Form 6-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of February 2011

Commission File Number: 001-13464

 

 

Telecom Argentina S.A.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Alicia Moreau de Justo, No. 50, 1107

Buenos Aires, Argentina

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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1.    Press release dated February  21, 2011 entitled “Telecom Argentina S.A. announces consolidated annual period (‘FY10’) and fourth quarter results for fiscal year 2010 (‘4Q10’)*”


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Market Cap P$20.2 billion

February 21, 2011

Contacts:

Pedro Insussarry

Solange Barthe Dennin

(54-11) 4968-3743/3752

Telecom Argentina S.A. announces

consolidated annual period (‘FY10’) and

fourth quarter results for fiscal year 2010 (‘4Q10’)*

 

   

Consolidated Net Revenues amounted to P$14,679 million (+20% vs. FY09); Mobile business in Argentina +25% vs. FY09; Internet +30% vs. FY09.

 

   

Mobile subscribers in Argentina +1.9 million (+13% vs. FY09).

 

   

Mobile Value Added Services in Argentina: +46% vs. FY09; 40% of Service Revenues.

 

   

Mobile ARPU reached P$44 in FY10 (+9% vs. FY09) and P$49 in 4Q10 (+17% vs. 4Q09).

 

   

ADSL ARPU increased to P$76 in FY10 (+15% vs. FY09); churn decreased to 1.4% from 1.8% in FY09.

 

   

Operating Profit Before Depreciation and Amortization (“OPBDA”) reached P$4,555 million (+17% vs. FY09), 31% of Net Revenues.

 

   

Operating Profit amounted to P$3,201 million (+16% vs. FY09).

 

   

Net Income reached P$1,821 million (+30% vs. FY09).

 

   

Net Cash Position: P$1,224 million, an increase of P$755 million vs. FY09 after having paid P$1,053 million in dividends in FY10.

 

      As of December 31,               

(in million P$, except where noted)

   2010      2009      D$     D%  

Consolidated Net Revenues

     14,679         12,226         2,453        20

Voice, Data and Internet

     4,640         4,157         483        12

Mobile

     10,039         8,069         1,970        24

Operating Profit before D&A

     4,555         3,900         655        17

Operating Profit

     3,201         2,762         439        16

Net Income

     1,821         1,405         416        30

Shareholders’ equity

     6,237         5,436         801        15

Net Financial Position - Cash

     1,224         469         755        161

CAPEX (excluding materials)

     1,974         1,703         271        16

Fixed lines in service (in thousand lines)

     4,107         4,060         47        1

Mobile customers (in thousand)

     18,212         16,281         1,931        12

Personal (Argentina)

     16,333         14,475         1,858        13

Núcleo (Paraguay) -including Wimax customers-

     1,878         1,806         73        4

Broadband acceses (in thousand)

     1,380         1,214         166        14

Fixed line traffic (in MM minutes, Internet & Public Telephony not incl.)

     15,317         15,644         (328     -2

Incoming/Outgoing mobile voice traffic in Arg. (in MM minutes)

     18,830         16,461         2,369        14

Average Billing per user (ARBU) Fixed Telephony/voice (in P$)

     43         41         1.9        5

Average Revenue per user (ARPU) Mobile Services in Arg. (in P$)

     44         41         3.8        9

 

* Unaudited non financial data


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Buenos Aires, February 21, 2011 - Telecom Argentina (NYSE: TEO; BASE: TECO2), one of Argentina’s leading telecommunications companies, announced today a Net Income of P$1,821 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, or +30% when compared to the same period last year.

 

      FY10     FY09     D$      D%  

Net Revenues (MMP$)

    
14,679
  
    12,226        2,453         20

Net Income (MMP$)

     1,821        1,405        416         30

Earnings per Share (P$)

     1.85        1.43        0.42      

Earnings per ADR (P$)

     9.25        7.13        2.11      

OPBDA *

     31     32     

Operating Profit *

     22     23     

Net Income*

     12     11     

 

* As a percentage of Net Revenues

During FY10, Consolidated Net Revenues increased by 20% (+P$2,453 million vs. FY09) to P$14,679 million, mainly fueled by the Mobile and Broadband businesses. Moreover, Operating Profit increased by 16% (+P$439 million vs. FY09) to P$3,201 million.

