Press room ABERTIS TELECOM: THE COMMITMENT TO AN INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR Presentation on Abertis Investor Day
Barcelona, May 03rd, 2010 The Investor Day that abertis is holding today in Barcelona will be focused on abertis telecoms business model, with an analysis of this business units performance and track record from when it joined the Group in year 2000 until now. The presentation highlights the weight of the telecommunications business in the Groups consolidated figures, as well as its performance since 2003, when retevisi n was integrated into the Group and abertis was created.
Todays presentation highlights how abertis telecoms income went from 247.4 million in 2003 to 541.3 million in 2009, with average growth of 14%. The companys EBITDA went from 64.5 million to 219.5 million in 2009, with average growth of 22.6%. For its part, net profit went from 12.6 million in 2003 to a figure of 95 million in 2009.
abertis telecoms presentation as part of the Groups Investor Day held today also makes clear the main elements which make up the audiovisual business value chain, from the generation of content to reception by the viewer, through the encoding, transport and broadcast elements, which are those provided by abertis telecom.
Another of the aspects highlighted by todays presentation is the source of the terrestrial business income from the different services provided by abertis telecom. 54% of the companys income comes from the distribution and broadcast of the television signal. On-site co-location and telecommunications network operation and maintenance services make up 14% of income, whilst reinforced engineering and consultancy sales represent 11%. TV signal transmission and dedicated circuit sales also generate 11% of income. For their part, radio signal distribution and broadcast services, in addition to radio communication services for security and emergency forces, generate 5% of income, respectively.
Transition to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT)
abertis telecom has this year successfully completed the project for the transition to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), one of the most complex and ambitious technological migration exercises ever undertaken in a service as universal, and today fundamental, as television. The project has entailed a great deal of technical, logistical and social complexity (it affects more than 46 million people) for the deployment since 2005 of a new digital broadcast network based on existing and new centres, with the aim of replacing the analogue network deployed over the last 50 years.
Of the currently existing DTT transmitter centres in Spain (a total of 5,700), 52% (2,939) are managed by abertis telecom. The company has invested more than 350 million in this project, in which coverage has been provided, as established by the National Technical DTT Plan, to 98% and 96% of the population for public and private television stations, respectively.
Todays presentation as part of abertis Investor Day also highlights the business opportunities which will be opened up by the terrestrial business for abertis telecom. in the coming years. In this regard, it makes reference to the process by which new multiple DTT channels will be created; specifically three new national multiple channels in addition to the five already in existence, a regional multiple channel in addition to the one already in existence and a multiple channel for mobile TV. It is expected that the allocation of the three national multiple channels will become effective in mid-2010. The maximum deployment periods would therefore be 90% coverage in the last quarter of 2010 and 95% in the first quarter of 2011.
It also highlights the importance of the deregulation of frequency bands above channel 60 before January 2015, which will offer the company new business opportunities in the field of the provision of advanced electronic communications services (mobile operators).
DTT will also open up new development opportunities in new services such as pay-DTT, high-definition TV, 3D television and different convergence formulas between TV and Internet and mobile DTT, among others. In short, new applications and services in which abertis telecom as a neutral network operator, will continue to contribute all of its innovation and development capability.
Satellite infrastructures
In line with the process of integration and convergence of terrestrial, satellite and cable signal transmission technologies, todays presentation has also highlighted abertis telecoms satellite business, in which it is present through its stakes in Eutelsat (31.4%) and Hispasat (42.1%). This business fits perfectly with abertis telecoms activity as a telecommunications network and infrastructure operator. In this regard, it is a capital-intensive business, with a strong element of collaboration with the Public Administration, which allows a high level of complementarity with the audiovisual sector (terrestrial infrastructures and support for the online services of abertis businesses), with visible, stable cash flows and attractive economies of scale for operating and expansion investments.
Through the companies in which it holds a stake in the satellite sector, Eutelsat and Hispasat, abertis telecom has a joint capacity of 32 satellites in 23 orbital positions and 5 satellites under construction which are expected to be launched in 2010 and 2011. Through both companies it has a presence in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America and covers more than 90% of the world population. Both Eutelsat and Hispasat are companies which have achieved a high level of growth in terms of both income and net profit, with leading EBITDA margins among world satellite operators (78.9% in the case of Eutelsat and 77.4% in the case of Hispasat).
Business prospects
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Press room ABERTIS TELECOM: THE COMMITMENT TO AN INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR Presentation on Abertis Investor Day
