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6-K 1 amxpr1q18_6k.htm AMERICA MOVIL'S FIRST QUARTER OF 2018 FINANCIAL AND OPERATING REPORT amxpr1q18_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 April, 2018

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 Ampliación Granada Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, 11529, Mexico City, 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 first quarter of 2018 financial and operating report

Mexico City, April 24, 2018 - América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V. (“América Móvil”) [BMV: AMX] [NYSE: AMX, AMOV], announced today its financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2018.

· We added 1.4 million postpaid wireless subscribers in the first quarter, twice as many as a year before—including 935 thousand in Brazil and 181 thousand in Mexico, bringing our subscriber base up 7.4% year-on-year.
· We also gained 427 thousand fixed-broadband clients to finish March with 28.6 million accesses, up 4.8%.
· Revenues of 254.4 billion pesos were down 3.7% year on year in Mexican peso terms on account of the appreciation of the Mexican peso vs. other currencies; at constant exchange rates they actually rose 2.8%, with service revenues increasing 2.1%, growing faster than in the prior quarter: 1.4%.
· The main drivers of service revenue growth were postpaid revenues, up 9.2%, prepaid-data revenues, 11.4%, and fixed-broadband revenues, 5.0%.
· Mexico was the top performer in the quarter with service revenue growth accelerating from 3.3% in the fourth quarter to 6.3% in the first one. Mobile revenues shot up 12.8% year-on-year.
· At 71.2 billion pesos EBITDA was practically flat in Mexican peso terms from a year before, but at constant exchange rates it was up 5.9%. The EBITDA margin, 28.0%, was 0.8 points higher. It was the highest margin in ten quarters.
· EBITDA margins were up more than two percentage points in Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Chile from the year-earlier quarter. In Puerto Rico, EBITDA margin improved sequentially from -3.5% to 9.5%, showing signs of normalization.
· We posted a comprehensive financing income of 913 million pesos as foreign exchange gains of 22.9 billion pesos driven mostly by the appreciation of the Mexican peso vs. the U.S. dollar more than offset our net interest and other financial expenses
· We obtained a net profit of 18 billion pesos, equivalent to 27 peso cents per share or 29 dollar cents per ADR.
· At the end of March our net debt stood at 614.1 billion pesos, practically flat relative to December. It would have been 13.6 billion lower in March had we not had to consider the payment of hybrid bonds in the amount of 600 million euros by Telekom Austria as incurring new debt. This is to do with accounting considerations, pertaining to which such bonds had been considered equity.
· Our capital expenditures came in at 24 billion pesos in the quarter.
América Móvil’s Subsidiaries as of March 2018 — Country Brand Business Equity
Mexico Telcel wireless 100.00%
Telmex wireline 98.80%
Sección Amarilla (1) other 98.40%
Telvista other 90.00%
Argentina Claro wireless 100.00%
Telmex wireline 99.70%
Brazil Claro wireless/wireline 97.70%
Chile Claro wireless 100.00%
Telmex(1) wireline 100.00%
Colombia Claro wireless 99.40%
Telmex wireline 99.30%
Costa Rica Claro wireless 100.00%
Dominicana Claro wireless/wireline 100.00%
Ecuador Claro wireless/wireline 100.00%
El Salvador Claro wireless/wireline 95.80%
Guatemala Claro wireless/wireline 99.30%
Honduras Claro wireless/wireline 100.00%
Nicaragua Claro wireless/wireline 99.60%
Panama Claro wireless/wireline 100.00%
Paraguay Claro wireless/wireline 100.00%
Peru Claro wireless/wireline 100.00%
Puerto Rico Claro wireless/wireline 100.00%
Uruguay Claro wireless/wireline 100.00%
USA Tracfone wireless 100.00%
Netherlands KPN wireless/wireline 21.40%
Austria Telekom Austria wireless/wireline 51.00%
(1) Equity Participation of Telmex Internacional of which América Móvil owns 97.90%.

Relevant Events

We recently launched 4.5G networks in Brazil, Mexico, Austria and Dominicana. With the new platform we can deliver speeds up to 10 times faster than on 4G and our subscribers can experiment voice and video in high definition. This new platform will enable us to connect millions of devices simultaneously using Narrowband-IOT and Cat-M technologies to expand the universe of the Internet of Things. Seeking to be the leaders in innovation and technology, we are today the only carrier to offer 4.5G in the aforementioned countries. We will continue to modernize our platforms introducing 4.5G in the rest of the countries in 2018. We have been, and continue to be, the innovation leaders in Latam.

On March 5th, we received notice of resolution by the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT) where they set forth the terms under which we are required to separate—legally and functionally—the provision of wholesale regulated fixed services by Telmex and Telnor and create a new entity (“the Separated Entity”) with corporate governance of its own, independent from that of América Móvil and from the retail division of Telmex. The Separated Entity will be a direct subsidiary of Telmex that will be transferred the necessary assets and personnel required to provide wholesale services.

