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In Norway, the decline in fixed legacy revenues are offset by growth in fibre and fixed wireless accesses and mobile service revenues. Improved subscription development in Sweden contributed positively towards stabilisation of the subscription and traffic revenues. Furthermore, Finland and Denmark continued its strong performance, delivering both revenue and EBITDA growth in the quarter.
In Asia, Telenor aims to strengthen the position in our markets and be better positioned for future growth. The merger agreement with Celcom in Malaysia was signed in Q2 and marks the next step towards creating a leading operator in the country. We have an ambition to serve the data revolution in the region and the demand for data contributes to the revenue development in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Domestic market performance in Thailand has stabilised the top-line despite impact from the third wave of the pandemic.
On July 8, Telenor Group announced an agreement to sell Telenor Myanmar. The situation in the country has over the past months deteriorated, posing challenges related to people security, the regulatory environment and compliance. It has not been an easy decision. The commitment to Telenor's values and responsible business conduct is the reason why we believe this sale is the best possible solution in this situation.
With the first half of 2021 behind us, and a strong set of numbers for the second quarter, we adjust our expectations for the full year 2021. We now expect organic subscription and traffic revenues growth of 0-1%, organic EBITDA growth of 0-2% and a capex to sales ratio of 15 16%.
Sigve Brekke, President and CEO, Telenor Group
KEY FIGURES TELENOR GROUP* Second quarter First half year Year
NOK in million 2021 2020 2021 2020 2020
Revenues 27 158 28 978 54 675 58 109 115 839
Organic revenue growth (%) 3.3 -4.8 1.3 -2.2 -2.7
Subscription and traffic revenues 20 327 22 005 40 844 44 228 87 147
Organic subscription and traffic revenue growth (%) 2.1 -4.5 -0.4 -2.1 -2.6
EBITDA before other income and other expenses 12 353 13 175 24 562 26 175 52 347
Organic EBITDA growth (%) 3.6 0.2 1.4 0.4 1
EBITDA before other income and other expenses/Revenues (%) 45.5 45.5 44.9 45 45.2
Net income attributable to equity holders of Telenor ASA 2 188 4 428 -1 701 5 125 17 341
Capex excl. licences and spectrum 4 377 3 688 8 063 6 680 15 811
Total Capex 6 073 3 721 10 298 7 019 21 152
Free cash flow before M&A 2 126 3 995 5 117 6 659 12 542
Total Free cash flow 2 121 3 579 5 955 7 353 20 855
Mobile subscriptions Change in quarter/Total (mill.) 1.7 -3.4 170.3 158.9 165.5
*With effect from the second quarter of 2021, Telenor Myanmar is classified as held for sale and discontinued operations, see note 3. As a consequence, the relevant figures in the table above and throughout the report excludes Telenor Myanmar.
Second quarter 2021 summary1)
The Group's mobile subscriber base grew by 1.7 million. The subscriber base was 170 million at the end of the quarter.
Subscription and traffic revenues increased by 2% on an organic basis. Total reported revenues were NOK 27.2 billion, a decrease of NOK 1.8 billion.
Currency adjusted opex decreased by NOK 0.1 billion, or 1%. Reported opex decreased by NOK 0.9 billion.
Organic EBITDA increased by 4%, as a result of increase in subscription and traffic revenues. Reported EBITDA before other items was NOK 12.4 billion and the EBITDA margin was 45%.
Capex excluding licences and spectrum was NOK 4.4 billion, yielding a capex to sales ratio of 16%.
Reported net income was NOK 2.2 billion.
Total free cash flow was NOK 2.1 billion.
In June, Telenor ASA paid the first tranche of the dividend for 2020 of NOK 6.7 billion or NOK 5.0 per share.
Leverage increased to 2.0x at the end of the second quarter from 1.8x at the end of the previous quarter mainly due to Myanmar reclassification to discontinued operations and dividend pay-out in June.
On 8 July 2021, the Group announced an agreement to sell its operations in Myanmar. As a consequence, Telenor Myanmar is classified as discontinued operations and held for sale in the Group's financial statements.
1)Please refer to Definitions on page 28 for descriptions of alternative performance measures.
Press contact: Tormod Sandst , Director Media Relations, Telenor Group
+47 90 94 32 15 | Tormod.Sandsto@telenor.com
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