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6-K 1 amxpr3q15_6k.htm AMERICA MOVIL'S THIRD QUARTER OF 2015 FINANCIAL AND OPERATING REPORT amxpr3q15_6k.htm - Generated by SEC Publisher for SEC Filing

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the

Securities Excha nge Act of 1934

For the month of October, 2015

Commission File Number: 1-16269

AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

America Mobile

(Translation of Registrant´s name into English)

Lago Zurich 245 Plaza Carso / Edificio Telcel Colonia Granada Ampliación 11529 Mexico, D.F., Mexico

(Address of principal executive office)

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

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is submitting this Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): Yes _ No X Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is submitting this Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): Yes _ No X Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form 6-K is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes _ No X_

América Móvil’s third quarter of 2015 financial and operating report

Mexico City, October 19, 2015 - América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“América Móvil”) [BMV: AMX] [NYSE: AMX] [NASDAQ: AMOV] [LATIBEX: XAMXL], announced today its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2015.

We ended September with 368.2 million access lines, 1.0% more than a year before. This figure includes 288.4 million wireless subscribers, 34.9 million landlines, 23.4 million broadband accesses and 21.6 million PayTV units.

Our wireless postpaid base was up 5.1% year-on-year to 61.5 million subscribers. Postpaid net additions were 836 thousand, the majority came from Mexico, Brazil and our European operations.

Third quarter revenues were up 1.2% from the prior year to 223.6 billion pesos, bringing the total through September to 663.6 billion pesos. Year to date, EBITDA totaled 203 billion pesos, 5.5% less than a year before in Mexican peso terms.

After depreciation and amortization charges that were equivalent to 16% of service revenues—4.9% higher than in the prior year—we obtained an operating profit of 35.2 billion pesos, which was down 17.5% in Mexican peso terms.

Our comprehensive financing costs grew to 38.9 billion pesos, mostly reflecting the sharp depreciation that took place in the quarter of the Mexican peso and the Brazilian real relative to the U.S. dollar. Net interest expenses came down by 2.4% year on year and by 10.1% year to date.

Our net debt increased by 61.3 billion pesos since December allowing for the reclassification of our stake in KPN from a long term investment valued at cost to an available for sale asset valued at market prices. Our net debt represented 1.8 times LTM EBITDA. It must be noted that upon the spin-off of Telesites our net debt is to be reduced by 21 billion pesos.

Through September we funded capital expenditures in the amount of 105.7 billion pesos and shareholder distributions totaling 59.5 billion pesos, including both dividends and share buybacks.

América Móvil Fundamentals (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14
EPS (Mex$) (1) -0.04 0.18
Earning per ADR (US$) (2) -0.05 0.28
Net Income (millions of Mex$) -2,884 12,619
Average Shares Outstanding (billion) (3) 66.45 69.10
(1) Net Income / Average Shares outstanding (2) 20 shares per ADR (3) All figures in the table reflect retroactively the 2:1 split that became effective on June 29th, 2011

Relevant Events

On August 25th, our subsidiary Telmex, was notified of the initial phase of certain proceedings initiated by the Federal Telecommunications Institute (“IFT”), to determine alleged violations to its concession and the must-offer rules. The proceedings initiated by the IFT are related to the commercial agreements Telmex has with Dish México and to the internet content provider known as “Uno TV”. Telmex has provided response to the IFT disputing the alleged violations. AMX strongly believes that Telmex is in full compliance with the terms of its concessions.

We issued a mandatory exchangeable bond in the amount of 750 million euros on September 9 th . The transaction has a 3 year tenor and carries a coupon of 5.5%. Upon maturity the bond will be exchanged for KPN shares at a price of 3.34 euros per share. America Movil will get the full benefit of any price increase up to 27.5% of the above-mentioned price (4.26 euros per share).

Access Lines

We ended September with 368.2 million access lines, 1.0% more than a year before. This figure includes 288.4 million wireless subscribers, 34.9 million landlines, 23.4 million broadband accesses and 21.6 million PayTV units.

We registered net disconnections of 401 thousand wireless subscribers in the third quarter resulting in a 0.4% decline of our subscriber base relative to 2014. Our fixed RGUs have increased 1.8% driven by the growth of broadband accesses, which expanded 3.6% relative to December of last year.

Brazil and Mexico make up almost 55% of the total base; the former reached 107.1 million access lines while the latter had 94.7 million access lines at the end of September.

América Móvil’s Subsidiaries as of September 2015 — Country Brand Business Equity Participation Consolidation Method
Mexico Telcel wireless 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Telmex wireline 98.7% Global Consolidation Method
Sección Amarilla (1) other 98.4% Global Consolidation Method
Telvista other 89.4% Global Consolidation Method
Argentina Claro wireless 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Telmex wireline 99.7% Global Consolidation Method
Brazil Claro wireless/wireline 96.1% Global Consolidation Method
Chile Claro wireless 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Telmex (1) wireline 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Colombia Claro wireless 99.4% Global Consolidation Method
Telmex wireline 99.3% Global Consolidation Method
Costa Rica Claro wireless 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Dominicana Claro wireless/wireline 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Ecuador Claro wireless 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Telmex (1) wireline 98.4% Global Consolidation Method
El Salvador Claro wireless/wireline 95.8% Global Consolidation Method
Guatemala Claro wireless/wireline 99.3% Global Consolidation Method
Honduras Claro wireless/wireline 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Nicaragua Claro wireless/wireline 99.6% Global Consolidation Method
Panama Claro wireless/wireline 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Paraguay Claro wireless/wireline 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Peru Claro wireless/wireline 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Puerto Rico Claro wireless/wireline 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
Uruguay Claro wireless/wireline 100.0% Global Consolidation Method
USA Tracfone wireless 98.2% Global Consolidation Method
Netherlands KPN wireless/wireline 21.1% None (2)
Austria Telekom Austria wireless/wireline 59.7% Global Consolidation Method
(1) Equity Participation of Telmex Internacional of which América Móvil owns 97.82%. (2) Since May, it is deemed to be available for sale, there is no proportional consolidation.

Wireless Subscribers

We finished September with 288.4 million subscribers after net disconnections of 401 thousand clients in the quarter, having disconnected 849 thousand prepaid subscribers in Brazil—partly as a result of the economic downturn—, 650 thousand in Ecuador and 439 thousand in Colombia that were not generating traffic. Net additions came in at 399 thousand in Central America, 361 thousand in Mexico, 413 thousand in Argentina and 147 thousand in Chile.

