Life :) results in the third quarter of 2012

Ukrainian mobile operator life :) announced financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2012, noting that the company maintains high operational performance, while demonstrating revenue growth, mainly due to an effective regional strategy and the active tourist season, caused by the growth of international calls and high demand tariff plans for tourists. During the third quarter of 2012, life :) showed 6.8% growth in revenue on an annual basis, reaching 887.0 million USD compared to 830.5 million UAH ($ 1 ~ 8.1 hr) in the third quarter of 2011. The main growth drivers were: subscriber growth, as well as the seasonal increase in revenues from international calls and offers for tourists. EBITDA reached USD 253.4 million, which is 18.4% higher than the same period in 2011 - 214.0 million USD . The main growth drivers were: increase revenue and optimize its cost. In addition, life :) continued its operational success, demonstrating a high in the third quarter quarterly EBITDA margin 28.6%, compared with 25.8% in the third quarter of 2011. Furthermore, the second consecutive quarter life :) continues to show a positive indicator EBIT.

At the end of the third quarter of 2012 increased the total life :) subscriber base by 1.4 million, reaching 10.7 million subscribers, compared to 9.3 million for the same period of 2011. In this case, the active 3-month base increased by 1.1 million to 8.2 million, compared to 7.1 million in the third quarter of 2011. These results were achieved through a strategy of regional growth and the active tourist season.

Overall ARPU in the third quarter of 2012 decreased by 8.1% to Rs 28.3 compared to the same period in 2011 - 30.8 usd. At the same time, the rate of 3-month ARPU decreased by 7.4% on an annual basis to 37.7 UAH compared to the same period in 2011 - 40.7 usd. In turn, the MoU index decreased by 6.1% on an annual basis (184.4 min) compared to the same period in 2011 (196.4 min). This trend was due to lower prices of life :) for international calls and roaming services, as well as lower consumption of voice traffic with new subscribers. During the third quarter of life :) reduced net loss by 24.9% to USD 90.7 million, compared with 120 8 million USD in the same period of 2011. At the same time, the operator increased capital investment by 55% to Rs 239.9 million on an annual basis, compared to Rs 154.8 million for the same period of 2011. In this case, on a quarterly basis, capital investment increased by 256.5% compared to the second quarter of 2012 - 67.3 million USD.