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Orange Polska S.A.

Earnings Release Feb 13, 2017

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Current Report (4/2017) Orange Polska S.A., Warsaw, Poland February 13, 2017

Pursuant to Article 17(1) of the Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, the Management Board of Orange Polska S.A. hereby provides selected financial and operating data related to the activities of the Orange Polska Capital Group ("the Group", "Orange Polska") for 4Q 2016 and FY 2016.

Disclosures on performance measures, including adjustments, are presented in the Note 3 to the IFRS Consolidated Financial Statements of the Orange Polska Group for the 12 months ended 31 December 2016 (available at http://orange-ir.pl/results-center/results/2016).

Orange Polska reports in 2016 strong commercial performance in mobile post-paid and very high speed fixed broadband, full-year objectives achieved

key figures (PLN million), IFRS 4Q 2015 4Q 2016 change 12M 2015 12M 2016 change
revenue 2,926 2,981 +1.9% 11,840 11,538 -2.6%
adjusted revenue1 2,926 2,981 +1.9% 11,826 11,538 -2.4%
EBITDA 584 640 +9.6% 3,431 3,163 -7.8%
EBITDA margin 20.0% 21.5% +1.5 pp 29.0% 27.4% -1.6pp
adjusted EBITDA1 673 640 -4.9% 3,517 3,163 -10.1%
adjusted EBITDA1 margin 23.0% 21.5% -1.5 pp 29.7% 27.4% -2.3 pp
operating income/loss -118 -1,848 n/a 572 -1,354 n/a
net income/loss -153 -1,898 n/a 254 -1,746 n/a
capex 860 777 -9.7% 1,998 5,169 +158.7%
adjusted capex1 860 777 -9.7% 1,998 2,001 +0.2%
organic cash flow 863 165 -80.9% 962 -2,528 n/a
adjusted organic cash flow1 122 165 +35.2% 962 620 -35.6%

1 please refer to adjustment table on p.6

Customer statistics reflect base revisions made in Q3 2016 as described in the table on p.7.

KPI ('000) 4Q 2015 4Q 2016 change2
convergent customers 728 879 +20.7%
mobile accesses (SIM cards) 15,906 15,990 +0.6%
post-paid 8,361 9,453 +13.4%
pre-paid 7,545 6,537 -13.5%
mobile broadband accesses 2,001 2,666 +33.2%
fixed voice lines (retail) 4,194 3,932 -6.2%
fixed broadband accesses (retail) 2,105 2,015 -3.3%

Highlights: 2016 adjusted EBITDA guidance achieved; 2017 adjusted EBITDA guidance at PLN 2.8-3.0bn

  • 2016 bottom line affected by PLN 1,793m non-cash asset impairment loss due to reassessment of future projected cash flows coupled with an increase in the discount rate to reflect higher business risk
  • adjusted revenue3 decline at -2.4% year-on-year, slightly lower vs -2.9% in 2015
  • mobile revenues up 4.9% year-on-year, reflecting strong equipment sales and post-paid customer base growth
  • 4Q alone up by 1.9% year-on-year as a result of equipment sales and higher ICT
  • strong commercial performance in mobile post-paid and in VHBB:
  • +13% yoy mobile post-paid customers, +368k net adds in 4Q (+1.1 m in FY)
  • +33% yoy mobile broadband customers, +51k net adds in 4Q (+665k in FY)
  • +65% yoy VHBB customers, including +71k of fibre net adds in FY (of which +31k in 4Q)
  • +21% yoy convergent customers, +42k net adds in 4Q (+151k in FY)
  • pre-paid impacted by much lower new activations following SIM card registration obligation
  • adjusted EBITDA3 at PLN 3,163m; FY guidance4 achieved
  • adjusted EBITDA3 margin at 27.4%, down by 2.3pp year-on-year, reflecting higher interconnect and commercial expenses
  • adjusted capex3 at PLN 2,001m, flat year-on-year, incl. PLN 528m for the fibre network roll-out; FY outlook delivered
  • ex-fibre capex down 13% year-on-year to below PLN 1.5bn
  • c. 1.5 million households connectable with fibre at the end of 2016 (755k added in 2016);
  • adjusted Organic Cash Flow3 at PLN 620m
  • management guides for adjusted EBITDA in 2017 to be in the range of PLN 2.8–3.0bn, reflecting mainly continued pressure on legacy revenues and expected impact of new roaming regulations and uncertainty on pre-paid
  • taking into consideration challenging business outlook, decision to maximise cash allocation to strategic investment projects, and potential payment of EC fine the management will recommend not paying any dividend in 2017