We have up to two years to implement the separation mandated by IFT. The resolution establishes a calendar and obligation to provide information to IFT periodically. We have challenged the resolution in accordance to applicable laws. Still, its fulfillment is mandatory and Telmex has initiated the separation process.

On April 16th, we announced that our shareholders approved the payment of a dividend of MXP$0.32 (thirty two peso cents) per share, payable in cash in two installments in July and November. Shareholders also approved the allocation of an amount equal to three billion pesos to its share buyback reserve for the April 2018 –April 2019 period; and to cancel AMX’s treasury shares acquired by AMX as part of its buyback program, except for five billion series “L” treasury shares.

América Móvil Fundamentals (IFRS) 1Q18 1Q17
Earnings per Share (Mex$) (1) 0.27 0.55
Earning per ADR (US$) (2) 0.29 0.53
EBITDA per Share (Mex$) (3) 1.08 1.09
EBITDA per ADR (US$) 1.15 1.07
Net Income (millions of Mex$) 17,748 35,855
Average Shares Outstanding (billion) 66.06 65.79
(1) Net Income / Average Shares outstanding
(2) 20 shares per ADR
(3) EBITDA/ Average Shares Outstanding

Access Lines

At 362 million access lines at the end of March, our access base remained mostly unchanged from a year before.

Net postpaid wireless additions for the period came in at 1.4 million subs, more than doubling those of the prior year. This figure includes 935 thousand in Brazil (more than four times as many as last year) and 181 thousand in Mexico. Our postpaid subscriber base was up 7.4%, with Chile’s increasing 16.7% and Brazil’s 14.9%.

We disconnected 1.3 million prepaid subscribers—most of them in Brazil—following a cleanup of the client base.

On the fixed-line platform, broadband accesses rose 4.8% year-on-year after 427 thousand new accesses in the quarter, most of them in Brazil, México and Central America. Our PayTV subscriber base was down 2.4% annually, after 49 thousand disconnections in the quarter.

Wireless Subscribers as of March 2018
Total (1) (Thousands)
Country Mar ’18 Dec ’17 Var.% Mar ’17 Var.%
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay 24,149 24,091 0.2% 23,848 1.3%
Austria & CEE 20,640 20,658 -0.1% 20,622 0.1%
Brazil 58,809 59,022 -0.4% 60,237 -2.4%
Central America 16,101 15,927 1.1% 15,293 5.3%
Caribbean 5,700 5,637 1.1% 5,508 3.5%
Chile 7,048 6,985 0.9% 6,710 5.0%
Colombia 29,401 29,353 0.2% 29,153 0.9%
Ecuador 8,000 7,960 0.5% 8,771 -8.8%
Mexico 73,984 73,855 0.2% 72,942 1.4%
Peru 12,507 12,392 0.9% 11,990 4.3%
USA 22,761 23,132 -1.6% 24,745 -8.0%
Total Wireless Lines 279,102 279,013 0.0% 279,818 -0.3%
(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.
Wireless Subscribers as of March 2018
Total (1) ( Thousands)
Country Mar ’18 Dec ’17 Var.% Mar ’17 Var.%
Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay 24,149 24,091 0.2% 23,848 1.3%
Austria & CEE 20,640 20,658 -0.1% 20,622 0.1%
Brazil 58,809 59,022 -0.4% 60,237 -2.4%
Central America 16,101 15,927 1.1% 15,293 5.3%
Caribbean 5,700 5,637 1.1% 5,508 3.5%
Chile 7,048 6,985 0.9% 6,710 5.0%
Colombia 29,401 29,353 0.2% 29,153 0.9%
Ecuador 8,000 7,960 0.5% 8,771 -8.8%
Mexico 73,984 73,855 0.2% 72,942 1.4%
Peru 12,507 12,392 0.9% 11,990 4.3%
USA 22,761 23,132 -1.6% 24,745 -8.0%
Total Wireless Lines 279,102 279,013 0.0% 279,818 -0.3%
(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.

América Móvil Consolidated Results

In the first quarter of 2018, with world economic growth improving steadily and most regions posting solid growth, volatility returned to U.S. financial markets as inflation fears resurfaced in the face of tight labor markets and what appeared to be an acceleration of wage increases.

U.S. long-term interest rates rose to levels not seen in over four years as the market focused once again on inflation risks. In Latin America, exchange rates were not affected by the increase in U.S. interest rates, and in fact the Mexican peso became one of the best performing currencies following its depreciation in the fourth quarter of 2017.

Our revenues totaled 254.4 billion pesos. In Mexican peso terms, they were down 3.7% from the year-earlier quarter on account of the appreciation of the peso vs. other currencies. Correcting for this currency effect, revenues actually rose 2.8%, with service revenues increasing 2.1% at constant exchange rates.