Consolidated Operating Revenues

Mobile Services

 

Clients have significantly increased in FY10, reaching 18.2 million as of the end of December 2010, representing an increase of 1.9 million since December 31, 2009.

 

The activities developed to increase the usage of the value added services (“VAS”) and to retain high value segments allowed Personal to increase consolidated net revenues to P$10,039 million (+24% vs. FY09).

 

Telecom Personal in Argentina

 

As of December 31, 2010, Personal surpassed 16 million subscribers in Argentina (+13% or 1.9 million vs. FY09), thus improving its market position. The overall subscriber base mix continued with 70% of prepaid subscribers and 30% postpaid (including “Cuentas claras” plans and 3G modems).

 

In FY10, Net Revenues reached P$9,501 million (+P$1,873 million or 25% vs. FY09) while Service Revenues (excluding handset sales) amounted to P$8,483 million (+24% vs. FY09), with 40% corresponding to value-added services (‘VAS’) revenues. VAS revenues increased vs. FY09 by 46%.

 

During FY10, the overall voice traffic minutes increased by 14% vs. FY09. Meanwhile, SMS traffic performance (charged incoming and outgoing messages), climbed to 4,614 million in FY10 from a monthly average of 3,034 million messages in FY09 (+52% vs. FY09). Due to this increase in traffic and VAS usage, Average Monthly Revenue per User (ARPU) increased to approximately P$44 during FY10 (+9% vs. FY09) meanwhile ARPU in 4Q10 reached P$49 (+17% vs. FY09).

  

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Initiatives

 

During the last quarter of the year, Personal continued to extend its Personal Black portfolio incorporating exclusive handsets (such as Motorola Milestone II, Motorola Defy and Nokia N8, among others) and the launching of new promotions to its subscribers. In this sense, the focus on market position and innovation in Smartphones leverage by its strategy of Personal Black, allowed Personal to lead in Smartphones handsets sales with more than 53% of participation.

 

Furthermore, with the consolidation of the 3G network, that already covers 82% of population; Personal continued launching different connectivity plans that provide alternatives for the need of each client type with limited time or data volume packages, both for 3G modems and handsets.

 

In addition, among the most remarkable services of FY10 and specifically for Mother’s Day, Personal presented an integrated offer with new plans and benefits for Club Personal clients, together with some free services, such as Personal Email, and Pack 2.0 to access to social networks, allowed continuing incentivizing VAS usage. Also the new “BlackBerry Mail” and “BlackBerry Redes” offerings were launched and were included in the “All Inclusive Plans”.

 

During FY10, Personal continued with its strategy of fostering benefits such as service packs and recharges to its client base (double and triple credit).

 

Finally, Personal presented the second experience in development and investigation in fourth generation technology (4G) in the country. With Personal 4G, high definition video streaming tests, video calls, high speed files transfers, among others services were tested, where speeds of 50 Mb per second were exceeded. In this way, Personal continued to be distinguished as pioneer in innovation by offering the new technologies that would revolutionize mobile services.

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Telecom Personal in Paraguay

 

By the end of December 2010, Nucleo’s subscriber base increased to approximately 1.9 million clients (+4% vs. FY09), including Wimax clients. Prepaid and Postpaid customers represented 85% and 15%, respectively.

 

Personal’s subsidiary in Paraguay generated revenues equivalent to P$538 million during FY10 (+22% vs. FY09) with increases in the level of ARPU.

 

Fixed Services (Voice, Data Transmission & Internet)

 

During FY10 revenues generated by fixed services amounted to P$4,640 million, +12% vs. FY09; with internet revenues growing in relative terms the most in this segment (+30% vs. FY09), followed by Data (+23% vs. FY09).

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Voice

 

Total Revenues for this service reached P$2,928 million in FY10 (+4% vs. FY09). The results of this line of business continue to be affected by frozen tariffs of regulated services and lower interconnection revenues.   

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Monthly Charges and Supplementary Services increased by P$42 million, or 5% vs. FY09, to P$884 million, as a consequence of a higher number of lines in service (+1%), which surpassed 4.1 million, and a 17% increase in supplementary services.

