Tele2 sums up FY2015 results: operator’s subscriber base in Moscow totals 1.266 mn people

OREANDA-NEWS. Tele2, an alternative mobile operator, has reported consolidated FY2015 financial and operating results.

In 2015, Tele2 has exhibited the following financial results:

• operating revenue gained 8.3% compared to 2014 and reached RUB94.6 bn;
• EBITDA totaled RUB23.4 billion having decreased 6.4% compared to the same period last year; EBITDA margin equaled 24.71%;
• investment into IT infrastructure and technical development totaled RUB39 billion. The growth totaled 214% as compared to 2014, a CAPEX-to-revenue ratio equals 41.2%.

In 2015, the company showed improvement in the following operating indicators:

• as of 31 December 2015, the company’s subscriber base equaled 37.3 mn people having gained 2.2 mn people over one year;
• average revenue per user (ARPU) totaled RUB217;
• minutes of use (MoU) equaled 362 on average in Russia;
• average price per minute (APPM) totaled 60 kopecks;
• number of active wireless Internet users totals 37.5% of all-Russia subscriber base, which is equivalent to 14 mn people.

Sergey Emdin, CEO at Tele2:

“In 2015, Tele2 has finally secured its status as a new federal operator. The company has completed its project on integration of Rostelecom mobile assets and launched operations under Tele2 brand in 22 regions. The operator is now working in 65 Russian regions, high-speed wireless Internet is available to our clients in 61 regions. A red line in the list of Tele2 achievements is a launch of Moscow operations in October 2015. It took Tele2 less than a year to build a modern and high-quality network in the Moscow metropolitan area. For less than two months the number of our subscribers in the region exceeded one million people.”