2 please refer to the table presenting effect of customer base revisions on p.7

3 please refer to adjustment table on p.6

4 management forecasted adjusted EBITDA for 2016 to be in the range of PLN 3.15–3.30 billion. Financial leverage defined as net debtto-adjusted EBITDA was expected to be not higher than 2.2x for the full-year 2016.

commenting on 2016 performance and prospects for 2017, Jean-François Fallacher, Chief Executive Officer, said:

"Last year, in line with our mid-term action plan, we focused on investments in connectivity improvement, and on very proactive customer acquisition. We doubled our fibre network as planned, reaching close to 1.5m households; and we expanded our mobile 4G/LTE network to cover almost the entire Polish population.

Thanks to fibre, we added more high-speed fixed broadband customers than in the previous year, with a significant improvement in fibre take-up in Q4. Our mobile post-paid services base increased 13% year-on-year - the highest growth in many years, despite the ongoing tough competitive environment. According to our estimates, we increased our volume market share in high speed broadband by a few percentage points, and our value market share in the retail mobile market has stabilised. A particular challenge for pre-paid in 2016 was the introduction of obligatory customer registration. As of 1 February 2017 around 96% of our active customers had registered their SIMs, which we deem a success and evidence that we handled the transition well.

In 2017 our key priorities will not change but our focus will be even more on improving our execution of commercial actions and our investment process. Importantly, these efforts will be underpinned by the organisational changes that we introduced, starting from January 2017, with respect to both B2C and B2B areas. We will further improve our customer proposition and transform our distribution channels. A few days ago we launched a new offer, Orange Love, which is our first fixed-mobile 'hard bundle' and which, along with a new 4K TV experience, marks our new approach to winning households and promoting convergence. We plan to expand our fibre network by more than 1 million new households in 2017, i.e. much more than in 2016, and we will simultaneously accelerate service delivery time. We will also speed up the simplification and transformation of our business, to improve our agility and protect profitability. We have decided to provide an update on our longer term outlook later in the year, once we have better visibility of the effects of the above-mentioned initiatives."

Financial Review

adjusted revenue5 decline limited to -2.4% year-on-year vs -2.9% in 2015

Adjusted revenues totalled PLN 11,538 million in 2016, down -2.4% or PLN 288 million year-onyear. The decline resulted mainly from a fall in fixed services and lower other revenues. Evolution of fixed services reflects primarily structural erosion of legacy business, which impacted fixed voice and wholesale revenues. Fixed broadband revenues were also down as consequence of falling ADSL base and lower ARPU. A decrease in other revenues resulted from completion of infrastructure projects (that generated PLN 127 million revenues in 2015), and lower ICT revenues. These negatives were partially offset by an increase in mobile revenues, which were driven up by post-paid customer base growth and shift towards instalment offers.

In 4Q alone, revenues were up 1.9% or PLN 55 million year-on-year. This growth reflected much higher share of instalment offers in customer acquisitions (reflected in robust growth of mobile equipment sales) as well as higher revenues from ICT business.

In 2016 our mobile customer base increased by 96,000 or 0.6%. This slight increase is a consequence of two opposite trends. Firstly, our post-paid base increased by 1.1 million, or by 13%, which was the highest growth in many years. This was mainly driven by much higher popularity of multi-SIM Family offers and increased migration from pre-paid. Secondly, our pre-paid base was impacted by the obligation of SIM card registration (that came into force in July), which resulted in a sharp drop in low usage one-time activations. As a consequence, our reported prepaid base declined by 1 million. However, this reduction does not impact our pre-paid business in a material way.

5 please refer to adjustment table on p.6

The share of LTE in total mobile data transmission is growing gradually and has reached 62% in 4Q. Smartphone penetration in post-paid handset customer base reached 67% versus 59% in 4Q 2015. Growth of data usage per user in mobile post-paid again exceeded 100% year-on-year. The number of LTE unique users reached 4.3 million, growing 14% in 4Q 2016.