Our wireless postpaid base was up 5.1% year-on-year to 61.5 million subscribers. Postpaid net additions were 836 thousand—17.9% more than a year before— of which 344 thousand came from Mexico and 181 thousand from Brazil.

Chile was our fastest growing operation in relative terms with an 8.4% annual growth rate followed by Central America, which increased 5.7%, and Mexico with 3.6%.

Wireless Subscribers as of September 2015
Total (1) (Thousands)
Country Sep'15 Jun'15 Var.% Sep'14 Var.%
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay 22,075 21,661 1.9% 22,004 0.3%
Austria & CEE 20,192 20,005 0.9% 19,903 1.4%
Brazil 70,353 71,202 -1.2% 69,636 1.0%
Central America* 15,120 14,720 2.7% 14,309 5.7%
Caribbean 5,225 5,193 0.6% 5,018 4.1%
Chile 6,152 6,005 2.5% 5,677 8.4%
Colombia 28,931 29,370 -1.5% 29,291 -1.2%
Ecuador 9,273 9,923 -6.6% 12,280 -24.5%
Mexico 72,994 72,633 0.5% 70,474 3.6%
Peru 12,354 12,370 -0.1% 12,338 0.1%
USA 25,726 25,713 0.1% 25,904 -0.7%
Total Wireless Lines 288,395 288,796 -0.1% 286,834 0.5%
(1) Includes total subscribers of all companies in which América Móvil holds an economic interest; does not consider the date in which the companies started being consolidated. *Central America includes Panama and Costa Rica in every table.

Fixed Revenue Generating Units

We had 79.8 million RGUs, 2.9% more than in the same period of last year after net additions of 945 thousand net RGUs in the quarter, which include 591 thousand broadband accesses and 262 thousand fixed lines. The fixed broadband base increased 5.4% over the year and the number of fixed lines rose 2.4%. PayTV was up 1.0% in annual terms after adding 92 thousand new units in the period.

Altogether, our operations in South America posted an annual growth of 4.3%, with Colombia growing 10.2% and Ecuador and Peru rising 11.4% and 12.0% respectively, although from a small base.

Brazil concentrates nearly half of our fixed RGUs, 46%, Mexico accounts for 27%, Colombia 7%, and both Central America and Europe approximately 6%.

Fixed-Line and Other Accesses (RGUs) as of September 2015
Total (Thousands)
Country Sep'15 Jun'15 Var.% Sep'14 Var.%
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay 579 581 -0.3% 593 -2.4%
Austria & CEE 4,769 4,509 5.8% 4,369 9.2%
Brazil 36,766 36,516 0.7% 35,564 3.4%
Central America 4,851 4,763 1.9% 4,528 7.1%
Caribbean 2,471 2,431 1.6% 2,317 6.7%
Chile 1,232 1,229 0.3% 1,236 -0.3%
Colombia 5,719 5,583 2.4% 5,188 10.2%
Ecuador 374 368 1.6% 336 11.4%
Mexico 21,709 21,606 0.5% 22,242 -2.4%
Peru 1,343 1,289 4.2% 1,199 12.0%
Total RGUs 79,815 78,875 1.2% 77,572 2.9%
*Fixed Line, Broadband and Television (Cable & DTH)

América Móvil Consolidated Results

The expectation throughout much of the third quarter that the Fed would lift interest rates before the end of September brought about renewed volatility in the capital markets. The fear that such move would lead to more capital flowing back to the U.S. from emerging markets caused a new wave of currency depreciations in the region and partly curtailed the access that emerging markets issuers had to the debt capital markets in the U.S. Signs of renewed economic weakness in China, while dispensing with some of the fears regarding an interest rate increase by the Fed, spooked markets further, particularly when China decided to depreciate slightly its currency.

Against this backdrop, third quarter revenues were up 1.2% from the prior year to 223.6 billion pesos, bringing the total through September to 663.6 billion pesos. At constant exchange rates service revenues were down 0.6% from the year-earlier quarter, a figure that was almost identical to the one observed in the second quarter. Voice revenues—both mobile and fixed—continued to decline in relation to service revenues. Data revenue growth accelerated in the third quarter in relation to the precedent one: it was 10.7% and 7.0% in the mobile and fixed platforms, respectively.

EBITDA amounted to 66.7 billion pesos in the quarter; it was down 8.2% year-on-year in Mexican peso terms, which partly reflects the depreciation of certain currencies, including the Brazilian real and the Colombian peso, in relation to the Mexican peso. Year to date, EBITDA totaled 203 billion pesos, 5.5% less than a year before in Mexican peso terms. Part of the reduction in EBITDA was due to certain extraordinary items in Puerto Rico and Ecuador and the fact that the prior year Austria had booked an extraordinary revenue.

Central America has emerged as the fastest growing region followed by the South American block and has actually increased its rate of growth over the last few quarters in contrast to the experience of South America, that has seen a declining one on account of the economic slowdown and the fall of commodity prices.

América Móvil’s Income Statement (IFRS) Pro-forma* Millions of Mexican pesos 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan-Sep 15 Jan-Sep 14 Var.%
Service Revenues 196,593 198,641 -1.0% 584,156 588,234 -0.7%
Equipment Revenues 27,011 22,243 21.4% 79,483 66,294 19.9%
Total Revenues 223,604 220,884 1.2% 663,639 654,528 1.4%
Cost of Service 68,697 67,674 1.5% 202,201 197,746 2.3%
Cost of Equipment 35,567 29,535 20.4% 103,911 93,829 10.7%
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses 50,367 48,247 4.4% 148,440 141,025 5.3%
Others 2,240 2,701 -17.1% 5,773 6,843 -15.6%
Total Costs and Expenses 156,870 148,157 5.9% 460,324 439,444 4.8%
EBITDA 66,734 72,727 -8.2% 203,315 215,084 -5.5%
% of Total Revenues 29.8% 32.9% 30.6% 32.9%
Depreciation & Amortization 31,566 30,100 4.9% 94,087 96,489 -2.5%
EBIT 35,168 42,627 -17.5% 109,228 118,595 -7.9%
% of Total Revenues 15.7% 19.3% 16.5% 18.1%
Net Interest Expense 6,924 7,096 -2.4% 18,864 20,993 -10.1%
Other Financial Expenses -13,148 -5,766 -128.0% -20,631 7,179 -387.4%
Foreign Exchange Loss 45,105 8,970 n.m. 75,873 5,771 n.m.
Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income) 38,881 10,300 277.5% 74,105 33,943 118.3%
Income & Deferred Taxes -1,618 15,167 -110.7% 12,887 37,382 -65.5%
Net Income before Minority Interest and Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates -2,094 17,160 -112.2% 22,236 47,270 -53.0%
Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates** -22 -3,484 99.4% -1,410 -4,347 67.6%
Minority Interest -768 -1,057 27.4% -1,434 633 -326.7%
Net Income -2,884 12,619 -122.9% 19,392 43,555 -55.5%
* All periods include Telekom Austria Group results pro-forma ** Includes KPN n.m. Not meaningful

