarter) increased by 0.7% (+0.3% in the first half) due to the higher commercial activity, partially offset by the impact of the new termination rates and efficiency measures. Thus, OIBDA amounted to €111m in the quarter (decreasing by 19.1% y-o-y, although improving the y-o-y trend by 15.8 p.p. vs. the first quarter), and to €210m in the first half (-27.4% y-o-y). OIBDA margin stood at 21.5% (-3.7 p.p. y-o-y, -5.5 p.p. in January-June).

CapEx in the first half (€122m) decreased by 13.7% y-o-y and was focused on the service quality improvement, 4G coverage increase and high-speed networks deployment, as well as on the Company’s digitalisation processes. As a consequence, operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) amounted to €88m in June (-42.7% y-o-y).

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June     % Chg     April - June     % Chg  
     2018     2017     reported     organic     2018     2017     reported     organic  

Revenues

     3,631       4,207       (13.7     8.2       1,798       2,090       (14.0     8.7  

Telefónica Argentina

     1,458       1,794       (18.7     23.6       703       918       (23.4     22.3  

Telefónica Chile

     1,051       1,099       (4.4     0.0       525       538       (2.4     0.3  

Telefónica Perú

     1,019       1,199       (15.0     (6.8     518       578       (10.4     (4.5

Telefónica Uruguay

     111       124       (10.4     2.5       56       60       (6.8     5.5  

Others & eliminations

     (7     (8     (13.3     21.8       (3     (4     (12.2     32.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Service revenues

     3,183       3,897       (18.3     5.6       1,572       1,934       (18.8     6.0  

Telefónica Argentina

     1,315       1,656       (20.6     20.8       633       843       (24.9     19.9  

Telefónica Chile

     898       1,018       (11.8     (4.7     451       499       (9.6     (4.4

Telefónica Perú

     878       1,116       (21.3     (6.8     442       541       (18.2     (5.5

Telefónica Uruguay

     99       116       (14.4     (0.1     49       56       (12.1     1.7  

Others & eliminations

     (7     (8     (13.3     21.8       (3     (4     (12.5     32.1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OIBDA

     1,024       1,183       (13.4     9.8       507       598       (15.2     8.8  

Telefónica Argentina

     463       506       (8.7     39.5       218       275       (20.9     27.7  

Telefónica Chile

     312       339       (8.1     (1.5     158       165       (4.0     1.3  

Telefónica Perú

     210       294       (28.6     (27.4     111       137       (18.9     (19.1

Telefónica Uruguay

     41       43       (6.5     4.9       20       21       (3.3     5.8  

Others & eliminations

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CapEx

     553       645       (14.3     7.9       302       349       (13.5     11.2  

Telefónica Argentina

     254       297       (14.4     26.8       130       146       (10.7     41.3  

Telefónica Chile

     168       180       (6.6     (3.1     91       93       (1.5     0.2  

Telefónica Perú

     122       156       (22.2     (13.7     74       103       (27.7     (20.8

Telefónica Uruguay

     10       13       (23.7     (12.1     6       8       (23.5     (12.0

Others & eliminations

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Spectrum

     6       —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica Argentina

     6       —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica Chile

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica Perú

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica Uruguay

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Others & eliminations

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     471       537       (12.3     12.0       205       249       (17.5     5.5  

Telefónica Argentina

     208       210       (0.6     57.5       88       129       (32.3     12.2  

Telefónica Chile

     144       159       (9.7     0.4       67       72       (7.2     2.9  

Telefónica Perú

     88       137       (36.0     (42.7     37       35       6.7       (14.4

Telefónica Uruguay

     31       31       0.5       11.8       14       13       8.8       16.4  

Others & eliminations

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June     % Chg     April - June     % Chg  
     2018     2017     reported     organic     2018     2017     reported     organic  

Revenues

     3,631       4,207       (13.7     8.2       1,798       2,090       (14.0     8.7  

Mobile Business

     2,209       2,568       (14.0     9.2       1,089       1,268       (14.1     10.4  

Mobile service revenues

     1,760       2,258       (22.0     5.0       863       1,112       (22.5     5.8  

Data revenues

     1,073       1,252       (14.3     12.7       538       618       (13.0     16.5  

Handset revenues

     449       310       44.7       40.2       227       156       45.5       42.8  

Fixed Business

     1,423       1,639       (13.2     6.4       709       822       (13.7     6.2  

FBB and new services revenues (1)

     756       873       (13.4     7.1       375       436       (14.0     7.0  

Pay TV revenues

     269       288       (6.7     1.7       136       144       (5.8     0.6  

Voice & access revenues

     398       478       (16.7     7.9       198       241       (18.0     8.0  

Internal expenditure capitalized in fixed assets

     37       44       (15.2     1.5       19       21       (9.6     7.6  

Operating expenses

     (2,673     (3,089     (13.5     7.9       (1,331     (1,532     (13.1     9.0  

Supplies

     (1,044     (1,158     (9.8     8.3       (531     (566     (6.1     12.2  

Personnel expenses

     (516     (642     (19.6     8.0       (245     (314     (21.9     7.3  

Other operating expenses

     (1,113     (1,290     (13.7     7.6       (554     (652     (15.0     7.2  

Other net income (expense)

     26       20       34.5       79.1       18       17       5.6       32.9  

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     2       1       73.4       71.3       3       2       74.7       75.2  

Impairment of goodwill and other assets

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     1,024       1,183       (13.4     9.8       507       598       (15.2     8.8  

OIBDA Margin

     28.2     28.1     0.1  p.p.      0.4  p.p.      28.2     28.6     (0.4  p.p.)      0.0  p.p. 

CapEx

     553       645       (14.3     7.9       302       349       (13.5     11.2  

Spectrum

     6       —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     471       537       (12.3     12.0       205       249       (17.5     5.5  

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA before management and brand fees.
(1) Includes broadband connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, data and ICT revenues, other services over connectivity and FBB equipment.

TELEFÓNICA HISPAM SUR

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     60,569.0        59,760.0        59,093.9        58,419.9        57,783.3        57,531.8        (3.7

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     8,209.7        8,137.8        8,044.3        7,938.5        7,811.1        7,684.6        (5.6

Internet and data accesses

     4,687.0        4,687.4        4,688.0        4,656.1        4,611.4        4,648.1        (0.8

Broadband

     4,565.4        4,566.1        4,567.1        4,535.4        4,492.4        4,528.3        (0.8

FTTx/Cable

     1,246.5        1,297.3        1,514.7        1,656.2        1,829.2        2,089.2        61.1  

Mobile accesses

     45,718.0        44,955.8        44,352.3        43,775.1        43,276.3        43,042.8        (4.3

Prepay

     29,273.2        28,787.5        28,344.3        27,631.8        26,973.7        26,386.8        (8.3

Contract

     16,444.7        16,168.3        16,008.0        16,143.3        16,302.6        16,655.9        3.0  

M2M

     1,082.3        1,126.1        1,164.9        1,199.8        1,240.2        1,339.4        18.9  

Pay TV

     1,954.3        1,979.1        2,009.4        2,050.3        2,084.6        2,156.4        9.0  

Total Acceses Hispam Sur

     60,594.7        59,785.4        59,134.0        58,445.9        57,808.9        57,556.0        (3.7
                    

 

(1) Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     36.0     36.0     36.1     36.9     37.7     38.7     2.7 p.p.  

Smartphones (‘000)

     21,113.6       20,799.2       21,267.5       21,650.2       21,331.4       21,507.3       3.4  

Smartphone penetration (%)

     47.9     48.1     49.9     51.5     51.4     52.2     4.2  p.p.  