Our convergent customer base increased by 21% or 151,000 in 2016 to 879,000. The total number of services used by convergent customers approached 4 million, which implies that on average every customer uses more than four services.

In 2016, the total number of fixed retail broadband lines decreased by 68,000 versus 136,000 in 2015. This fall was steming from pressure on ADSL base (affected by mobile broadband substitution and competition from cable operators) as well as ongoing customer losses in legacy CDMA technology. In contrast, our high-speed broadband customer base continued to grow significantly, driven by our fibre network roll-out and migrations from ADSL. The number of fibre customers at year end stood at 88,000. The take-up rate improved as the year progressed: 31,000 in 4Q vs 18,000 in 3Q, 12,000 in 2Q and 10,000 in 1Q. Fixed broadband ARPU reflected constant competitive pressure from mobile broadband and cable operators. In fixed voice, structural decline slowed down with net loss of lines at 259,000 vs 318,000 in the previous year.

adjusted EBITDA6 margin at 27.4%, down by 2.3pp year-on-year, reflecting higher interconnect and commercial expenses; FY objective achieved

Adjusted EBITDA for full year amounted to PLN 3,163 million, down by PLN 354 million or 10.1% year-on-year. Adjusted EBITDA margin stood at 27.4%, down by 2.3 pp year-on-year. Its evolution reflects mainly a fall in revenues, an increase in direct costs (by PLN 249 million) and further optimisation of indirect costs (a fall by PLN 183 million). Direct cost year-on-year evolution was mainly affected by higher interconnect costs (reflecting growing customer base and traffic per customer) as well as growing commercial costs, mainly due to change in mix of handsets and unfavourable FX impact (weaker PLN to EURO). These negatives were partly compensated by improvement in indirect costs, mainly due to ongoing optimisation in the network & IT areas and a headcount decrease following implementation of the social plan.

In 4Q alone, adjusted EBITDA came in at PLN 640 million and was lower by only PLN 33 million over 4Q 2015.

2016 net loss at PLN 1,746 million, impacted by lower EBITDA and asset impairment loss

Orange Polska's bottom line for 2016 stood at PLN -1,746 million versus PLN 254 million in 2015. It was heavily affected by PLN 1,793m non-cash asset impairment loss due to reassessment of future projected cash flows coupled with an increase in the discount rate to reflect higher business risk. It was also impacted by lower EBITDA and higher net financial costs (PLN 68 million above 2015), mainly as a result of higher debt. This was partly offset by lower depreciation (down by PLN 146 million) as amortisation of the new spectrum was offset by a positive effect from extension of useful life for certain network assets.

adjusted organic Cash Flow6 at PLN 620 million

Adjusted organic cash flow for 2016 came in at PLN 620 million versus PLN 962 million in 2015. Net cash from operating activities (before income tax and change in working capital) was down PLN 365 million, mainly as a result of lower EBITDA. Capital expenditure cash outflows were higher by PLN 320 million, mainly as a consequence of payments to capex vendors, while proceeds from asset disposals were lower by PLN 24 million. These negatives were partly offset by PLN 323 million lower requirement for working capital as growing receivables (due to instalment effect) were largely compensated by supply chain optimisation. Tax paid was lower by PLN 44 million versus previous year.

commenting on 2016 results, Maciej Nowohoński, Chief Financial Officer, said:

6 please refer to adjustment table on p.6

"Our financial performance in 2016 was in line with our expectations. We delivered on our adjusted EBITDA and financial leverage guidance. Our mobile revenue trend improved, thanks to much higher equipment sales and small improvement in service revenue trend. Performance in fixed was unchanged and reflected continued pressure on legacy business lines and the impact of lower broadband prices. EBITDA evolution reflected lower revenue and our proactive customer acquisition approach.

Bottom line for 2016 was affected by recognition of non-cash asset impairment loss due to reassessment of future projected cash flows coupled with an increase in the discount rate to reflect higher business risk. Lower future cash flows are mainly a consequence of more conservative assumptions regarding performance on the mobile market, uncertainty in pre-paid, continuous deterioration in the legacy business and falling competitiveness of ADSL.

