US wins market share and profits 50.9 million in the half – publico

 
         

                 

                         
                     

                 

 
 

The consolidated profit of the US rose 7.6% in the first half of this year over the same period of 2015 to 50.9 million euros, announced today the telecom operator. In a statement sent to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM), the operator led by Miguel Almeida said that “the US registered in the first six months of 2016, plus a half of strong operational tempo” with growth in all services and operator to gain market share.

net profit before results of associates and joint ventures companies and non-controlling interests rose 54.2% to 60.6 million euros. Operating revenues increased 6.2% to 743.1 million euros, an increase of 6.7% in telecommunications revenues to 710.4 million euros. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased 7.6% to 286.5 million euros, with EBITDA margin reaching 38.6%, ie 0.5 percentage point more the first six months of 2015. the investment (total CAPEX) stood at 196.1 million euros, a figure in line with that recorded in the first half of last year.

“These first six months consolidated the US option for continuous innovation, to ensure the best services to customers based on the largest and most modern communications infrastructure. These results are even more significant in view of the gradual penetration of services communications in the domestic market, “says CEO, Miguel Almeida, quoted in the statement.

Miguel Almeida also highlights the” clear increase in market share “of the operator. Based on data released by the regulator and different operators for the first quarter, the operator says “continued to progress in terms of market share gains in revenue and ended the first quarter with 29.6% revenue share, close the 30% target envisaged for 2018 and 3.5 percentage points more “than in the fourth quarter of 2013, the first full quarter after the merger (ZON / Optimus).

This is the first presentation NOS results after the launch of the television platform – UMA -. the operator says it has reinforced its leadership in innovation in telecommunications

NOS also discloses that the number of services “recorded a new record,” with an increase of 8.9% to 8.746 million, with net additions of 717,000 services over the first half of 2015 and with 713,600 new converged services and adds that reinforced its leading position in the pay-TV market whose customers increased by 4.8% to 1,574 million, with net additions of 30,600 customers in the first half.

a new record also recorded the number of mobile subscribers, reaching 4,270 million (10.6 %), and net additions of 409,100 new customers over the same period, while in the fixed broadband and fixed telephone services was recorded also “strong progress”, with increases of 13.1% and 5.9 % to 1.206 million and 1.665 million, respectively.

the number of business services increased by 156,300 over the first half 2015, reflecting the growth in various services, reaching 1.346 million services (13 more, 1%), says the US. The operator adds that “continued to increase the coverage of its wireline new generation, increasing the number of homes passed by about 233,000 over the same period 2015″.

The number of households with coverage now reaches 3.7 million compared to 3.5 million recorded at the end of the first six months of last year. In the business of film and audiovisual, the number of tickets sold stood at 4.1 million, up 3.3% year on year, with the average revenue per customer increased by 1.9% to 4.7 euros, compared that obtained in the same period in 2015.