LTE (‘000)

     8,761.2       9,542.5       10,383.5       12,529.0       13,713.1       13,777.7       44.4  

LTE penetration (%)

     19.6     21.8     24.0     29.4     32.6     33.0     11.3  p.p.  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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TELEFÓNICA ARGENTINA

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

    January - June     April - June  
    2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg  

Revenues

    1,458       1,794       (18.7     23.6       703       918       (23.4     22.3  

Mobile Business

    965       1,164       (17.1     26.2       465       591       (21.3     25.8  

Mobile service revenues

    822       1,026       (19.9     22.1       395       515       (23.4     22.4  

Data revenues

    529       580       (8.9     38.4       263       302       (13.1     38.2  

Handset revenues

    143       138       3.5       56.8       70       75       (6.7     48.8  

Fixed Business

    493       630       (21.8     18.6       238       327       (27.3     15.8  

FBB and new services (1)

    293       378       (22.4     17.4       140       193       (27.3     15.7  

Voice & access revenues

    200       252       (20.8     20.3       98       135       (27.3     15.9  

OIBDA

    463       506       (8.7     39.5       218       275       (20.9     27.7  

OIBDA margin

    31.7     28.2     3.5  p.p.      3.6  p.p.      31.0     30.0     1.0  p.p.      1.3  p.p. 

CapEx

    254       297       (14.4     26.8       130       146       (10.7     41.3  

Spectrum

    6       —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

    208       210       (0.6     57.5       88       129       (32.3     12.2  

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA is presented before management and brand fees.
(1) Includes broadband connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, data and ICT revenues, other services over connectivity and FBB equipment.

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2017      2018  
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     26,370.4        25,981.8        25,770.2        25,077.2        24,507.7        24,208.3        (6.8

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     4,374.3        4,314.5        4,221.9        4,120.8        4,023.4        3,908.5        (9.4

Fixed wireless

     233.3        227.7        221.8        206.1        192.9        184.5        (18.9

Internet and data accesses

     1,841.0        1,802.5        1,758.9        1,700.6        1,648.5        1,613.3        (10.5

Broadband

     1,800.5        1,762.6        1,720.3        1,663.5        1,613.5        1,578.6        (10.4

FTTx

     75.8        133.6        192.7        243.8        294.7        353.2        164.3  

Mobile accesses

     20,155.1        19,864.8        19,789.4        19,255.9        18,835.8        18,686.5        (5.9

Prepay

     12,936.0        12,561.7        12,386.1        11,717.1        11,259.6        11,011.4        (12.3

Contract

     7,219.1        7,303.1        7,403.3        7,538.7        7,576.2        7,675.1        5.1  

M2M

     546.2        581.0        588.0        596.6        614.3        629.4        8.3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     26,390.8        26,002.0        25,805.1        25,098.1        24,528.1        24,227.4        (6.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018  
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     35.8     36.8     37.4     39.2     40.2     41.1     4.3  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

     9,194.8       8,789.6       9,195.1       9,253.8       8,879.0       8,988.5       2.3  

Smartphone penetration (%)

     47.2     45.9     48.2     49.9     49.0     50.1     4.2  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

     4,136.7       4,707.5       5,363.2       6,387.8       6,673.1       6,714.7       42.6  

LTE penetration (%)

     21.1     24.4     27.9     34.2     36.6     37.2     12.8  p.p. 

Mobile churn (quarterly)

     3.4     3.1     2.9     3.1     3.2     2.9     (0.2  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     1.2     1.2     1.2     1.1     1.1     1.1     (0.1  p.p.) 

Mobile churn (cumulative YTD)

     3.4     3.2     3.1     3.1     3.2     2.9     (0.3  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     1.2     1.2     1.2     1.2     1.1     1.1     (0.1  p.p.) 

Mobile ARPU (EUR)(cumulative YTD)

     8.6       8.7       8.4       8.5       7.8       7.5       30.9  

Prepay

     2.5       2.6       2.6       2.7       2.4       2.4       36.6  

Contract (1)

     21.0       21.0       19.9       19.7       16.7       15.9       15.0  

Mobile data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     42,378       92,707       153,286       220,535       71,626       147,967       59.6  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed telephony ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     8.6       9.5       9.1       9.4       8.5       8.4       35.6  

Broadband ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     20.8       21.7       21.3       21.2       18.1       17.1       19.2  

Fixed data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD) (2)

     296,597       636,815       1,018,913       1,420,297       425,127       893,893       40.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Notes:

 

- ARPU: monthly average revenue divided by the monthly average accesses of the period. % organic Change.
- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.
(1) Excludes M2M.
(2) Includes solely traffic related with FBB accesses, not Business customers.

 

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TELEFÓNICA CHILE

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

     January - June     April - June  
     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg  

Revenues

     1,051       1,099       (4.4     0.0       525       538       (2.4     0.3  

Mobile Business

     614       636       (3.5     1.6       305       307       (0.6     3.1  

Mobile service revenues

     461       555       (17.0     (6.8     231       268       (13.7     (5.4

Data revenues

     238       284       (16.1     (6.9     119       137       (13.3     (4.8

Handset revenues

     153       81       89.1       59.6       74       39       89.3       61.0  

Fixed Business

     437       463       (5.6     (2.2     220       231       (4.9     (3.4

FBB and new services (1)

     221       225       (1.7     1.8       112       113       (1.1     0.3  

Pay TV

     118       123       (4.3     (0.8     59       62       (4.1     (2.2

Voice & access revenues

     98       115       (14.7     (11.5     49       56       (13.3     (12.1

OIBDA

     312       339       (8.1     (1.5     158       165       (4.0     1.3  

OIBDA margin

     29.7     30.8     (1.2  p.p.)      (0.5  p.p.)      30.1     30.6     (0.5  p.p.)      0.3  p.p. 

CapEx

     168       180       (6.6     (3.1     91       93       (1.5     0.2  

Spectrum

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     144       159       (9.7     0.4       67       72       (7.2     2.9  

Notes:

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA is presented before management and brand fees.
(1) Includes broadband connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, data and ICT revenues, other services over connectivity and FBB equipment.

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     12,210.5        12,142.9        12,248.6        12,227.9        12,061.9        11,887.5        (2.1

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     1,380.5        1,365.1        1,350.5        1,326.5        1,289.1        1,273.5        (6.7

Internet and data accesses

     1,138.8        1,162.9        1,170.4        1,160.8        1,141.9        1,151.0        (1.0

Broadband

     1,088.1        1,111.6        1,118.6        1,108.5        1,089.2        1,097.8        (1.2

FTTx

     329.0        341.9        354.3        360.0        379.0        421.5        23.3  

Mobile accesses

     9,034.4        8,945.3        9,044.6        9,056.6        8,957.4        8,783.8        (1.8

Prepay

     5,891.1        5,817.3        5,889.7        5,849.2        5,658.8        5,391.6        (7.3

Contract

     3,143.3        3,128.0        3,154.9        3,207.4        3,298.5        3,392.2        8.4  

M2M

     377.8        387.0        405.6        409.5        422.1        426.8        10.3  

Pay TV

     656.8        669.7        683.1        684.0        673.6        679.2        1.4  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     12,215.7        12,148.1        12,253.8        12,233.0        12,067.0        11,892.6        (2.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

(1) Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     34.8     35.0     34.9     35.4     36.8     38.6     3.7  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

     2,962.3       2,894.6       2,933.0       3,285.8       3,344.5       3,411.8       17.9  

Smartphone penetration (%)

     35.3     35.0     35.1     39.3     40.5     42.2     7.2  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

     1,837.2       1,879.7       2,210.6       2,517.2       2,700.0       2,823.9       50.2  

LTE penetration (%)

     21.2     22.0     25.6     29.1     31.6     33.8     11.8  p.p. 