As has been the case in prior quarters, postpaid revenues and prepaid-data revenues, together with fixed-broadband revenues, were the main drivers of revenue growth. The main drags came from fixed-line voice revenues, reflecting major reductions in long distance revenues in Brazil and Mexico.

Mexico was the top performer in the quarter, with service revenue growth accelerating from 3.3% in the fourth quarter to 6.3% in the first one. Central America followed, going from 1.8% to 3.5% in the period.

Mobile ARPUs increased sharply in Mexico, 11.6%, and Brazil, 10.7%, with Tracfone in the U.S. posting a 7.3% rise. They declined in Peru by 5.6%, and in Colombia, by 3.4%.

Our EBITDA came in at 71.2 billion pesos and was practically flat year-on-year in Mexican peso terms because of the appreciation of the peso; at constant exchange rates it was up 5.9%. At 28.0%, the EBITDA margin was 0.8 points higher than a year before and was the highest consolidated EBITDA margin in ten quarters.

EBITDA margins were up more than two percentage points in Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Chile from the year-earlier quarter, and more than eight percentage points in smaller operations (Panama and Costa Rica). Although still down compared to a year before, the EBITDA margin in Puerto Rico exhibited a strong recovery from the prior quarter, increasing from -3.5% to 9.5%, which reflects the gradual normalization of our operations in the island, partly linked to the resumption of electrical power in most of the territory.

Operating profits totaled almost 30 billion pesos in the first quarter and were up 7.5% at constant exchange rates.

America Movil's Income Statement (in accordance with IFRS except for IFRS 15)
Millions of Mexican pesos
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Net Service Revenues 221,031 231,276 -4.4%
Equipment Revenues 33,337 32,881 1.4%
Total Revenues 254,368 264,157 -3.7%
Cost of Service 81,808 87,550 -6.6%
Cost of Equipment 39,978 40,111 -0.3%
Selling, General & Administrative Expenses 58,830 63,030 -6.7%
Others 2,547 1,717 48.4%
Total Costs and Expenses 183,163 192,407 -4.8%
EBITDA 71,205 71,750 -0.8%
% of Total Revenues 28.0% 27.2%
Depreciation & Amortization 41,412 41,387 0.1%
EBIT 29,793 30,363 -1.9%
% of Total Revenues 11.7% 11.5%
Net Interest Expense 7,570 7,155 5.8%
Other Financial Expenses 14,420 -393 n.m.
Foreign Exchange Loss -22,903 -37,129 38.3%
Comprehensive Financing Cost (Income) -913 -30,367 97.0%
Income & Deferred Taxes 12,820 24,008 -46.6%
Net Income before Minority Interest and Equity
Participation in Results of Affiliates 17,886 36,723 -51.3%
minus
Equity Participation in Results of Affiliates* 14 31 -56.1%
Minority Interest -152 -899 83.1%
Net Income (Loss) 17,748 35,855 -50.5%
n.m. Not meaningful.

We posted a comprehensive financing income of 913 million pesos as foreign exchange gains of 22.9 billion pesos driven mostly by the appreciation of the Mexican peso vs. the U.S. dollar more than offset our net interest and other financial expenses.

Our net profit totaled 18 billion pesos and was equivalent to 27 peso cents per share or 29 dollar cents per ADR.

Balance Sheet (in accordance with IFRS except for IFRS 15)
América Móvil Consolidated
Millions of Mexican Pesos
Mar'18 Dic'17 Var.% Mar'18 Dic'17 Var.%
Current Assets Current Liabilities
Cash, Marketable Securities & Other Short Term Ivestments 68,003 83,391 -18.5% Short Term Debt** 62,402 51,746 20.6%
Accounts Receivable 197,152 201,814 -2.3% Accounts Payable 266,315 291,029 -8.5%
Other Current Assets 26,697 18,221 46.5% Other Current Liabilities 78,992 70,562 11.9%
Inventories 35,085 38,810 -9.6% 407,709 413,336 -1.4%
326,937 342,235 -4.5%
Non Current Assets
Plant & Equipment 629,785 676,343 -6.9%
Investments in Affiliates 3,229 3,735 -13.6% Non Current Liabilities
Long Term Debt 619,673 646,139 -4.1%
Deferred Assets Other Non Current Liabilities 158,178 166,103 -4.8%
Goodwill (Net) 149,125 151,463 -1.5% 777,851 812,242 -4.2%
Intangible Assets 111,490 123,242 -9.5%
Deferred Assets 187,398 189,193 -0.9% Shareholder's Equity 222,404 260,634 -14.7%
Total Assets 1,407,964 1,486,212 -5.3% Total Liabilities and Equity 1,407,964 1,486,212 -5.3%

At the end of March our net debt stood at 614.1 billion pesos. It was nearly flat relative to December, but would have been 13.6 billion lower in March had we not had to consider the payment of hybrid bonds in the amount of 600 million euros by Telekom Austria as incurring new debt.