Looking forward to 2017, we expect to achieve adjusted EBITDA in the range of PLN 2.8-3.0 billion. We will face continued pressure on our revenue. In legacy fixed revenue (PSTN, wholesale), we anticipate ongoing structural decline. In mobile, on one hand we expect lower growth of equipment sales and, on the other hand, service revenue will be impacted by ongoing competitive pressure, new roaming regulations and uncertainty in pre-paid. Just as in 2016, we plan to address these conditions with further optimisations in indirect expenses; at the same time, we expect direct costs to grow.

We expect our capex in 2017 to stay at around PLN 2bn, with a growing share dedicated to fibre network rollout. Investment in fibre is absolutely crucial to build long-term value for the company and all its stakeholders and we have an ambitious target for households connectable in 2017. Cash generation will be affected by lower EBITDA, high capex and most likely by a higher working capital requirement as well. Taking this into consideration and also potential payment of EC fine the management will recommend not paying any dividend in 2017."

Orange Polska 2017 forecast

The Management Board of Orange Polska hereby publishes the Company's guidance for the full year 2017. Management forecasts adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of PLN 2.8–3.0 billion.

Adjusted EBITDA performance will reflect pressure on top-line, coming mainly from negative structural trends in legacy fixed services (mainly fixed voice and certain fixed wholesale services) that almost fully filter through to profits. We also expect lower growth of mobile equipment sales, while mobile service revenues will reflect new roaming regulations and uncertainty on pre-paid.

We expect our direct costs to grow, driven by interconnect, customer equipment and content. Indirect expenses should be reduced as a result of new savings initiatives and proceeds from sale of our real estate portfolio.

Realisation of this forecast will be monitored by the Company on an ongoing basis. Should there occur deviation from the forecasted EBITDA of at least 10%, the Company will make a revision to the forecast and immediately publish it in the form of a current report.

Adjustments to financial data

in PLNm 4Q'15 4Q'16 FY'15 FY'16
Revenue 2,926 2,981 11,840 11,538
-Revenue of Contact Center - - -14 -
Adjusted revenue 2,926 2,981 11,826 11,538
EBITDA 584 640 3,431 3,163
-EBITDA of Contact Center - - -4 -
-Employment termination expense net of related curtailment of
long-term employee benefits
89 - 90 -
Adjusted EBITDA 673 640 3,517 3,163
Capital expenditures 860 777 1,998 5,169
-acquisition of telecommunications licences - - - -3,168
Adjusted capital expenditures 860 777 1,998 2,001
Organic cash flow 863 165 962 -2,528
-LTE auction deposits / Acquisition of LTE spectrum -741 - - 3,148
Adjusted organic cash flow 122 165 962 620

Impact of customer base revision (as reported along with 3Q 2016 results)

Customer base revision resulted from internal audit of the accuracy of the reporting processes. These processes have been amended to ensure the correctness of the reporting going forward. This revision has no impact on revenues.

customer base (in thousands) 2Q2016 effect of
base
revision
net change
of
customers
in 3Q
3Q2016
Convergent customers 799 0 38 837
Fixed telephony accesses
POTS, ISDN & WLL 3,415 -1 -77 3,337
VoIP 644 -2 9 651
Total retail main lines 4,059 -3 -68 3,988
Fixed broadband access
ADSL 1,613 -5 -46 1,562
VHBB (VDSL+Fibre) 409 -17 44 436
o/w VDSL 370 -17 26 379
o/w Fibre 39 0 18 57
CDMA 35 0 -8 27
Retail broadband - total 2,057 -22 -10 2,025
TV client base
IPTV 213 -15 16 214
DTH (TV over Satellite) 590 -32 -10 548
TV client base - total 803 -46 4 761
-o/w 'nc+' packages 194 0 0 194
3P services (TV+FBB+VoIP) 547 -34 14 527
Mobile accesses
Post-paid 8,798 -22 309 9,085
-o/w B2B 2,817 0 76 2,893
Pre-paid 7,898 11 -600 7,309
Total 16,696 -12 -290 16,394
- of which dedicated mobile broadband accesses 2,473 0 142 2,615

Forward-looking statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding anticipated future events and financial performance with respect to our operations. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include words like 'believe', 'expect', 'anticipate', 'estimated', 'project', 'plan', 'adjusted' and 'intend' or future or conditional verbs such as 'will,' 'would,' or 'may.' Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include, but are not limited to, those set forth in our Registration Statement, as filed with the Polish securities and exchange commission, the competitive environment in which we operate, changes in general economic conditions and changes in the Polish and/or global financial and/or capital markets. Forwardlooking statements represent management's views as of the date they are made, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements for actual events occurring after that date. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.