Mobile churn (quarterly)

     3.3     3.4     3.0     3.4     3.4     3.5     0.1  p.p. 

Contract (1)

     2.4     2.6     2.7     2.6     2.2     2.3     (0.3  p.p.) 

Mobile churn (cumulative YTD)

     3.3     3.3     3.2     3.2     3.4     3.5     0.2  p.p. 

Contract (1)

     2.4     2.5     2.6     2.6     2.2     2.3     (0.2  p.p.) 

Mobile ARPU (EUR)(cumulative YTD)

     10.1       9.8       9.5       9.3       8.5       7.9       (8.8

Prepay

     2.9       2.8       2.6       2.6       2.3       2.2       (14.9

Contract (1)

     26.6       25.8       25.2       24.7       22.1       20.0       (11.6

Mobile data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     42,969       92,426       150,683       212,517       74,641       162,246       75.5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed telephony ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     13.0       12.8       12.5       12.4       11.8       11.7       (5.0

Pay TV ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     26.1       25.6       24.9       24.5       22.8       23.1       (6.6

Broadband ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     18.8       18.1       17.4       17.3       17.1       17.1       (2.3

Fixed data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD) (2)

     434,322       970,592       1,502,438       2,006,161       524,361       1,133,870       16.8  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

- ARPU: monthly average revenue divided by the monthly average accesses of the period. % organic Change .
- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.
(1) Excludes M2M.
(2) Includes solely traffic related with FBB accesses, not Business customers.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June     April - June  
     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg  

Revenues

     1,019       1,199       (15.0     (6.8     518       578       (10.4     (4.5

Mobile Business

     522       647       (19.4     (12.5     265       313       (15.2     (10.9

Mobile service revenues

     381       565       (32.5     (13.4     189       275       (31.2     (13.7

Data revenues

     252       319       (21.0     (12.4     130       146       (11.0     (3.9

Handset revenues

     141       83       70.2       (6.4     76       38       101.6       9.9  

Fixed Business

     497       551       (9.8     (0.0     253       266       (4.7     3.0  

FBB and new services (1)

     245       278       (11.7     (2.1     125       134       (6.8     0.8  

Pay TV

     151       161       (6.5     3.7       76       80       (4.9     2.9  

Voice & access revenues

     101       112       (9.9     (0.3     52       51       1.3       9.2  

OIBDA

     210       294       (28.6     (27.4     111       137       (18.9     (19.1

OIBDA margin

     20.6     24.5     (3.9  p.p.)      (5.5  p.p.)      21.5     23.8     (2.3  p.p.)      (3.7  p.p.) 

CapEx

     122       156       (22.2     (13.7     74       103       (27.7     (20.8

Spectrum

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     88       137       (36.0     (42.7     37       35       6.7       (14.4
Notes:                 

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA is presented before management and brand fees.
(1) Includes broadband connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, data and ICT revenues, other services over connectivity and FBB equipment.

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Fixed telephony accesses (1)

     2,455.0        2,458.2        2,471.9        2,491.2        2,498.6        2,502.6        1.8  

Fixed wireless

     84.6        84.9        85.4        85.8        84.6        84.7        (0.2

Internet and data accesses

     1,707.3        1,722.1        1,758.7        1,794.7        1,821.0        1,883.8        9.4  

Broadband

     1,676.8        1,691.9        1,728.2        1,763.4        1,789.7        1,852.0        9.5  

FTTx/Cable

     841.7        821.7        967.7        1,052.4        1,155.5        1,314.6        60.0  

Mobile accesses

     14,810.6        14,438.8        13,826.5        13,745.1        13,816.4        13,915.5        (3.6

Prepay

     9,429.8        9,397.5        9,073.7        9,049.4        9,093.0        9,038.0        (3.8

Contract

     5,380.9        5,041.3        4,752.7        4,695.7        4,723.5        4,877.5        (3.2

M2M

     82.9        82.1        92.7        108.5        112.4        187.1        127.9  

Pay TV

     1,297.4        1,309.3        1,326.2        1,366.3        1,411.0        1,477.1        12.8  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     20,270.3        19,928.4        19,383.2        19,397.3        19,547.1        19,779.1        (0.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)  Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     36.3     34.9     34.4     34.2     34.2     35.1     0.1  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

     8,130.0       8,283.6       8,291.3       8,246.5       8,230.3       8,231.3       (0.6

Smartphone penetration (%)

     55.5     58.0     60.7     60.8     60.4     60.3     2.3  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

     2,370.0       2,505.4       2,324.4       3,087.6       3,725.1       3,586.3       43.1  

LTE penetration (%)

     16.1     17.5     16.9     22.6     27.2     26.1     8.7  p.p. 

Mobile churn (quarterly)

     5.3     5.1     5.5     5.6     5.8     6.2     1.1  p.p. 

Contract (1)

     2.7     3.1     3.1     3.3     3.0     3.2     0.1  p.p. 

Mobile churn (cumulative YTD)

     5.3     5.2     5.3     5.3     5.8     6.2     1.0  p.p. 

Contract (1)

     2.7     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.0     3.2     0.3  p.p. 

Mobile ARPU (EUR)(cumulative YTD)

     6.3       6.3       6.2       6.1       5.2       4.4       (9.0

Prepay

     2.1       2.0       2.1       2.0       1.8       1.7       (5.7

Contract (1)

     13.7       13.8       13.7       13.6       12.0       9.6       (5.0

Mobile data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     37,157       84,961       133,034       185,166       64,198       133,741       57.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed telephony ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     7.5       7.0       6.8       6.7       5.8       5.8       (8.0

Pay TV ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     19.4       19.1       18.8       18.6       17.5       17.6       1.7  

Broadband ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     15.6       15.1       14.7       14.3       12.6       12.7       (6.5

Fixed data traffic (TB) (cumulative
YTD) (2)

     692,053       1,378,078       2,075,593       2,814,311       752,346       1,559,607       13.2  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Notes:

 

- ARPU: monthly average revenue divided by the monthly average accesses of the period. % organic change.
- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.
(1) Excludes M2M.
(2) Includes solely traffic related with FBB accesses, not Business customers.

 

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(y-o-y changes in organic terms)

Hispam Norte’s quarterly results remained affected by regulatory impacts and a greater competitive intensity in prepay in Mexico. Nevertheless, it is worth highlighting the positive commercial results both in contract and LTE within the mobile business, as well as in broadband and pay TV in the fixed business.

Mobile accesses rose to 67.4m as of June (+1% y-o-y) after recording 200k net additions in contract and 299k in prepay throughout the quarter (+397k and +170k in the first half of 2018). LTE accesses increased 70% y-o-y and reached a penetration of 25% (+10 p.p.) and a coverage of 48%.

In the fixed business, retail broadband accesses (1.2m; +28% y-o-y) presented 21k net additions (+44k accesses in the first half), with a strong growth of FTTx and cable accesses (+421% y-o-y; +117k new accesses connected in the quarter; FTTH accesses already accounting for more than 15% of the total FTTx base in June), with 91k new premises passed in the quarter to a total coverage of 844k premises passed. Pay TV accesses increased by 5% with 29k net additions (+49k in the first half).

