Liberty Latin America Reports Q2 and H1 2018 Results

08 Aug 2018 in

 

Liberty Latin America Reports Q2 and H1 2018 Results

  • Q2 RGU Additions of 61,000 Driven by Record Broadband Gains
  • Restoration of Puerto Rico On-Track; > 90% of Subscribers Billable Today
  • Expanded Network Reach in Q2 with > 80,000 New / Upgraded Homes
  • Financial Guidance1 for 2018 Confirmed

Denver, Colorado – August 8, 2018: Liberty Latin America Ltd. ("Liberty Latin America") (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB) today announced its financial and operating results for the three months ("Q2") and six months ("YTD" or "H1") ended June 30, 2018.

CEO Balan Nair stated, "Building on a solid start to the year, we added over 60,000 RGUs in the second quarter, including a record number of quarterly broadband additions. This result shows the potential for our fixed businesses, operating in markets where we believe there is additional demand for high-speed services. In mobile, we are seeing a growing number of subscribers using our LTE networks and we have introduced combo plans (with voice, data and text messages) across our markets to address consumers' changing needs while also aiming to maintain and grow our revenue. We continue to invest in product offerings our customers demand, leveraging the capabilities of our mobile and fixed networks. For example, in addition to Flow-to-go, which we already provide in C&W's markets, we recently launched VTR Play in Chile, and Go in Puerto Rico, which enable our customers to stream their favorite TV programs at home or on-the-go."

"Our Puerto Rican business delivered another solid quarter of sequential revenue and OCF2growth, as we focused on being fastest to market, both in reconnecting existing customers and reaching new customers. Over 90% of our subscribers are now billable, and in Q2 we saw the first quarter of organic net additions since last year's hurricanes with quarterly sales ahead of Q2 2017."

"We have been working for a number of years to design and implement a digital transformation strategy at VTR and I'm excited to announce that this is now being rolled-out. As a result, our customers will benefit from faster and more effective service delivery, which we expect will differentiate us from our competitors and also drive cost efficiencies in our business as we refine our processes. There is tremendous potential to leverage this platform and the learnings from our Chilean business across Liberty Latin America."

"In-line with our expectations, we have continued to expand and improve our fixed networks in 2018, with over 160,000 homes upgraded or added in the first half of the year. We are also investing in high-speed LTE mobile networks, which we anticipate will drive usage and ultimately revenue."

"In our first six months as a separately listed company, we have made significant strides towards creating the culture, structure and platforms required for sustainable future growth and we remain on-track with our 2018 guidance1 targets."