After depreciation and amortization charges that were equivalent to 16% of service revenues—slightly higher than in the prior year—we obtained an operating profit of 35.2 billion pesos. Our comprehensive financing costs grew to 38.9 billion pesos, mostly reflecting the sharp depreciation that took place in the quarter of the Mexican peso and the Brazilian real relative to the U.S. dollar. Net interest expenses came down by 2.4% year on year and by 10.1% year to date.

Notwithstanding the negative income tax provision in the quarter of 1.6 billion pesos we posted a net loss of 2.9 billion pesos.

The foreign exchange losses incurred have not had an impact on cash flows. They partly originate in intercompany financing positions. In relation to the debt of the company, it is to be said that it has a long term profile with an average life of more than ten years. It poses limited refinancing requirements.

Balance Sheet (in accordance with IFRS) - América Móvil Consolidated Millions of Mexican Pesos Sep '15 Dec '14 Var.% Sep '15 Dec '14 Var%
Current Assets Current Liabilities
Cash & Securities 71,417 61,584 16.0% Short Term Debt** 124,041 57,806 114.6%
Other Short Term Investments 53,506 4,890 n.m. Accounts Payable 239,602 254,000 -5.7%
Accounts Receivable 187,135 168,120 11.3% Other Current Liabilities 59,496 67,106 -11.3%
Other Current Assets 20,212 17,884 13.0% 423,138 378,912 11.7%
Inventories 34,593 35,930 -3.7%
366,864 288,408 27.2%
Non Current Assets Non Current Liabilities
Plant & Equipment 558,722 595,596 -6.2% Long Term Debt 599,424 545,949 9.8%
Investments in Affiliates 3,796 49,263 -92.3% Other Liabilities 119,625 118,857 0.6%
719,049 664,806 8.2%
Deferred Assets
Goodwill (Net) 136,348 140,903 -3.2%
Intangible Assets 100,591 95,009 5.9% Shareholder's Equity 152,852 234,639 -34.9%
Deferred Assets 128,719 109,177 17.9%
Total Assets 1,295,040 1,278,357 1.3% Total Liabilities and Equity 1,295,040 1,278,357 1.3%
* Results include Telekom Austria Pro-forma. ** Includes current portion of Long Term Debt. n.m. Not meaningful

Our net debt increased by 61.3 billion pesos since December allowing for the reclassification of our stake in KPN from a long term investment valued at cost to an available for sale asset valued at market prices. Our net debt represented 1.8 times LTM EBITDA. It must be noted that upon the spin-off of Telesites our net debt is to be reduced by 21 billion pesos. At the end of September we had already deducted 14.2 billion pesos from the “other short term investments” line item on account of the sale of KPN shares that took place through the mandatory bond placed in September.

Through September we funded capital expenditures in the amount of 105.7 billion pesos and shareholder distributions totaling 59.5 billion pesos, including both dividends and share buybacks.

Financial Debt of América Móvil* Millions of U.S. dollars equivalent Dec-14 Sep-15
Peso - denominated debt 5,783 7,070
Bonds and other securities 5,762 6,024
Banks and others 21 1,046
U.S. Dollar - denominated debt 16,026 14,693
Bonds and other securities 15,727 12,670
Banks and others 299 2,023
Debt denominated in other currencies 18,712 20,413
Bonds and other securities 17,657 19,562
Banks and others 1,055 851
Total Debt** 40,521 42,176
This chart does not include the effect of forwards and derivatives used to hedge the foreign exchange exposure. It includes full face value of the 3 hybrid securities issued by AMX. Rating agencies only consider 50% of the face value of these hybrids as debt. **Pro-forma for the spin-off of Telesites the total debt would be 40,903 million dollars.

Mexico

Our Mexican operations ended the quarter with 73 million wireless subscribers and 21.7 million fixed-RGUs. We gained 361 thousand new wireless subscribers in the quarter, substantially all of which were postpaid subs, and added 103 thousand RGUs on the fixed-line platform on the back of an 122 thousand increase in the number of broadband accesses. Our postpaid subscriber base was up 10.9% from the year before to 10.9 million subs.

Third quarter revenues from our Mexican operation came in at 68.1 billion pesos. Although service revenues were down 5.7% from the year-earlier quarter, the rate of decline was smaller than in the prior quarter (-7.5%). The acceleration of mobile data revenues was key in the stabilization of Mexico’s service revenues and is being driven by an increase in smartphone penetration. The expansion of data revenues on both the fixed and mobile platforms has brought about a lower share of voice revenues in our service revenues: it stands now at approximately 46%.

EBITDA was down 9.5% to 27.4 billion pesos, with the EBITDA margin falling to 40.3% from 44.8% a year before. We remain focused on cost contention and reduction.

The Mexican telecommunications market has undergone significant change as a consequence of the Telecommunications Reform. A major one has to do with the competitive landscape, with two major international players—AT&T, the largest in the world, and Telefónica, the largest in Iberoamérica—drumming up their investment efforts and presence in the market. There is more intense and effective competition in the Mexican market, as our competitors themselves have asserted. On this account America Movil should not be in a position to subsidise our competitors by way of asymmetric interconnection rates and other regulatory asymmetries. In addition it is of the essence that AMX be granted the concession to offer PayTV services to continue to increase competitiveness in the market.

