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1Q16 Results: Telefonica Brasil S.A.SAO PAULO, April 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Telefonica Brasil - (Bovespa: VIVT3 [Common Shares] / VIVT4 [Preferred Shares]; NYSE: VIV), announces its 1Q16 results. In the first quarter of 2016, Vivo achieved strong EBITDA expansion and robust cash flow generation through sustained revenue growth, efficiency and synergies capturing.
(*) Adjusted by the towers sale in 1Q16 in the amount of R$ 513.5 million Leadership in the postpaid segment, with continuous growth (+8.1% y-o-y in 1Q16) and share of net additions of 41% until February 2016. Postpaid market share came to 42.4% in February. Mobile ARPU recorded y-o-y growth of 10.9% in 1Q16, driven by the solid 35.7% y-o-y growth in Data ARPU, which already represented 52% of total ARPU. Resilient growth in fixed accesses: Broadband accesses reached 7.2 million in 1Q16, while FTTx* connections reached 54.2% of the base in 1Q16, with annual growth of 12.6%. Pay TV accesses totaled 1.8 million in 1Q16, 4.9% up y-o-y, with strong increase in premium accesses (IPTV and Interactive DTH). Net operating service revenue grew 1.0% y-o-y in 1Q16, maintaining a positive performance despite the challenging macroeconomic environment and affected by regulatory effects. Net mobile service revenue increased by 0.4% y-o-y in 1Q16. Excluding the effect of MTR reductions in 2015 and 2016, this line increased 2.9% over 1Q15. Mobile Data and VAS revenue grew 22.8% y-o-y in 1Q16, fueled by the strong upturn in mobile internet revenue, of 35.4% over 1Q15. Net fixed revenue posted y-o-y growth of 2.0% in 1Q16. Excluding the reduction in fixed-mobile regulated tariffs (VC, TU-RL and TU-RIU), this increase came to 5.1% in 1Q16 over 1Q15. Operating costs fell by 9.0% y-o-y in 1Q16. Adjusted by the sale of towers, operating costs declined 2.0%, reflecting the Company's focus on efficiency and the capturing of synergies. EBITDA totaled R$ 3.8 billion in 1Q16, accompanied by an EBITDA Margin of 36.3%. Adjusted for the sale of towers recurring EBITDA amounted to R$3.3 billion in the quarter, with a recurring EBITDA Margin of 31.4% achieving the highest growth in the last 5 quarters: 7% y-o-y. 1Q16 investments totaled R$1.5 billion, accounting for 14.3% of net operating revenue. EBITDA – CAPEX achieved accelerated growth of 37% y-o-y in 1Q16 with a strong evolution in Free Cash Flow in 1Q16. Successful execution of key projects during April/16 (one only brand and legal entity, launch of national 3P portfolio and 4P pilot) and value capture of synergies in 1Q16 in line with expectations. TELEFONICA BRASIL – Investor Relations To download the complete version of the Company's earnings release, please visit our website: http://www.telefonica.com.br/ir To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1q16-results-telefonica-brasil-sa-300258929.html SOURCE Telefonica Brasil S.A. |