The Telekom Austria hybrid bonds had been considered equity given that they were perpetual bonds, notwithstanding that they could be called in certain dates. Paying down those bonds therefore led to both a decrease in equity and a corresponding increase in net debt on the balance sheet. From the perspective of rating agencies, the hybrid bonds were considered to be 50% equity and 50% debt.

Our capital expenditures came in at 24 billion pesos in the quarter.

Financial Debt of América Móvil*
Millions of U.S. Dollars
Mar -18 Dec -17
Peso - denominated debt (MxP) 85,508 83,192
Bonds and other securities 69,008 70,692
Banks and others 16,500 12,500
U.S. Dollar - denominated debt (USD) 10,204 10,084
Bonds and other securities 9,353 9,353
Banks and others 852 732
Euro - denominated Debt (EUR) 12,960 12,564
Bonds and other securities 12,557 12,564
Banks and others 404 0
Sterling - denominated Debt (GBP) 2,750 2,750
Bonds and other securities 2,750 2,750
Reais - denominated Debt (BRL) 5,196 4,234
Bonds and other securities 4,600 3,500
Banks and others 596 734
Debt denominated in other currencies (MxP) 16,990 17,864
Bonds and other securities 16,919 17,765
Banks and others 71 99
Total Debt (MxP) 682,075 697,885
Cash, Marketable Securities and Short Term Financial Investments (MxP) 68,003 83,391
Net Debt (MxP) 614,072 614,494
*This table does not include the effect of forwards and derivatives used to hedge the foreign exchange exposure. The debt figures include the face value amount of the outstanding América Móvil hybrid bonds (1,450M euros and 550M sterling). On February 2018, TKA called its 600 million euro hybrid bond. The aforementioned bond was not accounted for as debt, as it was a perpetual bond. Accountingwise, its liquidation resulted in an increase in net debt of the same amount. Without this effect net debt would have been 13.6 billion pesos lower in March.

Mexico

Our Mexican operation added 181 thousand wireless postpaid subscribers in the first quarter, to finish March with 74.0 million wireless subscribers, 12.9 million of them postpaids. Year-over-year, our postpaid subscriber base increased 6.2%. On the fixed line platform we added 110 thousand broadband clients, ending the quarter with 22 million fixed-RGUs, practically flat relative to the prior year.

Revenues increased 4.8% from the year-earlier quarter to 66.5 billion pesos, with service revenues expanding 6.3%—the fastest rate in over a year. Mobile service revenues soared 12.8%, the highest in several quarters. Mobile ARPU shot up 11.6% year-on-year in the first quarter, up from 7.2% in the preceding quarter.

Fixed-line revenues declined 5.1% year-on-year, nearly as much as they had the prior quarter, on account of continued reductions in international long distance and interconnection revenues, down 24.8%, and 23.4% respectively. Fixed broadband revenues declined slightly, 1.8%, as revenues from corporate networks fell in the quarter.

First quarter EBITDA jumped 12.8% to 22.8 billion pesos reflecting the greater operating leverage brought about by the revenue momentum. The EBITDA margin, 34.3%, was the highest one in eight quarters.

In March we launched our 4.5G network, the Gigared. Initially it is available in all the areas where we have 4G-coverage, at much higher speeds, offering video and voice in high definition and enabling us to connect millions of devices simultaneously. We are able to offer 4.5G thanks to the investments we have made to fully modernize our networks in Mexico. We have always been the first adopter of the new technologies in Mexico.

Income Statement (IFRS)
Mexico
Millions of MxP
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 66,496 63,439 4.8%
Total Service Revenues 52,455 49,349 6.3%
Wireless Revenues 44,756 40,591 10.3%
Service Revenues 31,980 28,342 12.8%
Equipment Revenues 12,531 12,043 4.1%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 23,527 24,787 -5.1%
EBITDA 22,825 20,235 12.8%
% total revenues 34.3% 31.9%
EBIT 15,154 12,936 17.1%
% 22.8% 20.4%
*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) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 73,984 72,942 1.4%
Postpaid 12,947 12,192 6.2%
Prepaid** 61,038 60,750 0.5%
MOU 495 469 5.7%
ARPU (MxP) 144 129 11.6%
Churn (%) 4.2% 4.2% -
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 21,988 22,060 -0.3%
Fixed Lines 12,611 12,820 -1.6%
Broadband 9,377 9,240 1.5%
* Fixed Line and Broadband

Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay

We finished March with 24.1 million mobile clients, 1.3% more than a year before, and 680 thousand fixed-RGUs, up 7.5% year-on-year as PayTV accesses expanded 10.3% in Paraguay.

Our revenues in the amount of 14.4 billion Argentinean pesos were up 30.7% year-on-year. Service revenues grew 27.2% as mobile data revenues—that account for nearly 77% of our wireless service revenues —soared 47.3%, driving mobile ARPU up by 25.1% to 145 Argentinean pesos. On the fixed-line platform revenues increased 25.6% driven by PayTV revenues that grew 50.7%, although from a small base mostly in Paraguay.