We have upgraded significant parts of our network to the newest technologies, and have continued to expand our 4G LTE footprint and fiber-optic networks throughout the country. We have today more than 213 thousand kilometers of fiber across Mexico. Our fiber-optic network is closer to the home and to the nodes to ensure higher data speeds and a greater variety of services.

We have introduced new commercial plans that address our client’s needs for connectivity. It is the case, among others, of our our Sin Fronteras plan introduced in July that enables Telcel’s clients to call the US with no long distance fees and to use their mobile phone while in the US as if they were in Mexico, without roaming charges and long distance tariffs. The market has followed our lead and this type of plan is becoming widely used by Mexican consumers.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Mexico Millions of MxP 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 68,138 67,658 0.7% 202,759 205,200 -1.2%
Total Service Revenues 55,344 58,701 -5.7% 166,190 177,581 -6.4%
Wireless Revenues 44,443 42,960 3.5% 132,464 132,181 0.2%
Service Revenues 33,162 34,279 -3.3% 100,426 105,017 -4.4%
Equipment Revenues 11,131 7,472 49.0% 31,720 23,183 36.8%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 25,369 26,579 -4.6% 75,028 79,090 -5.1%
EBITDA 27,442 30,325 -9.5% 83,409 90,819 -8.2%
% total revenues 40.3% 44.8% 41.1% 44.3%
EBIT 20,975 23,982 -12.5% 64,040 71,977 -11.0%
% 30.8% 35.4% 31.6% 35.1%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues.
Mexico Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 72,994 70,474 3.6%
Postpaid 10,866 9,795 10.9%
Prepaid 62,128 60,679 2.4%
MOU 263 265 -1.0%
ARPU (MxP) 152 166 -8.6%
Churn (%) 3.9% 4.2% (0.3)
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 21,709 22,242 -2.4%
* Fixed Line and Broadband

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

After adding 413 thousand clients in the third quarter we ended September with 22.1 million wireless subscribers. On the fixed line platform we had 579 thousand fixed RGUs.

Third quarter revenues, 7.2 billion Argentinean pesos, were 12.9% higher than in the prior year. Wireless service revenues rose 22.5% and equipment revenues declined 9.9%. Smartphone sales and data plans continued to drive mobile data revenues, up 33.5% year-on-year; they now account for 50.2% of our service revenues. Fixed line revenues of 440 million Argentinean pesos were up 5.2%.

EBITDA rose by 21.7% to 2.6 billion Argentinean pesos. The EBITDA margin stood at 35.3% of revenues, 2.5 percentage points more than a year before on the back of operational efficiencies.

We continued with the rollout of our 4G LTE network in the main cities to provide higher data speeds and a better connectivity experience for our clients.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay Millions of ARP 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 7,238 6,409 12.9% 20,703 17,380 19.1%
Total Service Revenues 5,790 4,802 20.6% 16,305 13,342 22.2%
Wireless Revenues 6,835 6,024 13.5% 19,517 16,295 19.8%
Service Revenues 5,382 4,395 22.5% 15,129 12,244 23.6%
Equipment Revenues 1,450 1,610 -9.9% 4,385 4,026 8.9%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 440 418 5.2% 1,294 1,195 8.3%
EBITDA 2,555 2,099 21.7% 7,166 5,634 27.2%
% total revenues 35.3% 32.8% 34.6% 32.4%
EBIT 2,022 1,757 15.1% 5,718 4,658 22.8%
% 27.9% 27.4% 27.6% 26.8%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues.
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 22,075 22,004 0.3%
Postpaid 2,668 2,838 -6.0%
Prepaid 19,407 19,167 1.3%
MOU 116 139 -16.7%
ARPU (ARP) 82 67 23.2%
Churn (%) 1.7% 2.2% (0.4)
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 579 593 -2.4%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and PayTV.

Brazil

We added 181 thousand postpaid subscribers and disconnected 1.0 million prepaid subscribers in the third quarter to finish the period with 70.3 million subscribers, 16.1 million of which are postpaid clients. Our postpaid subscriber base was up 6.0% year-on-year. On the fixed-line platform we increased our RGUs by 250 thousand clients to 36.8 million, 3.4% more than a year before.

Our revenues totaled 9.1 billion reais, with service revenues rising 1.7% year-on-year. The rate of growth of service revenues has exhibited a declining trend over the last quarter very much driven by the economic downturn in the country. Service revenue growth continued to be led by mobile data services, at 24%, with fixed-broadband revenues expanding 8.9% and PayTV revenues climbing 8.1% from the prior year. Voice revenues (fixed and mobile) stabilized in relation to service revenues, at approximately 34%.

Supported by a 2.6 point margin expansion, EBITDA rose 12.4%, as the EBITDA margin topped 27%. Year-to-date EBITDA totaled 7.3 billion reais; it was up 8.9% year-on-year. Several initiatives on cost reduction, the integration of the three entities operating in Brazil and the completion of several of the investment works that had been in process for some time are behind many of the EBITDA gains.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Brazil Millions of BrL 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 9,064 8,947 1.3% 27,172 26,413 2.9%
Total Service Revenues 8,809 8,658 1.7% 26,253 25,425 3.3%
Wireless Revenues 2,930 3,030 -3.3% 9,022 9,188 -1.8%
Service Revenues 2,681 2,754 -2.6% 8,126 8,224 -1.2%
Equipment Revenues 249 278 -10.2% 896 955 -6.2%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 6,134 5,917 3.7% 18,150 17,225 5.4%
EBITDA 2,461 2,190 12.4% 7,282 6,686 8.9%
% total revenues 27.1% 24.5% 26.8% 25.3%
EBIT 450 326 38.0% 1,351 1,286 5.1%
% 5.0% 3.6% 5.0% 4.9%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues.
Brazil Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 70,353 69,636 1.0%
Postpaid 16,137 15,221 6.0%
Prepaid 54,216 54,415 -0.4%
MOU 97 122 -20.2%
ARPU (BrL) 13 15 -14.6%
Churn (%) 3.5% 3.3% 0.2
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 36,766 35,564 3.4%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television

Chile

After adding 147 thousand wireless subscribers in the third quarter, our base reached 6.2 million subs at the end of September, 8.4% more than in the prior year. On the fixed platform we had 1.2 million RGUs.