Revenues in the second quarter (€1,027m; €1,998m in the first half) remained virtually stable (-0.4%; -1.3% in the first half), improving the y-o-y trend vs. the first quarter by 1.7 p.p. boosted by a better performance in Colombia, Central America and Ecuador. Excluding the regulatory impact, operating revenues would have increased by 1.5% y-o-y (+0.8% in the first half).

Operating expenses (€793m; €1,532m in the first half) rose 3.2% in April-June (+1.7% in January-June) led by commercial expenses and partially compensated by efficiency measures.

OIBDA amounted to €176 in April-June (€434m in January-June), a 2.8% decrease vs. the same period of the previous year (-5.1% in the first half), affected by the regulatory impact in Mexico, although the return to growth in Colombia is particularly noteworthy (affected by €9m associated with capital gains from the sale of real estate assets). Regulation dragged y-o-y growth by -7.9 p.p. in the quarter and by -8.1 p.p. in the first half. Additionally, in the second quarter a partial write-off of the goodwill allocated to T. Mexico of €108M has been recorded (without any impact at the country level). The OIBDA margin was 17.1% in the quarter (-0.7 p.p. y-o-y; 21.7% in the first half, -1.1 p.p. y-o-y).

CapEx (€165m in January-June; -36.0% y-o-y) was mainly allocated to improving and expanding the fixed and mobile networks. Operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) rose to €269m in the first half (+20.4% y-o-y).

Telefónica Colombia accelerated its revenues and OIBDA y-o-y growth in the quarter, reflecting both a good commercial performance (positive net additions and y-o-y churn improvement in the main services), and savings from efficiency measures. Operating cash flow advanced 38.7% y-o-y in the first half.

Mobile accesses rose to 15.1m (+9% y-o-y) with +354k net additions in the quarter (+166k accesses in the second quarter of 2017; +480k accesses in the first half). Contract accesses grew by 3% y-o-y after reaching 60k net additions, the highest level in 8 quarters, due to a greater commercial activity following the success of the latest launched offer (“more for more” strategy rising the entry level, offering higher data allowance and including Movistar Play to all plans). In prepay, accesses increased 12% y-o-y (net additions of +294k; +122k in the second quarter of 2017; +441k in the first half), worth highlighting the improvement of the commercial proposition (extension of the validity for data and minutes allowance). Smartphones reached a 44% penetration (+2 p.p. y-o-y) and LTE accesses rose by 57% y-o-y (34% penetration, +10 p.p. y-o-y; 59% coverage) boosting mobile data traffic (+35% y-o-y in April-June).

 

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Retail broadband accesses (1.2m; +27% y-o-y, positively impacted by the inclusion of accesses from the Telebucaramanga and Metrotel subsidiaries consolidated in the fourth quarter of 2017) presented 12k net additions in the quarter (-8k accesses in the second quarter of 2017; +36k in the first half). FTTx sustained a positive performance and practically doubled its connections vs. to previous quarter (+421% y-o-y; 117k connected in the quarter; reaching a total of 47k FTTH accesses at June) with 844k premises passed (34% connected). Furthermore, Pay TV accesses increased 7% y-o-y, with +17k net additions in the quarter (+4k in the second quarter 2017; +34k in the first half), worth highlighting the launch of the “Movistar Series” channel included in the “Movistar Play” offer in March.

Revenues (€370m in Abril-June) rose 2.3% y-o-y (€721m, +0.7% in January-June). Mobile service revenues (€188m) grew 2.8% y-o-y (+1.8% in the first half) leveraged on the accesses growth and the strong boost in data (+7.4%). Handset revenues reverted their trend and grew 0.5% y-o-y (-2.5% in the first half) led by the increase in commercial activity with associated handset sales. Fixed business revenues (€146m) showed an acceleration in growth to +2.0% (stable in the first half), driven by broadband and new services (+20.7% y-o-y in the quarter; +17.7% in the first half).

Operating expenses amounted to €261m (+5.5% y-o-y; €506m, +3.4% in the first half) due to higher commercial expenses and the change in the sale of fixed equipment which implies an accounting recognition as Opex (previously as Capex), partially offset by increased efficiencies and savings from digitalisation. OIBDA rose to €128m and grew 5.0%y-o-y in the quarter (€252m in the first half, stable y-o-y) despite the negative regulatory impact (+6.0% y-o-y in the quarter excluding regulation; +1.8% in the first half), and was affected by the capital gains from the sale of real estate assets (€9m of impact in the quarter). OIBDA margin was 34.6% (+0.9 p.p. y-o-y; +34.9% in the first half, -0.1 p.p.).

CapEx amounted to €66m in the first half (-42.2% y-o-y, impacted by the change in the recognition of fixed equipment previously mentioned) and was mainly allocated to fibre deployment and LTE expansion. Operating cash flow (OIBDA- CapEx) increased 38.7% y-o-y in the first half.

The performance of Telefónica México remained affected by the regulatory changes and increased commercial aggressiveness in the prepaid market. On the other hand, the strategic focus on high-value customers growth was translated into a solid growth of contract accesses (+14% y-o-y).

Mobile accesses reached 25.5m and rose 1% y-o-y after reporting 231k net additions (-380k in the second quarter of 2017; +429k in the first half). Contract net additions increased to +83k accesses in April-June (+62k in the same period of 2017; +187k accesses in the first half) led by an improved offer and better distribution channel. Mobile data traffic increased 39% y-o-y in the quarter, driven by growth in LTE (+39%; 51% coverage). Prepay remained stable y-o-y, but accesses with frequent top-ups decreased 14% y-o-y due to the above mentioned higher aggressiveness in the market.

In fixed accesses, it is worth highlighting the continuous growth of “internet en el hogar” (“internet at home”; broad band offered through the mobile network), which has already reached 27k users.

Revenues (€297m) fell 6.1% y-o-y (€574m in the first half, -5.8% y-o-y), negatively affected by the decrease in termination rates and lower revenues from prepay, that was partially compensated by handset sales (+26.2% y-o-y in the quarter as a result of greater commercial activity in high-value segments). Excluding the regulatory impact, revenues would have decreased 0.6% y-o-y in April-June (stable in January-June).

Operating expenses (€266m; €507m in the first half) increased 2.7% y-o-y in April-June (+1.5% in January-June) as a result of higher handsets’ consumption (although to a lesser extent than the growth in revenues seen from handset sales), partially offset by the efficiencies achieved in network and systems. OIBDA rose to €55m (-24.6% y-o-y; €97m in the first half, -26.2% y-o-y) and includes capital gains from fibre optic sales in the quarter of €14m (+€12m for the same concept in the second quarter of 2017), as part of the continuous asset optimisation strategy. Excluding the negative regulatory impact, OIBDA would have increased 3.6% y-o-y (+5.3% in January-June). The OIBDA margin was 18.6% (-4.5 p.p. y-o-y; 16.8% in the first half, -4.7 p.p. y-o-y).