Orange Polska's Management Board is pleased to invite you to the Company's 4Q and full year 2016 results presentation.

Orange Polska 4Q and full year 2016 Results Presentation

Tuesday 14th February 2017

Venue address: Orange Polska Aleje Jerozolimskie 160, (Conference room - ground floor) 02-326 Warsaw, Poland

Start: 11.00 CET

The presentation will also be available via a live webcast on our website and via a live conference call:

Time: 11:00 (Warsaw) 10:00 (London) 05:00 (New York)

Conference title: Orange Polska 4Q 2016 Results Conference Call

Conference code: 5509174

Dial in numbers: UK/Europe: +44 20 3427 1900 US: +1 646 254 3362

Toll free numbers: UK: 0800 279 5736 US: +1 877 280 1254

Orange Polska Group Consolidated

amounts in PLN millions 2015 2016 2015 2016
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q FY FY FY
ment
me state
Inco
as reported adjusted* as reported adjusted* as reported adjusted* as reported adjusted* as reported as reported as reported as reported as reported adjusted* as reported
Revenues
Mobile revenues 1,505 1,501 1,529 1,523 1,555 1,549 1,552 1,546 1,526 1,622 1,594 1,679 6,141 6,119 6,421
Wholesale services (including interconnect)
Retail services
1,159
208
1,155
208
1,157
223
223
1,151
1,159
225
1,153
225
1,114
253
1,108
253
1,090
244
1,080
270
1,085
251
272
1,041
4,589
909
4,567
909
4,296
1,037
Mobile equipment sales 138 138 149 149 171 171 185 185 192 272 258 366 643 643 1,088
Fixed services 1,306 1,306 1,290 1,290 1,263 1,265 1,224 1,230 1,192 1,175 1,156 1,139 5,083 5,091 4,662
Fixed narrowband 458
410
458
410
444
404
445
404
396
431
396
431
413
391
413
391
401
381
387
375
376
369
363
365
1,746
1,601
1,747
1,601
1,527
1,490
Enterprise solutions & networks
Fixed broadband, TV and VoIP
221 221 237 236 234 236 224 230 219 218 222 233 916 923 892
Wholesale revenue (including interconnect) 217 217 205 205 202 202 196 196 191 195 189 178 820 820 753
Other revenue 119 118 194 195 153 153 150 150 85 106 101 163 616 616 455
Total revenues 2,930 2,925 3,013 3,008 2,971 2,967 2,926 2,926 2,803 2,903 2,851 2,981 11,840 11,826 11,538
year-on-year** -1.7% n/a -2.3% n/a -2.4% n/a -5.1% n/a -4.2% -3.5% -3.9% 1.9% -2.9% n/a -2.4%
Labour expenses (430) (427) (457) (453) (430) (429) (396) (396) (381) (440) (404) (411) (1,713) (1,705) (1,636)
External purchases (1,476) (1,474) (1,562) (1,561) (1,524) (1,521) (1,709) (1,709) (1,476) (1,580) (1,535) (1,841) (6,271) (6,265) (6,432)
- Interconnect expenses (321) (321) (333) (333) (342) (342) (349) (349) (354) (384) (381) (395) (1,345) (1,345) (1,513)
- Network and IT expenses (176) (176) (181) (181) (180) (180) (197) (197) (160) (168) (164) (178) (734) (734) (670)
- Commercial expenses (644) (644) (662) (663) (638) (638) (801) (801) (615) (685) (656) (883) (2,745) (2,746) (2,839)
- Other external purchases (335) (333) (386) (384) (364) (361) (362) (362) (347) (343) (334) (385) (1,447) (1,440) (1,410)
Other operating incomes & expenses (69) (69) (78) (78) (98) (98) (122) (122) (88) (96) (90) (103) (367) (367) (377)
Employment termination expenses (1) (1) (128) (128) (129) (129)
Gain/(loss) on disposal of assets 5 5 43 43 10 10 13 13 10 37 9 14 71 71 70
Reported EBITDA 959 959 959 959 929 929 584 584 868 824 831 640 3,431 3,431 3,163
% of revenues 32.7% 32.8% 31.8% 31.9% 31.3% 31.3% 20.0% 20.0% 31.0% 28.4% 29.1% 21.5% 29.0% 29.0% 27.4%
- Employment termination expenses net of related
curtailment of long-term employee benefits
1 1 89 89 90 90
- Gain on disposal of Contact Center (4) (4)
Adjusted EBITDA 960 960 959 959 929 925 673 673 868 824 831 640 3,521 3,517 3,163
% of revenues 32.8% 32.8% 31.8% 31.9% 31.3% 31.2% 23.0% 23.0% 31.0% 28.4% 29.1% 21.5% 29.7% 29.7% 27.4%
Depreciation & amortisation (710) (710) (733) (733) (716) (716) (712) (712) (653) (683) (695) (694) (2,871) (2,871) (2,725)
(Impairement)/reversal of impairement of non-current
assets
(3) (3) 6 6 (1) (1) 10 10 0 1 1 (1,794) 12 12 (1,792)
Operting income 246 246 232 232 212 212 (118) (118) 215 142 137 (1,848) 572 572 (1,354)
% of revenues 8.4% 8.4% 7.7% 7.7% 7.1% 7.1% -4.0% -4.0% 7.7% 4.9% 4.8% -62.0% 4.8% 4.8% -11.7%
Finance costs, net (58) (58) (76) (76) (76) (76) (81) (81) (96) (96) (79) (88) (291) (291) (359)
Income tax (17) (17) (30) (30) (26) (26) 46 46 (21) (29) (21) 38 (27) (27) (33)
Consolidated net income 171 171 126 126 110 110 (153) (153) 98 17 37 (1,898) 254 254 (1,746)
* Adjusted for deconsolidation of Contact Center(1Q-3Q'15) and after reclassification of wholesale SMS service revenue from "Retail mobile services" to "Fixed enterprise solutions & networks"
** Change is calculated based on adjusted figures