Total revenues remained practically unchanged at 185.5 billion Chilean pesos, with service revenues increasing 2.3% year-on-year on the back of fixed data revenues that expanded 28.7% and wireless data revenues, up 13.5%. Voice revenues fell on both platforms and now represent approximately 41% of service revenues, down from 50% 18 months before. It is noteworthy that the annual comparison of wireless revenues is affected by regulatory changes implemented in the last quarter of 2014 related to the way we account for voice and data revenues from postpaid contracts.

EBITDA declined 23.8% from the prior year to 11.2 billion Chilean pesos, and was equivalent to 6.0% of revenues.

In the third quarter we were handed 20MHz of spectrum in the 700MHz frequency that we won in an auction in February 2014 to continue with our 4G LTE rollout.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Chile Millions of ChPL 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 185,461 185,430 0.0% 555,841 543,902 2.2%
Total Service Revenues 163,817 160,146 2.3% 483,038 480,193 0.6%
Wireless Revenues 122,797 126,952 -3.3% 370,767 369,675 0.3%
Service Revenues 101,136 101,761 -0.6% 298,206 306,297 -2.6%
Equipment Revenues 21,644 25,284 -14.4% 72,803 63,708 14.3%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 68,041 62,391 9.1% 200,547 182,653 9.8%
EBITDA 11,197 14,701 -23.8% 32,304 39,489 -18.2%
% total revenues 6.0% 7.9% 5.8% 7.3%
EBIT -41,346 -30,380 -36.1% -122,395 -99,447 -23.1%
% -22.3% -16.4% -22.0% -18.3%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues.
Chile Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 6,152 5,677 8.4%
Postpaid 1,422 1,353 5.1%
Prepaid 4,730 4,323 9.4%
MOU 149 171 -12.8%
ARPU (ChP) 5,617 4,899 14.7%
Churn (%) 5.3% 5.6% (0.4)
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 1,232 1,236 -0.3%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television

Colombia

We finished the quarter with 28.9 million wireless subscribers after net disconnections of 439 thousand subs in the period, all of which were prepaid clients. In the contract segment we had a slight increase of our client base, which reached 5.8 million subs. On the fixed platform RGUs were up 10.2% year-on-year to 5.7 million, of which 1.9 million are broadband accesses, up 17.0% annually; 1.5 million are landlines, 14.5% more than a year before; and 2.2 million are PayTV units, 2.5% more than in 2014.

Total revenues of 2.8 billion Colombian pesos were 1.7% greater than in the year-earlier quarter, although service revenues declined 4.2%. Every business line other than wireless voice is posting double-digit revenue growth. On the fixed line platform data revenues rose 22.8% followed by PayTV revenues that expanded 15.8% and fixed-voice revenues that were up 12.8%. On the mobile platform data revenues rose 10.6% in a market with tight smartphone penetration but voice revenues fell as a result of more competition and as subscribers migrated to lower-priced plans in light of the economic downturn.

EBITDA was 2.7% lower than a year before at 1.1 trillion Colombian pesos. The EBITDA margin stood at 38.2% of revenues, slightly lower than in the precedent quarter but 1.7 percentage points lower than a year before.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Colombia Billions of COP 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 2,810 2,763 1.7% 8,461 8,341 1.4%
Total Service Revenues 2,265 2,365 -4.2% 6,850 7,125 -3.8%
Wireless Revenues 2,143 2,171 -1.3% 6,524 6,604 -1.2%
Service Revenues 1,593 1,761 -9.5% 4,879 5,354 -8.9%
Equipment Revenues 540 398 35.5% 1,606 1,217 32.0%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 686 596 15.2% 1,984 1,739 14.1%
EBITDA 1,073 1,103 -2.7% 3,275 3,367 -2.7%
% total revenues 38.2% 39.9% 38.7% 40.4%
EBIT 672 746 -10.0% 2,105 2,304 -8.7%
% 23.9% 27.0% 24.9% 27.6%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues.
Colombia Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers* (thousands) 28,931 29,291 -1.2%
Postpaid 5,827 5,815 0.2%
Prepaid 23,104 23,475 -1.6%
MOU 207 224 -7.3%
ARPU (COP) 18,087 20,038 -9.7%
Churn (%) 4.5% 3.8% 0.7
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)** 5,719 5,188 10.2%
Due to differences in the policy for accounting active subscribers, the figures in this report are different from those published by the Ministry of Communications of Colombia (MinTIC).* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television ** Fixed Line, Broadband and Television

Ecuador

Our subscriber base was down 24.5% over the year to 9.3 million subs following a clean-up of 650 thousand prepaid subscribers that were not generating traffic. Our postpaid base increased 3.9% relative to the prior year and reached 2.5 million contract lines. On the fixed platform we ended the quarter with 374 thousand RGUs, 11.4% more than a year before.

The quarter’s revenues were down 7.7% to 396 million dollars, with service revenues falling 9.0% relative to the year-earlier quarter. Wireless voice revenues came down 12.7% as a consequence of promotions that resulted in a sharp decline in voice prices of almost 30% in annual terms, as the economic downturn in the country has sharply curtailed consumer spending. Mobile data revenues fell 5.8% while fixed-line revenues were 0.8% lower as fixed data and PayTV revenues failed to compensate for the decline in fixed voice revenues.

The quarter’s EBITDA came in at 115 million dollars, a contraction of 43.4% year-on-year mostly to do with the booking of a new tax levied on wireless service revenues that amounted to 40 million dollars for the period February-August and was all booked in the quarter. (The tax rate is a function of market share and we are currently obliged to pay 5% of service revenues.) The EBITDA decline also reflected a more competitive environment in the midst of an economic recession that brought about revenue declines and also higher subscriber acquisition costs. The EBITDA margin was equivalent to 29.0% of revenues.