EBITDA of 5.2 billion Argentinean pesos was 31.5% greater than a year before, with the EBITDA margin rising slightly to 35.9%.

Having obtained the license to sell PayTV in Argentina, we made a soft launch of our IP-TV product in Buenos Aires. We are fine-tuning our offer and will continue with the rollout of fiber to the home to strengthen our fixed business in the country.

Income Statement (IFRS)
Argentina, Paraguay & Uruguay
Millions of ARP
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 14,357 10,986 30.7%
Total Service Revenues 11,464 9,018 27.1%
Wireless Revenues 13,477 10,294 30.9%
Service Revenues 10,573 8,313 27.2%
Equipment Revenues 2,892 1,969 46.9%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 965 769 25.6%
EBITDA 5,159 3,922 31.5%
% total revenues 35.9% 35.7%
EBIT 4,022 3,032 32.7%
% 28.0% 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.
Argentina, Uruguay & Paraguay Operating Data (IFRS) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 24,149 23,848 1.3%
Postpaid 2,397 2,468 -2.9%
Prepaid 21,752 21,380 1.7%
MOU 75 87 -14.2%
ARPU (ARP) 145 116 25.1%
Churn (%) 2.0% 2.0% -
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) 680 632 7.5%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Pay TV

Brazil

We added 935 thousand postpaid subscribers in Brazil during the first quarter and disconnected 1.1 million prepaid subscribers, ending March with 58.8 million mobile clients. Our postpaid subscriber base reached 21.3 million, a 14.9% year-on-year increase, as we doubled our share of net adds in the market. The major investments we’ve made on our mobile network, together with our innovative plans and better customer experience have given us an edge that is allowing us to increase our share in the postpaid segment of the market.

We are the only carrier offering 4.5G services in Brazil; we have rolled out this technology in 150 cities enhancing the experience of our subscribers. Our mobile service obtained the highest satisfaction rate in the last research report conducted by Anatel. Claro is leading number portability vs. all national operators in both the prepaid and the postpaid segments.

On the fixed-line platform we gained 162 thousand fixed-broadband clients, but disconnected 124 thousand fixed telephony accesses and 81 thousand PayTV clients. In the “ultrabroadband” segment (connections faster than 34 Mbps) we reached 2.5 million accesses, which represents a 51% market share. At the end of the quarter we had 35.9 million fixed-RGUs in Brazil.

Revenues were practically flat year-on-year at 8.8 billion reais, with service revenues increasing 8.3% on the mobile platform and declining 4.5% on the fixed one. Mobile postpaid revenues led the way rising 22.2% from the year-earlier quarter, followed by prepaid data revenues, up 9.3%, and by fixed-broadband revenues, up 4.2%. Mobile ARPU was up 10.7% year-on-year, the fastest rate recorded in years, as our plans with unlimited voice, high quality mobile internet and digital services such as Claro Musica and Claro Video are perceived as great value.

The main drag on revenue growth came from fixed long distance revenues that fell 22.3% and by PayTV, which posted a 5.2% revenue decline, mostly on the DTH platform.

EBITDA for the quarter totaled 2.6 billion reais, 6.9% more than a year before, with the EBITDA margin just shy of 30%, up 2.1 percentage points relative to the year-earlier quarter. We’ve launched a number of transformational projects that will allow us to attain greater cost efficiencies.

We are continually investing and innovating, developing new cloud-based digital services and aggregating the best available content, to deliver great communication, entertainment and productivity solutions for our clients.

Income Statement (IFRS)
Brazil
Millions of BrL
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 8,848 8,905 -0.6%
Total Service Revenues 8,734 8,769 -0.4%
Wireless Revenues 3,090 2,885 7.1%
Service Revenues 2,976 2,747 8.3%
Equipment Revenues 114 136 -16.3%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 5,758 6,020 -4.3%
EBITDA 2,645 2,475 6.9%
% total revenues 29.9% 27.8%
EBIT 521 280 86.4%
% 5.9% 3.1%
*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.
Brazil Operating Data (IFRS) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 58,809 60,237 -2.4%
Postpaid 21,270 18,515 14.9%
Prepaid 37,539 41,722 -10.0%
MOU (1) 107 94 12.9%
ARPU (BrL) 17 15 10.7%
Churn (%) 4.0% 3.4% 0.6
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 35,861 36,439 -1.6%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Pay TV. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

Chile

Our wireless subscriber base topped seven million by the end of March having risen 5.0% over the year. Net additions came in at 63 thousand for the period; 54 thousand of those were postpaid. Fixed RGUs were up 1.1% to 1.4 million, as broadband accesses expanded 8.3%.