CapEx amounted to €45m in January-June (-33.8% y-o-y). Operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) decreased by 18.1% y-o-y in the first half.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June     % Chg     April - June     % Chg  
     2018     2017     reported     organic     2018     2017     reported     organic  

Revenues

     1,998       2,212       (9.7     (1.3     1,027       1,044       (1.7     (0.4

Telefónica Colombia

     721       756       (4.6     0.7       370       368       0.4       2.3  

Telefónica México

     574       670       (14.3     (5.8     297       356       (16.5     (6.1

Telefónica Centroamérica

     426       450       (5.3     7.1       217       216       0.4       10.1  

Telefónica Ecuador

     265       273       (2.9     9.0       138       137       1.0       9.8  

Telefónica Venezuela

     13       66       (80.6     (80.6     5       (32     c.s.       (86.1

Others & eliminations

     (1     (2     (64.5     (43.3     (0     (1     n.m.       (45.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Service revenues

     1,720       1,970       (12.7     (4.1     875       917       (4.6     (3.5

Telefónica Colombia

     653       684       (4.4     1.0       334       333       0.4       2.5  

Telefónica México

     449       561       (19.9     (11.9     228       294       (22.4     (12.8

Telefónica Centroamérica

     388       419       (7.2     6.5       197       200       (1.4     10.5  

Telefónica Ecuador

     217       244       (11.0     0.7       111       122       (8.7     0.1  

Telefónica Venezuela

     13       64       (80.3     (80.3     4       (31     c.s.       (86.1

Others & eliminations

     (1     (2     (48.6     (43.2     (0     (1     (49.1     (55.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OIBDA

     434       613       (29.2     (5.1     176       294       (40.2     (2.8

Telefónica Colombia

     252       254       (0.8     0.3       128       124       3.1       5.0  

Telefónica México

     97       146       (33.7     (26.2     55       81       (32.0     (24.6

Telefónica Centroamérica

     121       114       6.1       21.5       64       51       26.5       34.5  

Telefónica Ecuador

     72       80       (9.6     (0.1     36       39       (7.1     (1.9

Telefónica Venezuela

     1       20       (96.5     (96.5     (0     (2     (80.8     c.s.  

Others & eliminations (1)

     (108     (0     n.m.       n.m.       (108     (0     n.m.       n.m.  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CapEx

     165       277       (40.6     (36.0     111       144       (22.4     (20.4

Telefónica Colombia

     66       116       (42.5     (42.2     44       56       (21.8     (26.1

Telefónica México

     45       79       (42.5     (33.8     33       35       (7.2     5.9  

Telefónica Centroamérica

     31       50       (37.7     (30.4     20       30       (33.5     (27.5

Telefónica Ecuador

     21       26       (20.6     (11.2     14       19       (22.4     (14.3

Telefónica Venezuela

     1       7       (80.6     (80.6     1       4       (86.2     (91.3

Others & eliminations

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Spectrum

     —         4       —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica Colombia

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica México

     —         4       —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica Centroamérica

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica Ecuador

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Telefónica Venezuela

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

Others & eliminations

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     269       336       (19.9     20.4       64       150       (57.2     13.7  

Telefónica Colombia

     185       138       34.2       38.7       84       68       23.7       34.9  

Telefónica México

     52       67       (23.2     (18.1     23       46       (50.9     (47.3

Telefónica Centroamérica

     90       64       40.2       60.3       44       21       112.0       112.7  

Telefónica Ecuador

     52       54       (4.3     5.3       22       20       6.8       9.2  

Telefónica Venezuela

     (1     13       c.s.       c.s.       (1     (5     (84.6     c.s.  

Others & eliminations (1)

     (108     (0     n.m.       n.m.       (108     (0     n.m.       n.m.  

 

(1) Includes goodwill impairment of 108m in Mexico in April-June 2018

 

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June      % Chg     April - June      % Chg  
     2018     2017      reported     organic     2018     2017      reported     organic  

Revenues

     1,998       2,212        (9.7     (1.3     1,027       1,044        (1.7     (0.4

Mobile Business

     1,641       1,826        (10.1     (0.4     843       860        (1.9     0.3  

Mobile service revenues

     1,364       1,583        (13.9     (3.8     691       732        (5.6     (3.5

Data revenues

     775       857        (9.6     0.6       376       420        (10.5     (8.4

Handset revenues

     278       243        14.6       21.6       152       128        19.0       23.1  

Fixed Business

     356       386        (7.7     (5.3     184       185        (0.6     (3.7

FBB and new services revenues (1) (2)

     191       188        1.3       10.6       98       90        8.8       10.9  

Pay TV revenues

     44       47        (5.9     2.8       23       21        5.7       3.5  

Voice & access revenues (2)

     121       151        (19.6     (24.4     63       73        (14.2     (21.7

Internal expenditure capitalized in fixed assets

     24       25        (2.5     3.1       12       13        (9.5     (5.1

Operating expenses

     (1,532     (1,648      (7.0     1.7       (793     (781      1.5       3.2  

Supplies

     (649     (721      (10.0     (0.4     (342     (354      (3.6     2.4  

Personnel expenses

     (176     (191      (7.5     (2.0     (88     (83      5.8       (0.1

Other operating expenses

     (707     (736      (4.0     4.5       (363     (343      5.6       4.9  

Other net income (expense)

     18       12        43.8       55.5       12       5        n.m.       n.m.  

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

     35       12        n.m.       n.m.       26       12        n.m.       n.m.  

Impairment of goodwill and other assets (3)

     (108     —          —         —         (108     —          —         —    

Operating income before D&A (OIBDA)

     434       613        (29.2     (5.1     176       294        (40.2     (2.8

OIBDA Margin

     21.7     27.7      (6.0  p.p.)      (1.1  p.p.)      17.1     28.1      (11.0  p.p.)      (0.7  p.p.) 

CapEx

     165       277        (40.6     (36.0     111       144        (22.4     (20.4

Spectrum

     0       4        n.m.       n.m.       —         —          —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     269       336        (19.9     20.4       64       150        (57.2     13.7  

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA before management and brand fees.
- After considering Venezuela as a hyperinflationary country, P&L and CapEx from the operations in the country are to be accounted at the closing exchange rate Bolivar Fuerte/Euro. For the January-June 2018 period Telefónica uses a synthetic exchange rate of 2,369,815 Venezuelan bolivars fuertes per dollar at June 2018.
(1) Includes broadband connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, data and ICT revenues, other services over connectivity and FBB equipment.
(2) Following the pre-payment of the debt derived from the operating agreement with PARAPAT and after taking over its subsidiaries Telebucaramanga, Metrotel and Optecom, the consolidated results are included in the fixed business from 1 October 2017. For organic comparative purposes, the results of these subsidiaries are included since 1 January 2017.
(3) Includes goodwill impairment of €108m in Mexico in April-June 2018

TELEFÓNICA HISPAM NORTE

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     72,524.4        71,947.4        71,102.9        72,554.6        72,590.0        73,145.9        1.7  

Fixed telephony accesses (1) (2)

     3,539.7        3,450.6        3,327.8        3,554.7        3,478.3        3,484.8        1.0  

Internet and data accesses (2)

     1,006.9        999.9        1,003.0        1,229.2        1,253.1        1,274.7        27.5  

Broadband

     979.4        971.9        974.3        1,199.9        1,223.2        1,244.0        28.0  

FTTx/Cable

     33.4        54.6        86.5        126.8        167.7        284.4        n.s.  

Mobile accesses

     66,989.6        66,515.0        65,790.4        66,788.6        66,857.0        67,355.8        1.3  

Prepay

     57,725.3        57,115.6        56,284.5        57,190.7        57,061.5        57,360.4        0.4  

Contract

     9,264.2        9,399.4        9,506.0        9,597.9        9,795.4        9,995.4        6.3  

M2M

     1,545.1        1,582.9        1,635.8        1,686.7        1,785.1        1,882.0        18.9  

Pay TV

     988.2        981.9        981.6        982.1        1,001.6        1,030.6        5.0  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Acceses Hispam Norte

     72,564.2        71,986.4        71,141.8        72,565.4        72,590.5        73,146.4        1.6  
                    

 

(1) Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.    
(2) Following the pre-payment of the debt derived from the operating agreement with PARAPAT and after taking over its subsidiaries Telebucaramanga, Metrotel and Optecom, the consolidated results are included in the fixed business from 1 October 2017.    