We launched a 4GLTE network in the main cities in Ecuador. The new platform will allow us to be much more competitive in terms of quality and speeds for data.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Ecuador Millions of Dollars 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 396 429 -7.7% 1,212 1,289 -5.9%
Total Service Revenues 348 382 -9.0% 1,064 1,139 -6.5%
Wireless Revenues 383 416 -7.9% 1,172 1,249 -6.1%
Service Revenues 335 369 -9.3% 1,026 1,101 -6.7%
Equipment Revenues 48 47 3.4% 146 149 -1.7%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 16 16 -0.8% 48 47 2.4%
EBITDA 115 203 -43.4% 463 594 -21.9%
% total revenues 29.0% 47.2% 38.2% 46.1%
EBIT 64 154 -58.6% 311 447 -30.5%
% 16.1% 35.9% 25.6% 34.7%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues.
Ecuador Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 9,273 12,280 -24.5%
Postpaid 2,513 2,418 3.9%
Prepaid 6,759 9,862 -31.5%
MOU 187 144 29.9%
ARPU (US$) 12 10 15.8%
Churn (%) 5.9% 2.6% 3.3
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 374 336 11.4%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television

Peru

During the third quarter we had 72 thousand net disconnections on the prepaid platform and 56 thousand net additions in the postpaid one, ending the period with 12.4 million wireless subscribers. Our postpaid base was up 5.2% from the year-earlier quarter. In addition to our wireless clients we had 1.3 million fixed-RGUs, 12.0% more than a year before.

Third quarter revenues, up 0.4% year-on-year, totaled 1.3 billion soles with service revenues practically flat. Data revenues increased 17.6% on the wireless platform having accelerated from the prior two quarters, with fixed-data revenues expanding 19.5% (from a lower base) and PayTV revenues 9.9%. Wireless voice revenues fell 12.4%: aggressive airtime promotions and a 63% cut in termination rates effective April 1st brought down the average price per minute of voice by 22.0% year-on-year. Although they have declined somewhat, voice revenues (fixed and mobile) still represent approximately 55% of service revenues.

EBITDA came in at 353 million soles. It was down 26.9% relative to the prior year but up 7.5% sequentially. EBITDA has been hit by the mobile termination rate cut, by the competitive dynamics that led to higher subscriber acquisition and retention costs and by the depeciation of the peruvian sol versus the US dollar.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Peru Millions of Soles 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 1,338 1,332 0.4% 3,992 3,887 2.7%
Total Service Revenues 1,146 1,147 -0.1% 3,479 3,384 2.8%
Wireless Revenues 1,138 1,152 -1.2% 3,408 3,368 1.2%
Service Revenues 938 961 -2.5% 2,877 2,853 0.8%
Equipment Revenues 190 183 4.0% 507 495 2.4%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 200 180 10.9% 584 520 12.3%
EBITDA 353 483 -26.9% 1,081 1,457 -25.8%
% total revenues 26.4% 36.3% 27.1% 37.5%
EBIT 192 330 -41.7% 616 1,005 -38.7%
% 14.4% 24.8% 15.4% 25.8%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues.
Peru Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 12,354 12,338 0.1%
Postpaid 3,990 3,795 5.2%
Prepaid 8,363 8,543 -2.1%
MOU 163 145 12.3%
ARPU (Sol) 25 26 -3.3%
Churn (%) 4.6% 4.4% 0.2
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 1,343 1,199 12.0%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television

Central America

Our operations in the Central American block ended the quarter with 15.1 million wireless subscribers after net additions of 400 thousand subs—a fifth of which were postpaid— that brought about an annual increase of 5.7% of our wireless base. On the fixed platform we had 4.9 million RGUs, 7.1% more than a year before, having added 89 thousand new fixed RGUs in the quarter including 70 thousand broadband accesses.

Total revenues were up 8.3% year-on-year to 548 million dollars. Wireless voice is the main driver of growth, with an annual increase of 15.2%, followed by wireless data at 5.9%, while PayTV and wireline data were up 5.4% and 5.3% respectively.

The quarter’s EBITDA, 182 million dollars continued with its double-digit growth increasing 14.1% on an annual basis, and the EBITDA margin was up 1.7 percentage points to 33.3%.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Central America Millions of Dollars 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 548 506 8.3% 1,609 1,488 8.2%
Total Service Revenues 513 478 7.3% 1,512 1,405 7.6%
Wireless Revenues 368 326 12.8% 1,072 958 11.9%
Service Revenues 332 298 11.3% 972 875 11.2%
Equipment Revenues 35 27 26.8% 96 82 17.6%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 182 182 0.4% 545 536 1.7%
EBITDA 182 160 14.1% 538 459 17.3%
% total revenues 33.3% 31.6% 33.4% 30.8%
EBIT 25 -5 n.m. 82 -19 n.m.
% 4.6% -1.0% 5.1% -1.3%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues. n.m. Not meaningful
Central America Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 15,120 14,309 5.7%
Postpaid 2,144 1,843 16.3%
Prepaid 12,975 12,466 4.1%
MOU 187 186 0.3%
ARPU (US$) 8 7 6.8%
Churn (%) 5.7% 5.7% (0.1)
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 4,851 4,528 7.1%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television

Caribbean

We ended September with 5.2 million wireless subs, an increase of 4.1% compared to the prior year. Although from a small base, our postpaid segment increased 8.0% annually, while the prepaid one was up 2.5%. On the fixed platform, we had net additions of 45 thousand RGUs in the quarter, with PayTV representing almost half of them and growing 24.2% year over year.

Third quarter revenues of 464 million dollars were down 3.8% year-on-year. On the wireless segment, revenues decreased 6.5% mostly due to a lower consumption in the voice side, while increasing data consumption at a lower cost. Fixed line revenues remained almost flat compared to the year before, stood at 215 million dollars.

EBITDA was down 27.2% to 134 million dollars, due to one-offs in Puerto Rico, while the increase in Dominican Republic was not enough to offset the decline.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Caribbean Millions of Dollars 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 464 482 -3.8% 1,401 1,454 -3.6%
Total Service Revenues 440 462 -4.7% 1,333 1,390 -4.1%
Wireless Revenues 249 266 -6.5% 763 802 -4.9%
Service Revenues 230 251 -8.2% 710 756 -6.2%
Equipment Revenues 19 16 21.2% 55 48 14.7%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 215 216 -0.5% 638 651 -2.0%
EBITDA 134 183 -27.2% 436 537 -18.7%
% total revenues 28.8% 38.1% 31.1% 36.9%
EBIT 51 90 -44.0% 186 259 -28.3%
% 10.9% 18.7% 13.3% 17.8%
*Total Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions; Wireless Revenues and Fixed Line and Other Revenues only exclude intercompany transactions with foreign subsidiaries. The sum of the parts will not equal Total Revenues.
Caribbean Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 5,225 5,018 4.1%
Postpaid 1,630 1,509 8.0%
Prepaid 3,596 3,509 2.5%
MOU 288 289 -0.3%
ARPU (US$) 15 15 -0.1%
Churn (%) 3.5% 8.2% (0.6)
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 2,471 2,317 6.7%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television

United States

Tracfone ended September with 25.7 million clients, slightly less, 0.7%, than a year before. Our brands StaightTalk, SafeLink and our new brand Total Wireless have shown solid growth whereas our legacy brands registered client disconnections.

