A1 Telekom Austria adds 5k TV RGUs in 1Q 2019

VIENNA — Today, A1 Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) announces its results for the first quarter of 2019, ending March 31, 2019.

The number of revenue-generating units (RGUs) in the Group’s fixed-line business increased by 3.5% year-on-year. The decline in RGUs in Austria, which was driven primarily by voice and to some extent also by low bandwidth broadband RGUs, was more than offset by increases in all other convergent markets, mostly due to broadband and TV RGUs.

Overall, TV RGUs were up 5 thousand units (0.3%) in the quarter and up 211 thousand units (14.7%) versus the same point in 2018.

Pay TV RGUs

                                              2017                            2018    2019       Change        % Change
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                        Q1      Q2      Q3      Q4      Q1      Q2      Q3      Q4      Q1   QoQ    YoY     QoQ     YoY
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Austria              290.1   290.1   290.7   297.1     302   305.2   308.3     313   316.4   3.4   14.4   1.09%   4.77%
Bulgaria             478.3   479.8   477.4   485.1   488.1   496.6   499.7   507.5   508.4   0.9   20.3   0.18%   4.16%
Croatia              206.1     209   210.1     211   213.9     217   223.4   229.3   235.6   6.3   21.7   2.75%  10.14%
Belarus (Velcom)       148     158   248.1   248.7   258.9   366.4   367.4   408.1   398.4  -9.7  139.5  -2.38%  53.88%
Slovenia              53.4    54.1    55.4    56.5    54.2    57.2    58.1    60.2    62.7   2.5    8.5   4.15%  15.68%
N. Macedonia (vip)   123.9   122.7   121.5   122.9   123.5   124.4   126.4   128.8   130.4   1.6    6.9   1.24%   5.59%
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TOTAL               1299.8  1313.7  1403.2  1421.3  1440.6  1566.8  1583.3  1646.9  1651.9     5  211.3   0.30%  14.67%