life:) has published its financial results for third quarter 2011

Ukrainian mobile services operator life:) announces financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2011, where, he says, thanks to the regional strategy, he demonstrated the high dynamics of growth, at the same time maintaining high margins EBITDA.

Income : In the third quarter 2011 income statement in dollar terms increased by 22.7% compared with last year, and 18.0%, compared with the previous quarter, reaching 104.2 million in dollars. In the hryvnia equivalent income grew by 23.8% compared with last year, and 18.0%, compared with the previous quarter. The dynamic growth of income in the third quarter due to subscriber growth and overall ARPU.
EBITDA : In the third quarter 2011 operating margin life:) continued to improve. The operator recorded EBITDA of at 26.8 million dollars, up 24.7% higher than last year and by 13.1% - the previous quarter. Accordingly, in the third quarter EBITDA margin showed a modest increase of 0.5 points to 25.8%, compared with 25.3% in the third quarter of 2010, and decreased by 1.0 point compared to the previous quarter. This was mainly due to increased marketing costs associated with subscriber growth.
The subscriber base and ARPU : In the third quarter in the number of active subscribers within three months rose by 700 thousand and has reached 7.1 million, an increase of 12.7% more than last year, and 10.9%, compared with the previous quarter. The main factors of this growth has been significant: the impact of seasonality, together with the positive results of regional activities aimed at attracting new customers, as well as successful marketing campaign aimed at tourists visiting and Ukrainians traveling abroad. In the third quarter 2011 ARPU index rose by 18.6% compared with last year, and 8.5%, compared with the previous quarter, mainly due to increase in the volume of international calls and roaming revenue growth during the quarter.
The operator recorded a net loss of $ 15.2 million dollars, up 42.4% less than the same period in 2010, and 23.2% less than in the previous quarter. The third quarter figure MoU increased by 30.8%, compared with same period last year, and reached a value of 196.4 minutes.