Orange Polska Group key performance indicators

customer base (in thousands) 2015 2016
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
Convergent customers1 591 627 667 728 766 799 837 879
Fixed telephony accesses2
POTS, ISDN & WLL 3,880 3,780 3,681 3,580 3,487 3,415 3,337 3,268
VoIP 555 567 587 614 633 644 651 664
Total retail main lines 4,435 4,347 4,268 4,194 4,120 4,059 3,988 3,932
Fixed broadband access2
ADSL 1,902 1,850 1,794 1,734 1,669 1,613 1,562 1,503
VHBB (VDSL+Fibre) 207 232 271 316 366 409 436 492
o/w VDSL 204 227 263 299 339 370 379 404
o/w Fibre 3 5 8 17 27 39 57 88
CDMA 89 77 66 55 44 35 27 20
Retail broadband - total 2,198 2,159 2,131 2,105 2,079 2,057 2,025 2,015
TV client base2
IPTV 150 156 169 184 200 213 214 234
DTH (TV over Satellite) 606 605 605 603 597 590 548 532
TV client base - total 756 761 774 787 797 803 761 766
-o/w 'nc+' packages 158 158 164 182 190 194 194 195
3P services (TV+FBB+VoIP)2 441 455 478 507 531 547 527 543
Mobile accesses2
Post-paid 7,727 7,897 8,087 8,361 8,576 8,798 9,085 9,453
-o/w B2B 2,496 2,561 2,601 2,688 2,754 2,817 2,893 2,986
Pre-paid 7,791 7,690 7,606 7,545 7,689 7,898 7,309 6,537
Total3 15,518 15,587 15,693 15,906 16,265 16,696 16,394 15,990
- of which dedicated mobile broadband accesses 1,590 1,693 1,806 2,001 2,229 2,473 2,615 2,666
Wholesale customers
WLR 991 933 886 832 780 730 693 652
Bitstream access 263 261 254 245 234 222 213 202
LLU 146 141 136 131 125 120 116 110
  1. 3Q2016 reflects impact of customer base revision (see 'KPIs base revision')

