Daniel Hajj
Analyst · Credit Suisse. You may proceed
Yes, good morning and welcome to America Movil first quarter of 2016 financial and operating results. Carlos is going to make summary of the results, Carlos?
Carlos García Moreno: Thank you, Daniel. Good morning everyone. The first quarter marked the worst beginning of the year for capital markets in general, and for emerging markets in particular, with renewed concerns about the sustainability of growth in China impacting commodity prices across the board. Oil prices were under severe pressure reaching in mid-February their lowest level in at least 12 years. The Mexican peso depreciated sharply in the first two months of the quarter, dragged down by oil prices. Currency volatility in Mexico and other countries was very high throughout the quarter, making it difficult to manage the sale of dollar-based products such as handsets. In spite of these economic activity was rather stable throughout the region, with the major exception being Brazil. In March, fixed line RGUs reached 81 million, up 3.8% from a year before, while wireless subscribers were down 2%, to 284 million. During the quarter, we added 759,000 postpaid subs with Brazil and Mexico accounting for just over 200,000 postpaid net adds each month, and Colombia 69,000. Our contract base was up 6.2% year-on-year. Our prepaid subscriber base declined 4.1% year-on-year, following disconnection of 2.4 million clients in the first quarter, including 908,000 in Brazil, 700,000 in Colombia. On the fixed line platform, fixed broadband access lines led the way, increasing 9.3% from the prior year, with both PayTV and voice accesses expanding between 1% and 2% year-on-year. Our revenues totaled MXN223 billion, in the first quarter 1.4% more than the year before, with service revenues increasing 0.3% in Mexican peso terms, and declining 1.1% at constant exchange rates. Fixed broadband and PayTV revenues were the main drivers of revenue growth, increasing 7.9% and 5.9% year-on-year. Our mobile data revenues decelerated particularly in Mexico and Brazil. Mobile voice revenues were impacted by sharp reductions in interconnection rate in Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and Chile. They average about 30% overall, and also by stronger competition in some markets, especially Mexico. Central America continued to outperform all regions, posting 5.9% service revenue growth at constant exchange rate followed by the South American block. EBIDTA came in at MXN52 billion, down 9.6% from the year earlier quarter in peso terms and 8.8% at constant exchange rate. It was equivalent to 37.7% of total revenues. Operating profits fell 25% in peso terms, reflecting both the EBIDTA reduction and a 10% increase in deprecation/amortization charges, an increase that for the most part reflected the amortization of goodwill basically, intangible assets related to the acquisition of our stake in Telekom Austria. Our comprehensive financing costs amounted to MXN21 million, 14.5% less than the year before, the net interest payments of MXN6.9 billion, whereas our foreign exchange losses totaled MXN1.8 billion, other financial expenses reached MXN12 billion. We obtained a net profit of MXN4.8 billion in the quarter, equivalent to seven peso cents per share, and $0.08 per ADR. Our debt totaled MXN577 billion in March, down from MXN582 billion in December. It was equivalent to two times last month EBIDTA. In flow terms, our net debt was reduced by MXN14 billion with gross debt falling by MXN23 billion. Our capital expenditures, which included MXN3.6 billion in spectrum purchases, most of them in Mexico amounted to MXN26 billion, and shareholder distributions, mostly share buybacks, to MXN2.8 billion in the quarter. With that, I would like to give the call back to Daniel, so that we can begin the Q&A session. Thank you.