Service revenues increased 4.9%, led by postpaid revenues and fixed-broadband revenues, up 18.9% and 10.9% respectively. Fixed-line service revenues represent 41% of the total.

We have made important commercial efforts that have resulted in a greater revenue base that, along with the cost improvements linked to a comprehensive efficiency program, brought EBITDA up 34.2% over the prior year to 36.1 billion Chilean pesos. The EBITDA margin, 18.2%, rose 4.8 percentage points from the year-earlier quarter.

Income Statement (IFRS)
Chile
Millions of ChP
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 198,500 200,689 -1.1%
Total Service Revenues 188,004 179,180 4.9%
Wireless Revenues 126,958 131,772 -3.7%
Service Revenues 116,429 110,378 5.5%
Equipment Revenues 10,496 21,509 -51.2%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 79,724 75,112 6.1%
EBITDA 36,050 26,858 34.2%
% total revenues 18.2% 13.4%
EBIT -20,469 -26,904 23.9%
% -10.3% -13.4%
*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) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 7,048 6,710 5.0%
Postpaid 1,951 1,672 16.7%
Prepaid 5,097 5,038 1.2%
MOU 156 139 12.5%
ARPU (ChP) 5,682 5,650 0.6%
Churn (%) 5.4% 5.3% 0.2
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 1,357 1,342 1.1%
* Fixed Line and Broadband and Pay TV

Colombia

We had 29.4 million wireless subscribers by the end of March, 0.9% more than a year before. Net additions came in at 48 thousand; they were all prepaid since the first quarter was marked by very aggressive competition in the postpaid segment. On the fixed-line side, we reached 6.8 million fixed RGUs, up 5.7%, with landlines growing 9.9% and broadband accesses 6.4%.

Total revenues of 2.8 trillion Colombian pesos rose 1.7% annually with service revenues increasing 1.3%. On the fixed-line platform, service revenues—that represent 38% of the total—expanded 9.3% with fixed-broadband and PayTV revenues increasing 8.7% and 10.2%, respectively.

In a very competitive mobile market, our service revenues were down 2.3%, with postpaid revenues flat and prepaid revenues falling. Mobile ARPU fell 3.4% year-on-year.

In spite of the competitive pressure, cost controls and operating efficiencies

allowed EBITDA to grow 3.6% to 1.1 trillion Colombian pesos. The EBITDA margin stood at 40.4%, up from 39.7% a year before.

Income Statement (IFRS)
Colombia
Billions of COP
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 2,809 2,761 1.7%
Total Service Revenues 2,291 2,261 1.3%
Wireless Revenues 1,987 2,012 -1.2%
Service Revenues 1,472 1,507 -2.3%
Equipment Revenues 507 495 2.6%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 884 813 8.7%
EBITDA* 1,136 1,096 3.6%
% total revenues 40.4% 39.7%
EBIT* 649 632 2.7%
% 23.1% 22.9%
*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.
Colombia Operating Data (IFRS) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 29,401 29,153 0.9%
Postpaid 6,684 6,459 3.5%
Prepaid** 22,717 22,694 0.1%
MOU (1) 193 199 -3.0%
ARPU (CoP) 16,611 17,195 -3.4%
Churn (%) 4.2% 4.1% 0.1
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 6,840 6,472 5.7%
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. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

*Ecuador*

Our wireless subscriber base finished March with eight million clients after net additions of 40 thousand in the quarter. On the postpaid segment, the client base was up 4.2% over the year to 2.6 million. Additionally, we had 370 thousand fixed RGUs, 3.4% more than a year before.

Revenues totaled 315 million dollars, down 5.5% over the year with service revenues falling 4.3% driven by prepaid voice revenues. Mobile postpaid revenues increased 3.2% and fixed-broadband revenues 5.8%.

The quarter’s EBITDA of 124 million dollars fell 1.9% from the prior year. However, the EBITDA margin improved 1.4 percentage points, to 39.3%, as we have been modernizing our platforms and carried on with a broad program that has generated important operating efficiencies.

We were the first carrier to introduce 4.5G technologies in Ecuador; it is available in the main cities: Guayaquil, Quito and five other cities. Claro reafirms its commitment to invest in the country.

Income Statement (IFRS)
Ecuador
Millions of Dollars
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 315 334 -5.5%
Total Service Revenues 272 284 -4.3%
Wireless Revenues 294 314 -6.2%
Service Revenues 252 265 -4.8%
Equipment Revenues 42 48 -13.5%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 21 20 5.8%
EBITDA 124 126 -1.9%
% total revenues 39.3% 37.9%
EBIT 72 75 -3.6%
% 22.8% 22.4%
*Revenues reflect eliminations derived from both the overlap of fixed and mobile operations as well as international intercompany transactions.
Ecuador Operating Data (IFRS) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 8,000 8,771 -8.8%
Postpaid 2,554 2,451 4.2%
Prepaid** 5,446 6,320 -13.8%
MOU 388 269 44.6%
ARPU (US$) 11 10 3.7%
Churn (%) 4.6% 3.4% 1.2
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 370 358 3.4%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Pay TV
** The annual comparison is affected by the change in churn policy effective as of December 2011.