  2. All SIM cards, including handsets, mobile broadband, M2M

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Retail fixed voice ARPU2 40.4 40.2 40.0 39.3 39.2 38.7 38.4 37.9 Fixed broadband ARPU (Broadband, TV & VoIP)2 60.8 61.4 61.2 61.2 60.3 60.2 60.3 59.9 Mobile ARPU2 post-paid 50.5 50.0 49.1 47.1 45.3 44.3 43.7 41.9 -o/w B2B 57.1 55.0 53.9 49.8 48.8 46.8 46.0 44.0 pre-paid 12.1 12.9 13.2 12.7 12.4 11.9 12.0 12.6 blended 30.2 30.6 30.6 29.8 28.9 28.1 28.1 28.5 retail ARPU 25.6 25.7 25.6 24.5 23.6 22.8 22.8 22.6 wholesale ARPU 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.9 handset ARPU 31.0 31.7 31.8 31.1 30.1 29.7 30.1 30.6 broadband ARPU 23.1 22.2 21.8 20.7 21.4 19.2 17.9 18.5 2016 2015 quarterly ARPU in PLN per month

  1. 3Q2016 reflects impact of customer base revision (see 'KPIs base revision')
other mobile operating statistics 2015 2016
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
MVNOs customers (thousands) 11 8 8 7 7 6 6 5
Number of smartphones (thousands) 4,768 4,965 5,256 5,470 5,809 5,996 6,057 6,291
volumes & churn
AUPU (in minutes)
post-paid 335.6 345.0 341.3 342.5 345.0 359.3 351.1 354.5
pre-paid 100.0 106.0 107.8 107.5 105.3 104.4 104.7 113.7
blended 210.9 220.1 221.1 223.9 225.3 231.8 230.4 244.7
Quarterly mobile customer churn rate (%)
post-paid 3.7 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.8
pre-paid 16.7 16.1 17.0 16.9 15.7 15.2 16.8 18.1
subsidies
SAC post-paid (PLN) 375.1 320.8 306.8 336.4 265.7 237.5 211.0 214.7
SRC post-paid (PLN) 292.3 259.0 214.6 277.6 221.1 177.2 174.8 186.0
network coverage
4G coverage in % of population 72.0% 78.8% 79.0% 83.7% 89.2% 95.4% 97.4% 99.1%
3G coverage in % of population 99.4% 99.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
Employment structure of Group as reported 2015 2016
Active full time equivalents (end of period) 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
Orange Polska 17,887 17,393 16,871 16,599 16,497 16,099 15,786 15,537
50% of Networks 369 354 356 368 349 338 344 343
Total 18,256 17,747 17,227 16,967 16,846 16,437 16,130 15,880

Terms used:

Average Usage per User (AUPU) – the average monthly total usage of minutes divided by the average number of SIM cards (excluding M2M) in a given period.

Churn rate – the number of customers who disconnect from a network in a given period divided by the weighted average number of customers in the same period.

ICT – Information and Communication Technology

Fixed Broadband ARPU – the average monthly revenues from fixed broadband services (including TV and VoIP services) divided by the average number of accesses in a given period.

Mobile ARPU – the average monthly revenues from mobile services (outgoing and incoming, including connection and termination fees, visitors roaming, excluding M2M), divided by the average number of SIM cards (excluding M2M) in a given period.

Mobile Broadband ARPU – the average monthly revenues from SIM cards dedicated to mobile broadband access (all service revenues including outgoing and incoming) divided by the average number of these SIM cards in a given period.

Mobile Handset ARPU – the average monthly revenues from SIM cards dedicated to mobile handset access (all service revenues including outgoing and incoming) divided by the average number of these SIM cards in a given period.

Subscriber Acquisition Cost (SAC) – Customer acquisition costs divided by the number of gross customers added during the respective period. Customer acquisition costs comprise commissions paid to distributors and net subsidies resulting from the sale of the handset.

Subscriber Retention Cost (SRC) – Customer retention costs divided by the number of customers retained during the respective period. Customer retention costs comprise commissions paid to distributors and net subsidies resulting from the sale of the handset.

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