The quarter’s revenues, 1.7 billion dollars were down 0.2% with service revenues practically flat year-on-year. Our EBITDA came in at 105 million dollars having dropped 33.1% relative to the year before as a result of higher subscriber acquisition and retention costs in what has been a more competitive environment.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - United States Millions of Dollars 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 1,722 1,726 -0.2% 5,228 5,096 2.6%
Service Revenues 1,566 1,567 -0.1% 4,720 4,609 2.4%
Equipment Revenues 156 158 -1.6% 508 487 4.2%
EBITDA 105 157 -33.1% 516 583 -11.5%
% total revenues 6.1% 9.1% 9.9% 11.4%
EBIT 94 149 -36.7% 482 558 -13.5%
% 5.5% 8.6% 9.2% 10.9%
United States Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 25,726 25,904 -0.7%
MOU 508 540 -6.1%
ARPU (US$) 20 20 -0.3%
Churn (%) 4.1% 4.0% 0.1

Telekom Austria Group

We finished September with 20.2 million wireless clients, an annual increase of 1.4% stemming from Bulgaria and Serbia. Our postpaid division expanded 2.7% in an annual basis to 14.3 million contract clients. As regards fixed line, we had 4.8 million RGUs, 9.2% more than a year before. This figure includes 68 thousand RGUs that were added with the acquisition of Amis in Slovenia. The organic growth rate of our fixed segment was 7.8% year on year showing solid growth in Austria, Bulgaria and Croatia.

The quarter’s revenues topped one billion euros; at constant exchange rates they were slightly lower, -0.2%, than in the precedent year. The decline in revenues is linked, for the most part, to stronger competition in Bulgaria and termination rate cuts in Croatia. On the other hand, in Austria, revenues increased 1.6% relative to last year’s quarter mostly on account of higher equipment sales.

EBITDA declined 2.6% year-on-year at constant exchange rates to 379 million euros. Moreover, excluding the effect of one-offs from the merger in Lichtenstein, EBITDA would have risen 4.1%. EBITDA from our Austrian operation was up 9.1% in annual terms as a result of revenue growth as well as strict cost controls. The EBITDA margin was equivalent to 36.6% of revenues.

INCOME STATEMENT (IFRS) - Telekom Austria Group Millions of Euros 3Q15 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Total Revenues 1,035 1,102 -6.1% 3,038 3,079 -1.3%
Wireless Revenues 679 730 -7.1% 1,990 2,062 -3.5%
Service Revenues 571 603 -5.4% 1,669 1,759 -5.1%
Equipment Revenues 85 89 -4.4% 233 226 3.1%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 356 371 -4.2% 1,048 1,017 3.1%
EBITDA 379 409 -7.5% 1,035 1,022 1.3%
% total revenues 36.6% 37.1% 34.1% 33.2%
EBIT 189 200 -5.4% 450 37 n.m.
% 18.3% 18.2% 14.8% 1.2%
n.m. Not meaningful
Telekom Austria Group Operating Data (IFRS) 3Q15 3Q14 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 20,192 19,903 1.4%
Postpaid 14,347 13,963 2.7%
Prepaid 5,845 5,940 -1.6%
MOU 300 300 -0.1%
ARPU (Euros) 9 10 -2.6%
Churn (%) 1.7% 1.9% (0.2)
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) * 4,769 4,369 9.2%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Television