Peru

After net additions of 116 thousand in the first quarter we ended the period with 12.5 million wireless subscribers, 4.3% more than a year before, and 1.4 million fixed RGUs. Fixed-broadband accesses increased 4.7%, but we had disconnections of voice and PayTV accesses.

First quarter revenues of 1.3 million soles were 0.8% lower than a year before. Wireless service revenues declined 2.4% due to a 62.5% reduction in interconnection rates beginning in January 2018.

In spite of the reduction in revenues, EBITDA rose 12.6% year-on-year to 313 million soles, as the decline in interconnection revenues was almost fully compensated by a corresponding reduction in interconnections costs. The EBITDA margin stood at 23.5%, up from 20.7% a year before.

Income Statement (IFRS)
Perú
Millones de Soles
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 1,333 1,344 -0.8%
Total Service Revenues 1,137 1,165 -2.4%
Wireless Revenues 1,122 1,131 -0.8%
Service Revenues 919 941 -2.4%
Equipment Revenues 195 178 9.8%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 211 213 -0.6%
EBITDA 313 278 12.6%
% total revenues 23.5% 20.7%
EBIT 127 97 31.4%
% 9.5% 7.2%
*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) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 12,507 11,990 4.3%
Postpaid 4,186 4,092 2.3%
Prepaid 8,321 7,898 5.4%
MOU 226 200 13.4%
ARPU (Sol) 25 26 -5.6%
Churn (%) 6.1% 5.8% 0.3
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 1405 1445 -2.8%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Pay TV

Central America

Our Central American operations added 174 thousand mobile subs to finish the first quarter with 16.1 million clients. On the fixed-line platform we had 5.9 million accesses, 8.0% more than a year before, on the back of new broadband accesses: we connected 102 thousand new accesses. At the end of March they had increased 15.9% compared to the prior year.

Revenues increased 4.7% to reach 595 million dollars. On the wireless platform service revenues were up 3.3%, the highest rate observed in 6 quarters on the back of data usage. On the fixed platform, service revenues rose 1.2% as a result of a 9.6% increase in PayTV and 7.3% in data revenues.

EBITDA rose 6.0% to 207 million dollars. It was equivalent to 34.7% of revenues.

Income Statement (IFRS)
Central America
Millions of Dollars
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 595 568 4.7%
Total Service Revenues 542 524 3.3%
Wireless Revenues 397 380 4.6%
Service Revenues 353 342 3.3%
Equipment Revenues 44 37 19.1%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 198 192 3.1%
EBITDA 207 195 6.0%
% total revenues 34.7% 34.3%
EBIT 85 64 33.9%
% 14.3% 11.2%
*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.
Central America Operating Data (IFRS) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 16,101 15,293 5.3%
Postpaid 2,418 2,282 5.9%
Prepaid 13,683 13,011 5.2%
MOU 157 168 -6.5%
ARPU (US$) 8 8 -0.8%
Churn (%) 6.5% 6.2% 0.3
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 5,919 5,478 8.0%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Pay TV. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

Caribbean

Our operations in the islands ended the quarter with 5.7 million wireless subscribers, 3.5% more than a year before, after net additions of 63 thousand.

In Dominicana we added 50 thousand new clients bringing our subscriber base up 3.3% year-on-year; our postpaid base grew 3.6%. On the fixed segment, our base increased 4.5%. Revenues were up 4.4% year-on-year on the back of data revenues that expanded 23.2% on the mobile platform and 9.9% on the fixed. We obtained EBITDA of 106 million dollars that rose 4.8% as compared to the prior year. The EBITDA margin stood at 44.7% having risen 1.9 percentage points in twelve months.

In Puerto Rico we gained 14 thousand new subs in the quarter, 58.2% more than a year before, taking our wireless subscriber base up to 892 thousand subs, 4.8% above last year´s. Service revenues totaled 206 million including 27.4 million obtained from the payment of insurance claims. Netting out these payments, service revenues, while still down 9% from the year-earlier quarter, were 17.7% greater than in the prior quarter. We generated EBITDA of 23 million, compared to a loss of seven million dollars in the prior quarter. It is still below that of the year-earlier quarter, 54 million, but is clearly on its way to full recovery. The revenues from insurance claims were offset by the charges associated with phasing out the equipment damaged by the hurricane.

By the end of the quarter our mobile network was fully restored, but 25% of our base-stations were still being powered by diesel instead of electrical power. Our fixed-line service is 80% operational. We expect to be able to operate under normal conditions shortly.