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

    2017     2018        
    March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

    13.8     14.1     14.4     14.4     14.7     14.8     0.7  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

    8,130.0       8,283.6       8,291.3       8,246.5       8,230.3       29,995.2       1.1  

Smartphone penetration (%)

    55.5     58.0     60.7     60.8     60.4     46.2     0.1  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

    8,280.3       9,426.0       11,336.8       13,626.0       14,761.5       16,069.9       70.5  

LTE penetration (%)

    12.7     14.5     17.7     21.0     22.7     24.6     10.0  p.p. 

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

 

     January - June     April - June  
     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg  

Revenues

     721       756       (4.6     0.7       370       368       0.4       2.3  

Mobile Business

     438       472       (7.2     1.1       224       230       (2.6     2.5  

Mobile service revenues

     370       400       (7.4     1.8       188       194       (3.2     2.8  

Data revenues

     221       221       0.3       10.2       115       112       2.7       7.4  

Handset revenues

     68       72       (6.1     (2.5     36       36       0.7       0.5  

Fixed Business

     283       284       (0.2     (0.0     146       138       5.4       2.0  

FBB and new services (1) (2)

     155       143       8.2       17.7       81       70       14.8       20.7  

Pay TV

     43       45       (6.1     2.3       22       22       (3.2     2.0  

Voice & access revenues (2)

     86       95       (10.0     (22.2     44       46       (4.8     (20.7

OIBDA

     252       254       (0.8     0.3       128       124       3.1       5.0  

OIBDA margin

     34.9     33.6     1.3  p.p.      (0.1  p.p.)      34.6     33.7     0.9  p.p.      0.9  p.p. 

CapEx

     66       116       (42.5     (42.2     44       56       (21.8     (26.1

Spectrum

     —         —         —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     185       138       34.2       38.7       84       68       23.7       34.9  

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA is presented before management and brand fees.
(1) Includes broadband connectivity services (retail and wholesale), including value added services, data and ICT revenues, other services over connectivity and FBB equipment.
(2) Following the pre-payment of the debt derived from the operating agreement with PARAPAT and after taking over its subsidiaries Telebucaramanga, Metrotel and Optecom, the consolidated results are included in the fixed business from 1 October 2017. For organic comparative purposes, the results of these subsidiaries are included since 1 January 2017.

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Final Clients Accesses

     16,471.3        16,610.7        16,964.5        17,940.1        18,116.5        18,515.9        11.5  

Fixed telephony accesses (1) (2)

     1,352.7        1,330.6        1,319.7        1,609.6        1,619.8        1,635.8        22.9  

Internet and data accesses (2)

     990.0        982.3        984.9        1,210.0        1,233.9        1,245.8        26.8  

Broadband

     976.8        969.1        971.5        1,196.4        1,220.2        1,232.2        27.1  

FTTx

     33.4        54.6        86.5        126.8        167.7        284.4        n.s.  

Mobile accesses

     13,603.0        13,768.6        14,130.1        14,590.6        14,716.1        15,070.6        9.5  

Prepay

     9,974.3        10,096.8        10,401.1        10,857.7        11,003.8        11,298.3        11.9  

Contract

     3,628.6        3,671.8        3,729.0        3,732.9        3,712.3        3,772.3        2.7  

M2M

     474.8        463.7        468.6        454.3        452.1        480.2        3.5  

Pay TV

     525.6        529.3        529.8        529.9        546.7        563.8        6.5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     16,471.8        16,611.2        16,965.0        17,940.5        18,117.0        18,516.4        11.5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes fixed wireless and VoIP accesses.
(2) Following the pre-payment of the debt derived from the operating agreement with PARAPAT and after taking over its subsidiaries Telebucaramanga, Metrotel and Optecom, the consolidated results are included in the fixed business from 1 October 2017.

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     26.7     26.7     26.4     25.6     25.2     25.0     (1.6  p.p.) 

Smartphones (‘000)

     5,324.1       5,477.0       5,761.4       5,977.1       6,069.0       6,304.2       15.1  

Smartphone penetration (%)

     41.1     41.7     42.7     42.7     42.9     43.6     1.9  p.p. 

LTE (‘000)

     2,682.5       3,193.6       3,731.2       4,260.0       4,585.6       5,006.8       56.8  

LTE penetration (%)

     20.4     24.0     27.3     30.1     32.1     34.3     10.3  p.p. 

Mobile churn (quarterly)

     4.2     3.4     2.9     2.9     3.4     3.2     (0.2  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     1.5     1.6     1.5     1.7     1.7     1.6     0.0  p.p. 

Mobile churn (cumulative YTD)

     4.2     3.8     3.5     3.3     3.4     3.2     (0.6  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     1.5     1.5     1.5     1.6     1.7     1.6     0.1  p.p. 

Mobile ARPU (EUR)(cumulative YTD)

     4.7       4.6       4.5       4.4       4.0       4.0       (5.8

Prepay

     1.2       1.2       1.2       1.2       1.1       1.1       (3.3

Contract (1)

     16.4       15.9       15.3       15.0       13.4       13.4       (7.2

Mobile data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     22,498       48,002       75,237       105,623       31,191       65,600       36.7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fixed telephony ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     11.1       10.8       10.2       9.3       8.0       8.1       (18.0

Pay TV ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     14.3       14.1       13.5       13.2       12.5       12.6       (2.1

Broadband ARPU (EUR) (cumulative YTD)

     11.0       11.1       10.9       10.3       10.6       10.9       6.3  

Fixed data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD) (2)

     89,505       192,552       296,678       401,577       295,782       619,750       n.m.  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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- ARPU: monthly average revenue divided by the monthly average accesses of the period. % organic change.
- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.
(1) Excludes M2M.
(2) Includes solely traffic pertaining to FBB accesses, not Business customers.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Unaudited figures (Euros in millions)

     January - June     April - June  
     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg     2018     2017     % Chg     % Organic Chg  

Revenues

     574       670       (14.3     (5.8     297       356       (16.5     (6.1

Service revenues

     449       561       (19.9     (11.9     228       294       (22.4     (12.9

Data revenues

     229       270       (15.4     (5.4     95       159       (40.2     (29.2

Handset revenues

     125       109       14.3       25.8       69       62       11.8       26.2  

OIBDA

     97       146       (33.7     (26.2     55       81       (32.0     (24.6

OIBDA margin

     16.8     21.7     (4.9  p.p.)      (4.7  p.p.)      18.6     22.8     (4.2  p.p.)      (4.5  p.p.) 

CapEx

     45       79       (42.5     (33.8     33       35       (7.2     5.9  

Spectrum

     —         4       —         —         —         —         —         —    

OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)

     52       67       (23.2     (18.1     23       46       (50.9     (47.3

Notes:

 

- January-June and April-June 2018 results reported under accounting standards IFRS 15 & 9, effective since January 2018.
- OIBDA is presented before management and brand fees.

ACCESSES

Unaudited figures (Thousands)

 

     2017      2018         
     March      June      September      December      March      June      % Chg  

Mobile accesses

     25,657.9        25,277.7        24,539.2        25,070.9        25,269.3        25,499.9        0.9  

Prepay

     23,639.3        23,197.6        22,408.7        22,882.4        22,977.1        23,124.3        (0.3

Contract

     2,018.6        2,080.1        2,130.5        2,188.5        2,292.2        2,375.6        14.2  

M2M

     710.1        744.0        789.2        854.5        932.7        982.8        32.1  

Fixed Wireless

     974.4        924.2        849.5        808.4        750.6        768.6        (16.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Accesses

     26,671.5        26,240.4        25,427.1        25,889.5        26,019.9        26,268.5        0.1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

SELECTED OPERATIONAL DATA

Unaudited figures

 

     2017     2018        
     March     June     September     December     March     June     % Chg  

Contract percentage (%)

     7.9     8.2     8.7     8.7     9.1     9.3     1.1  p.p. 