Glossary of Terms

ARPU Average Revenue per User. The ratio of service revenues in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in the same period. It is presented on a monthly basis.
ARPM Average Revenue per Minute. The ratio of service revenues to airtime traffic.
Capex Capital Expenditure. Accrued capital expenditures related to the expansion of the telecommunications infrastructure.
Churn Disconnection Rate. The ratio of wireless subscribers disconnected during a given period to the number of wireless subscribers at the beginning of that period.
EBIT Earnings Before Interest and Taxes, also known as Operating Profit.
EBIT margin The ratio of EBIT to total operating revenue.
EBITDA Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization.
EBITDA margin The ratio of EBITDA to total operating revenue.
EPS (Mexican pesos) Earnings per share. Total earnings in Mexican pesos divided by total shares.
Earnings per ADR (US$) Total earnings in U.S. dollars divided by total ADRs equivalent.
Equity subscribers Subscribers weighted by the economic interest held in each company.
GPRS General Packet Radio Service. Enables GSM networks to offer higher capacity, Internet-based-content and packet-based data services. It is a second generation technology.
Gross additions Total number of subscribers acquired during the period.
Licensed pops Licensed population. Population covered by the licenses that each of the companies manage.
LTE Long-term evolution is a 4th generation standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals.
Market share A company’s subscriber base divided by the total number of subscribers in that country.
MOU Minutes of Use per subscriber. The ratio of wireless traffic in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in that same period. It is presented on a monthly basis.
Net subscriber additions The difference in the subscriber base from one period to another. It is the different between gross additions and disconnections.
Net debt Total short and long term debt minus cash and marketable securities.
Net debt / EBITDA The ratio of total short and long term debt minus cash and securities to trailing 12-month income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Prepaid Subscriber that may purchase airtime to recharge a cellular phone. The client does not hold a contract with the company for voice and data services.
Postpaid Subscriber that has a contract for the use of airtime. The client has no need of activating airtime, it is done so immediately.
SMS Short Message Service.
SAC Subscriber Acquisition Cost. The sum of handset subsidies, marketing expenses and commissions to distributors for handset activation. Handset subsidy is calculated as the difference between equipment cost and equipment revenues.
Wireless penetration The ratio of total wireless subscribers in any given country divided by the total population in that country.
Exchange Rates Local Currency Units per USD 3Q15 2Q15 Var.% 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
Mexico
EoP 17.01 15.57 9.2% 13.45 26.4% 17.01 13.45 26.4%
Average 16.41 15.31 7.1% 13.10 25.2% 15.55 13.12 18.6%
Brazil
EoP 3.97 3.10 28.1% 2.45 62.1% 3.97 2.45 62.1%
Average 3.54 3.07 15.2% 2.28 55.5% 3.16 2.29 38.0%
Argentina
EoP 9.42 9.09 3.7% 8.43 11.8% 9.42 8.43 11.8%
Average 9.25 8.95 3.3% 8.30 11.5% 8.96 7.99 12.2%
Chile
EoP 699 639 9.3% 599 16.6% 699 599 16.6%
Average 676 618 9.4% 577 17.2% 639 561 14.0%
Colombia
EoP 3,122 2,585 20.8% 2,028 53.9% 3,122 2,028 53.9%
Average 2,938 2,500 17.5% 1,910 53.9% 2,635 1,943 35.6%
Guatemala
EoP 7.68 7.62 0.7% 7.67 0.1% 7.68 7.67 0.1%
Average 7.66 7.68 -0.2% 7.77 -1.3% 7.66 7.77 -1.4%
Honduras
EoP 22.14 22.06 0.4% 21.39 3.5% 22.14 21.39 3.5%
Average 22.10 22.09 0.1% 21.21 4.2% 22.03 21.00 4.9%
Nicaragua
EoP 27.59 27.25 1.2% 26.27 5.0% 27.59 26.27 5.0%
Average 27.42 27.08 1.2% 26.11 5.0% 27.09 25.80 5.0%
Costa Rica
EoP 541 541 0.0% 546 -0.8% 541 546 -0.8%
Average 541 540 0.2% 545 -0.7% 541 545 -0.8%
Peru
EoP 3.22 3.18 1.4% 2.89 11.4% 3.22 2.89 11.4%
Average 3.21 3.14 2.2% 2.82 13.8% 3.14 2.81 11.8%
Paraguay
EoP 5,636 5,184 8.7% 4,474 26.0% 5,636 4,474 26.0%
Average 5,306 5,051 5.1% 4,286 23.8% 5,037 4,410 14.2%
Uruguay
EoP 29.13 27.07 7.6% 24.70 17.9% 29.13 24.70 17.9%
Average 28.35 26.59 6.6% 23.69 19.7% 26.57 22.94 15.8%
Dominican Republic
EoP 45.36 44.98 0.8% 43.87 3.4% 45.36 43.87 3.4%
Average 45.19 44.88 0.7% 43.68 3.4% 44.95 43.40 3.6%
Austria & CEE
EoP 0.89 0.90 -0.3% 0.79 13.0% 0.89 0.79 13.0%
Average 0.90 0.90 -0.5% 0.75 19.0% 0.90 0.74 21.5%
3Q15 2Q15 Var.% 3Q14 Var.% Jan - Sep 15 Jan - Sep 14 Var.%
USA
EoP 0.06 0.06 -8.5% 0.07 -20.9% 0.06 0.07 -20.9%
Average 0.06 0.07 -6.7% 0.08 -20.1% 0.06 0.08 -15.7%
Brazil
EoP 0.23 0.20 17.2% 0.18 28.2% 0.23 0.18 28.2%
Average 0.22 0.20 7.5% 0.17 24.2% 0.20 0.17 16.4%
Argentina
EoP 0.55 0.58 -5.1% 0.63 -11.6% 0.55 0.63 -11.6%
Average 0.56 0.58 -3.6% 0.63 -11.0% 0.58 0.61 -5.4%
Chile
EoP 41.1 41.0 0.1% 44.5 -7.8% 41.1 44.5 -7.8%
Average 41.2 40.4 2.1% 44.0 -6.4% 41.1 42.8 -3.8%
Colombia
EoP 183.6 166.1 10.5% 150.8 21.8% 183.6 150.8 21.8%
Average 179.1 163.3 9.7% 145.7 22.9% 169.4 148.1 14.4%
Guatemala
EoP 0.45 0.49 -7.9% 0.57 -20.8% 0.45 0.57 -20.8%
Average 0.47 0.50 -6.8% 0.59 -21.2% 0.49 0.59 -16.9%
Honduras
EoP 1.30 1.42 -8.1% 1.59 -18.1% 1.30 1.59 -18.1%
Average 1.35 1.44 -6.6% 1.62 -16.8% 1.42 1.60 -11.6%
Nicaragua
EoP 1.62 1.75 -7.3% 1.95 -16.9% 1.62 1.95 -16.9%
Average 1.67 1.77 -5.5% 1.99 -16.1% 1.74 1.97 -11.4%
Costa Rica
EoP 31.81 34.75 -8.5% 40.55 -21.5% 31.81 40.55 -21.5%
Average 32.96 35.23 -6.4% 41.57 -20.7% 34.77 41.57 -16.3%
Peru
EoP 0.19 0.20 -7.2% 0.21 -11.8% 0.19 0.21 -11.8%
Average 0.20 0.21 -4.6% 0.22 -9.1% 0.20 0.21 -5.7%
Paraguay
EoP 331.4 333.0 -0.5% 332.5 -0.3% 331.4 332.5 -0.3%
Average 323.4 329.8 -1.9% 327.1 -1.1% 323.9 336.3 -3.7%
Uruguay
EoP 1.71 1.74 -1.5% 1.84 -6.7% 1.71 1.84 -6.7%
Average 1.73 1.74 -0.5% 1.81 -4.4% 1.71 1.75 -2.3%
Dominican Republic
EoP 2.67 2.89 -7.7% 3.26 -18.2% 2.67 3.26 -18.2%
Average 2.75 2.93 -6.0% 3.33 -17.4% 2.89 3.31 -12.7%

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América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (the “Company”) quarterly reports and all other written materials may from time to time contain forward-looking statements that reflect the current views and/or expectations of the Company and its management with respect to its performance, business and future events. Forward looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance, or achievements, and may contain words like “believe”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “envisages”, “will likely result”, or any other words or phrases of similar meaning. Such statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in this report. In no event, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable before any third party (including investors) for any investment or business decision made or action taken in reliance on the information and statements contained in this document or for any consequential, special or similar damages

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: October 20, 2015

AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.
By: / S / Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo
Name: Title: Carlos José Garcí­a Moreno Elizondo Chief Financial Officer

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