Income Statement ( IFRS)
Caribbean
Millions of Dollars
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 477 478 -0.3%
Total Service Revenues 431 421 2.2%
Wireless Revenues 257 270 -4.7%
Service Revenues 215 218 -1.7%
Equipment Revenues 43 52 -17.1%
Fixed Line and Other Revenues 220 208 5.4%
EBITDA 129 156 -16.9%
% total revenues 27.1% 32.5%
EBIT 61 90 -32.2%
% 12.8% 18.8%
*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) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 5,700 5,508 3.5%
Postpaid 1,877 1,811 3.6%
Prepaid 3,823 3,697 3.4%
MOU 248 269 -7.6%
ARPU (US$) 13 13 -4.0%
Churn (%) 3.7% 3.6% -
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 2,656 2,694 -1.4%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Pay TV. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

United States

Our subscriber base ended March with 22.8 million subscribers, 8.0% below the prior year. Net disconnections in the quarter were 371 thousand. We registered disconnections of 522 thousand from SafeLink, our brand tied to the Lifeline program. Altogether, other brands reported positive additions of 151 thousand subs, compared to 100 thousand disconnections in the first quarter of last year. StraightTalk showed the best performance.

Total revenues grew 1.0% and topped two billion dollars. Service revenues declined 4.2% improving from -8.8% in the fourth quarter of 2017. Excluding Safelink, we posted a sequential increase in revenues from the fourth quarter to the first one.

ARPU rose 7.3% year-on-year and churn came down to 4.1% from 5.4% a year before.

EBITDA came down 27.9% relative to last year to 152 million dollars and the EBITDA margin stood at 7.6% of revenues, down three percentage points due to the revenue loss, as well as growth of our main brands.

Income Statement (IFRS)
United States
Millions of Dollars
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues 2,004 1,985 1.0%
Service Revenues 1,679 1753 -4.2%
Equipment Revenues 325 231 40.3%
EBITDA 152 211 -27.9%
% total revenues 7.6% 10.6%
EBIT 132 195 -32.2%
% 6.6% 9.8%
United States Operating Data (IFRS) 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 22,761 24,745 -8.0%
StraighTalk 9,041 8,790 2.9%
SafeLink 3,694 5,136 -28.1%
Other Brands 10,026 10,818 -7.3%
MOU 512 519 -1.3%
ARPU (US$) 24 23 7.3%
Churn (%) 4.1% 5.4% (1.3)

Telekom Austria Group

We finished March with 20.6 million wireless subscribers, unchanged from a year before. On the postpaid segment however, we added 122 thousand new subscribers taking our contract base up 4.2% year-on-year. Fixed RGUs topped six million, slightly less than a year before following disconnections of voice lines and broadband accesses that were partly offset by RGU increases in Belarus and Macedonia.

Group revenues increased 1.2% to 1.1 billion euros. Excluding one off effects booked in Austria in the year-earlier quarter, service revenues would have risen 0.6% reflecting growth in all segments except for Slovenia. Wireless service revenues declined 0.7% mostly as a result of the abolition of roaming charges within the EU, which affected mostly Austria and Slovenia.

EBITDA of 341 million euros was stable as compared to the prior year. After adjusting for extraordinary items and restructuring charges in Austria, EBITDA rose 6.7% at constant exchange rates. All of our operations reported positive EBITDA growth with one exception, Slovenia.

Income Statement (IFRS) - Proforma
Telekom Austria Group
Millions of Euros
1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Total Revenues* 1,076 1,063 1.2%
Total service revenues 931 936 -0.5%
Wireless service revenues 521 524 -0.7%
Fixed-line service revenues 411 412 -0.4%
Equipment revenues 124 103 20.3%
Other operating income 21 24 -11.7%
EBITDA 341 341 0.2%
% total revenues 31.7% 32.1%
Adjusted EBITDA* 348 326 6.7%
EBIT 52 127 -59.4%
% 4.8% 12.0%
*Excludes one-off items and restructuring charges. For further detail please visit www.a1.group/en/investor-relations
Telekom Austria Group Operating Data (IFRS) Proforma 1Q18 1Q17 Var.%
Wireless Subscribers (thousands) 20,640 20,622 0.1%
Postpaid 15,703 15,074 4.2%
Prepaid 4,937 5,547 -11.0%
MOU (1) 339 323 5.0%
ARPU (US$) 8 8 -0.7%
Churn (%) 1.8% 2.0% (0.2)
Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)* 6,035 6,076 -0.7%
* Fixed Line, Broadband and Pay TV. (1) We modified the methodology for calculating MOUs. We no longer include M2M subscribers.

América Móvil IFRS (includes IFRS 15 for 1Q18)

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.

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.

MBOU Megabytes of Use per subscriber. The ratio of wireless data in a given period to the average number of wireless subscribers in that same period. It is presented on a monthly basis.

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.

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: April 25, 2018

AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.
By: / S / Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo
Name: Title: Carlos José García Moreno Elizondo Attorney-in-fact

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