Smartphones (‘000)

     11,865.9       11,789.9       11,483.8       11,576.0       11,339.0       11,020.6       (6.5

Smartphone penetration (%)

     47.6     48.1     48.4     47.9     46.7     45.0     (3.1  p.p.) 

LTE (‘000)

     3,658.0       4,035.0       4,309.6       5,111.2       5,427.6       5,591.8       38.6  

LTE penetration (%)

     14.7     16.4     18.1     21.1     22.3     22.8     6.4  p.p. 

Mobile churn (quarterly)

     4.8     3.9     4.7     3.7     3.7     3.6     (0.3  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     2.1     1.9     2.2     2.5     2.0     2.3     0.4  p.p. 

Mobile churn (cumulative YTD)

     4.8     4.4     4.5     4.3     3.7     3.6     (0.7  p.p.) 

Contract (1)

     2.1     1.7     1.9     2.1     2.0     2.3     0.5  p.p. 

Mobile ARPU (EUR)(cumulative YTD)

     2.7       2.9       3.0       3.0       2.4       2.4       (9.9

Prepay

     2.3       2.4       2.5       2.5       1.9       2.0       (11.2

Contract (1)

     12.1       12.4       12.5       12.3       11.4       10.4       (8.1

Mobile data traffic (TB) (cumulative YTD)

     30,861       69,939       112,251       155,767       46,704       101,195       44.7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Notes:

 

- ARPU: monthly average revenue divided by the monthly average accesses of the period. % organic change.
- Data traffic is defined as Terabytes used by the company customers, both upload and download (1TByte = 10^12 bytes). Promotional traffic is included. Traffic not associated to the Company’s mobile customers (roaming-in, MVNOs, interconnection of third parties and other business lines) is also included. Traffic volume non-rounded.
(1) Excludes M2M.

 

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ADDENDA

Key Holdings of the Telefónica Group

 

     % Stake  

TELEFÓNICA ESPAÑA

  

Telefónica de España

     100.0  

Telefónica Móviles España

     100.0  

Telyco

     100.0  

Acens Technologies

     100.0  

Telefónica Servicios Integrales de Distribución

     100.0  

DTS, Distribuidora de Televisión Digital

     100.0  

TELEFÓNICA UK

     100.0  

TELEFÓNICA DEUTSCHLAND

     69.2  

TELEFÓNICA BRASIL

     73.7  

TELEFÓNICA HISPAM SUR

  

Telefónica de Argentina

     100.0  

Telefónica Móviles Argentina

     100.0  

Telefónica Móviles Chile

     100.0  

Telefónica Móviles Uruguay

     100.0  

Telefónica del Perú

     98.6  

Telefónica Chile

     99.1  

TELEFÓNICA HISPAM NORTE

  

Telefónica Móviles México

     100.0  

Telefónica Venezolana

     100.0  

Telefónica Ecuador

     100.0  

Telefónica Costa Rica

     100.0  

Telefónica Colombia

     67.5  

Telefónica Móviles El Salvador

     59.6  

Telefónica Móviles Guatemala

     60.0  

Telefonía Celular Nicaragua

     60.0  

Telefónica Móviles Panamá

     60.0  

 

(1)

As of 20 February 2018, stake communicated to CNMV.

     % Stake  

OTHER STAKES

  

Telefónica de Contenidos

     100.0  

Telxius Telecom S.A.U

     60.0  

Telefónica Digital

     100.0  

China Unicom

     0.6  

BBVA

     0.7  

Prisa (1)

     9.4  
 

 

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Changes to the Perimeter

During the January-June 2018 period, there had been no significant changes to the perimeter of consolidation.

 

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Alternative performance measures

Information included in compliance with the ESMA Guidelines, 5 October 2015, on Alternative Performance Measures (APM), applicable to published regulated information from 3 July 2016.

The management of the Group uses a series of APM in its decision-making, in addition to those expressly defined in the IFRS, because they provide additional information useful to assess the Group’s performance, solvency and liquidity. These measures should not be viewed in isolation or as a substitute for the measures presented according to the IFRS.

The APM included in this report are: Operating Income Before Depreciation and Amortization, Net financial debt and Net financial debt plus commitments, leverage ratio, Free cash flow, Organic result and Underlying result.

Operating income before amortisation (OIBDA)

Operating income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) is calculated by excluding solely depreciation and amortization from operating income. OIBDA is used to track the performance of the business and to establish operating and strategic targets of the Telefónica Group companies. OIBDA is a commonly reported measure and is widely used among analysts, investors and other interested parties in the telecommunications industry, although not a measure explicitly defined in IFRS, and therefore, may not be comparable to similar indicators used by other companies. OIBDA should not be considered as a substitute for operating income.

The detailed reconciliation of Telefónica Group’s OIBDA and Operating Income and each of its segments, can be found in this document (Telefónica Group and Segment P&Ls), as well as on the selected financial information contained in “https://www.telefonica.com/documents/162467/142176244/rdos18t2-data.zip”.

The OIBDA is also defined on the financial information published by the Group as of 30 June, 2018 (see particularly Note 2 of the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the 6-month ended June 30, 2018).

Debt indicators

 

  a)

Net financial debt and Net financial debt plus commitments

As calculated by us, net financial debt includes: (i) current and non-current financial liabilities in our consolidated statement of financial position (which includes the negative mark-to-market value of derivatives) and (ii) other payables included in “Payables and other non-current liabilities” and “Payables and other current liabilities” (mainly corresponding to payables for deferred payment of radio spectrum that have a financial component). From these liabilities, the following are subtracted: i) cash and cash equivalents, ii) current financial assets (which include short-term derivatives), iii) the positive mark-to-market value of derivatives with a maturity beyond one year, and iv) other interest-bearing assets (components of “Receivables and other current assets” and “Financial assets and other non-current assets” in our consolidated statement of financial position). The accounts included in the net financial debt calculation recorded in “Payables and other non-current liabilities” or “Financial assets and other non-current assets” have a maturity beyond one year and a financial component. In “Receivables and other current assets” we include the customer financing of terminal sales classified as short term, and “Financial assets and other non-current assets” includes derivatives, instalments for the long term sales of terminals to customers and other long term financial assets.

We calculate net financial debt plus commitments by adding gross commitments related to employee benefits to net financial debt, and deducting the value of long-term assets associated with those commitments and the tax benefits arising from the future payments of those commitments.

We believe that net financial debt and net financial debt plus commitments are meaningful for investors and analysts because they provide an analysis of our solvency using the same measures used by our management.

 

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We use net financial debt and net financial debt plus commitments to calculate internally certain solvency and leverage ratios used by management. Nevertheless, neither net financial debt nor net financial debt plus commitments as calculated by us should be considered as a substitute for gross financial debt as presented in the consolidated statement of financial position.

The reconciliation of Telefónica Group’s gross financial debt according to the consolidated statement of financial position, net financial debt and net financial debt plus commitments at the end of June 2018 can be found on page 13 of this document and in the financial information contained in “https://www.telefonica.com/documents/162467/142176244/rdos18t2-data.zip”. Net financial debt is also defined on the financial information published by the Group as of June 30, 2018 (see Note 2 of the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the 6-month ended June 30, 2018).

 

  b)

Leverage ratio

The leverage ratio is calculated as the ratio of net financial debt over OIBDA for the past 12 months, including or excluding the OIBDA of the companies which are incorporated or removed from the perimeter of consolidation, and excluding certain factors in line with the calculation of organic OIBDA.

The reconciliation of the leverage ratio can be found in the selected financial information contained in “https://www.telefonica.com/documents/162467/142176244/rdos18t2-data.zip”.

Free Cash Flow

The Group’s free cash flow is calculated starting from “Net cash flow provided by operating activities” as indicated in the consolidated statement of cash flows; deducting (Payments on investments)/Proceeds from the sale of investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, net, adding the cash received form government grants and deducting dividends paid to minority interests. The cash used to cancel commitments related to employee benefits (originally included in the Net cash flow provided by operating activities) is added as it represents the payments of principal of the debt incurred with those employees.

We believe that free cash flow is a meaningful measure for investors and analysts because it provides an analysis of the cash flow available to protect solvency levels and to remunerate the parent company’s shareholders and other equity holders (which is why free cash flows do not consider payments to minority interests). The same measure is used internally by our management. Nevertheless, free cash flow as calculated by us should not be considered as a substitute for the various flows of cash as presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

The reconciliation of net cash flow from operations, according to the consolidated statement of cash flows (on astraight-line basis) and the Group’s Free cash flow according to the above definition, can be found on the selected financial information contained in “https://www.telefonica.com/documents/162467/142176244/rdos18t2-data.zip”. Free cash flow is also defined in the financial information published by the Group as of June 30, 2018 (see Note 2 of the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the 6-month ended June 30, 2018).

Organic Result

Year-on-year changes referred to in this document as “organic” or presented “in organic terms” intend to present a homogeneous comparison, by applying a constant perimeter of consolidation, constant exchange rates and other specific adjustments which are described herein. “Organic” variations provide useful information about the evolution of the business due to several factors:

 

   

They provide information on the organic performance of the Group’s operations in the different markets in which it operates, by maintaining constant exchange rates and perimeter, removing the impact of certain exogenous factors which may distort the year-on-year comparison since they are specific to a certain moment and not associated with the ordinary performance of the business (such as, for example, capital gains or losses from the sale of companies or restructuring associated to simplification plans and aimed at improving efficiency and future profitability of the Company) and therefore, helping the business performance analysis in homogeneous terms.

 

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    Organic results are therefore used both internally and by the various agents in the market to conduct consistent monitoring of trends and of the operating performance of the business. Moreover, this data helps the comparison between the business performance of Telefónica and that of other operators, although the term “organic” is not a term defined in IFRS, and the “organic measures” included herein may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.

For the purposes of this document, “organic” variation 2018/2017 is defined as the reported variation adjusted by the following factors:

 

    Assumes average constant foreign exchange rates of 2017, except for Venezuela (2017 and 2018 results converted at the closing synthetic exchange rate for each period).

 

    Considers a constant perimeter of consolidation.

 

    Excludes in 2018 the impact of IFRS 15 accounting change.

 

    At OIBDA and Operating cash flow levels, excludes write-downs, capital gains/losses from the sale of companies, sale of towers, restructuring expenses and non-recurrent material impacts.

 

    CapEx also excludes investment in spectrum.

Reconciliation between reported data and organic revenue figures, OIBDA and operating cash flow can be found in the selected financial information contained in “https://www.telefonica.com/documents/162467/142176244/rdos18t2-data.zip”.

The Management Report contained in the Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended June 30, 2018 of Telefónica Group also includes the description of the adjustments for the calculation of the organic variations.

Underlying Result

“Underlying” results or results in “underlying” terms and year-on-year changes referred to in this document as “underlying” or presented “in underlying terms” intend to present a comparison with the adjustment of certain factors which distort the year-on-year comparison of the business performance. Unlike the organic result, no exchange rate or perimeter adjustments are made to the underlying result. Likewise, the underlying result is calculated up to net income, while organic variations are calculated up to the Operating Cash Flow (OIBDA - CapEx). The “underlying” result and variations, provide useful information for the company and market agents because:

 

    They provide additional information on the underlying performance of the Group’s operations in the different markets, removing the impact of certain factors which distort the year-on-year comparison, as they are specific to a certain moment and not associated with the ordinary performance of the business, and facilitate the underlying analysis of the business.

 

    The inclusion of the business underlying performance is used both internally and by the various agents in the market to perform consistent monitoring of trends and operating performance of the business; this data also facilitates the comparison between the business performance of Telefónica and that of other operators, although the term “underlying” is not a term defined in IFRS, and the “underlying” measures included herein may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.

For the purposes of this document, “underlying” variation 2018/2017 is defined as the reported variation as adjusted by the following factors:

 

    Excludes in 2018 the impact of IFRS 15 accounting change.

 

    At OIBDA level, excludes write-downs, capital gains/losses from the sale of companies, sale of towers, restructuring expenses and material non-recurrent impacts.

 

    At net income level, amortisation of assets from purchase price allocation processes is also excluded.

Reconciliation between reported data and OIBDA underlying figures and net can be found on the selected financial information contained on “https://www.telefonica.com/documents/162467/142176244/rdos18t2-data.zip”.

 

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DISCLAIMER

This document may contain forward-looking statements and information (hereinafter, the “Statements”) relating to the Telefónica Group (hereinafter, the “Company” or “Telefónica”) or otherwise. These Statements may include financial forecasts and estimates based on assumptions or statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations that make reference to different matters, such as the customer base and its evolution, growth of the different business lines and of the global business, market share, possible acquisitions, divestitures or other transactions, Company’s results and other aspects related to the activity and situation of the Company.

The Statements can be identified, in certain cases, through the use of words such as “forecast”, “expectation”, “anticipation”, “aspiration”, “purpose”, “belief” or similar expressions or variations of such expressions. These Statements reflect the current views of Telefónica with respect to future events, do not represent, by their own nature, any guarantee of future fulfilment, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the final developments and results to materially differ from those expressed or implied by such Statements. These risks and uncertainties include those identified in the documents containing more comprehensive information filed by Telefónica before the different supervisory authorities of the securities markets in which its shares are listed and, in particular, the Spanish National Securities Market Commission.

Except as required by applicable law, Telefónica does not assume any obligation to publicly update the Statements to adapt them to events or circumstances taking place after the date hereof, including changes in the Company’s business, in its business development strategy or any other unexpected circumstance.

This document may contain summarized, non-audited or non-GAAP financial information. The information contained herein should therefore be considered as a whole and in conjunction with all the public information regarding the Company available, including, if any, other documents released by the Company that may contain more detailed information.

In October 2015, the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) published guidelines on Alternative Performance Measures (APM), applicable to regulated information published from July 3, 2016. Information related to APM used in the present document are included in the Appendix “Alternative performance measures”, page 45 of this document. Moreover, recipients of this document are invited to read our condensed consolidated interim financial statements and consolidated interim management report for the six-month period ended Jun 30, 2018 submitted to the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), in Note 2, page 9, of the pdf filed.

Neither this document nor any of its contents constitute an offer to purchase, sale or exchange any security, a solicitation of any offer to purchase, sale or exchange any security, or a recommendation or advice regarding any security.

 

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SIGNATURES

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.

 

    Telefónica, S.A.
Date: July 26, 2018     By:  

/s/ Laura Abasolo García de Baquedano

      Name:   Laura Abasolo García de Baquedano
      Title:   Chief Finance and Control Officer for Telefonica, S.A.