  

 

Revenues generated by Local and Domestic Long Distance Measured Services and International Services totaled P$1,341 million, an increase of P$66 million or 5% vs. FY09. In relative terms, revenues from local calls increased the most, with 9% vs. FY09, mainly due to the incorporation of flat rate packs and, secondly, by domestic long distance traffic (+5% vs. FY09). Meanwhile, revenues from international services remained at similar levels, compared to the same period from last year.

  

 

Interconnection revenues decreased to P$435 million (-3% vs. FY09), mainly due to lowe traffic derived by the incorporation of new interconnection points with mobile operators.

  

 

Public telephony decreased to P$61 million (-P$9 million vs. FY09). Finally, other revenues totaled P$207 million (+9% vs. FY09) mainly due to higher income related to billing and collection services and fixed line equipment sales.

  

 

During FY10, the Company launched new Aladino handsets, coupled with more services to continue innovating in fixed services.

  

 

Data Transmission and Internet

  

 

Data transmission revenues amounted to P$338 million (+23% vs. FY09), where the focus was to strengthen Telecom’s position as an integrated ICT provider.

  

 

During FY10 the Virtual Central service was launched, a communications platform that combines the traditional PBX service (Transfers, rerouting of calls and redials) with advanced functions that incorporate the integration with IT tools. This IP technology based service allows savings in infrastructure costs and also updates clients’ communications.

  

 

During 4Q10, commercial offers to promote Data services were intensified in the SMEs segment. As a result, there was an annual increase of 42% in Internet and Virtual Private Networks (VPN) accesses. In this period, sales from ArnetBIZ Plus offered to professionals and businesses through a connection experience, proprietary inbox domain and presence in the web, increased by 68% vs. FY09.

  

 

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Revenues related to Internet totaled P$1,374 million (+P$316 million or 30% vs. FY09), mainly due to the continued expansion of broadband services.   

 

As of December 31, 2010, Telecom reached 1.38 million ADSL accesses (+14% vs. FY09). These connections represented 34% of Telecom’s fixed lines in service. In addition, ADSL ARPU reached P$76 in FY10, +14% when compared to FY09 and churn reached 1.4% in FY10 (vs. 1.8% in FY09).

 

During 4Q10, Telecom continued enhancing broadband domestic use, under the slogan “Internet en Todo” (Internet everywhere), that positions the Internet as a tool for the different aspects of everyday life, including access to information, entertainment, security and interaction through social networks. With this concept, Arnet presented its bundled offers with other complementary services such as local calls or mobile Internet.

 

Following this initiative of promoting Internet as the main communication tool, the bundling offer Arnet 3 Mb Wi-Fi at home plus Arnet Mobile was launched during 4Q10. More than 15% of Arnet Broadband customers hired also Arnet Mobile.

 

To motivate the online sales channel, specific offers as Pack Arnet (Internet plus local calls) were launched and well accepted: in 4Q10 more than 50% of broadband adds occurred packed with local calls.

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Consolidated Operating Costs

  

 

The Cost of Services Provided, Administrative Expenses and Selling Expenses totaled P$11,478 million in FY10, an increase of P$2,014 million, or +21%, vs. FY09. The increase is a consequence of higher commercial costs due to a higher volume of revenues, inflationary effects on the general cost structure, and greater expenses related to competition in the industry.

  

 

The cost breakdown is as follows:

 

•     Salaries and Social Security Contributions totaled P$1,880 million (+25% vs. FY09), mainly affected by increases in salaries due to the new labor agreement and the increase in employees. Regarding personnel, in the same period the incorporation of 563 employees in the mobile business was partially compensated by the decrease in headcount in the fixed line business (-234 employees vs. FY09). Total headcount at the end of the period was 15,629 employees.

 

•     Taxes reached P$1,261 million (+26% vs. FY09), impacted by higher rates in turnover taxes and higher municipal and provincial rates and fees paid to regulatory entities that mainly were influenced by a higher volume of revenues. It was also affected by taxes related to debit and credit tax associated to the dividend payment and to the cancellation of the Notes of Telecom Personal.

  

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•     Network access costs (includes TLRD, Roaming, Interconnection, international settlement charges and lease of circuits) amounted to P$1,390 million, +P$18 million vs. FY09. This was mainly due to savings from stimulating on-net traffic among mobile clients.

        

 

•     Agents, prepaid card commissions and other commissions were P$1,286 million (+20% vs. FY09), mainly due to the increase in commissions paid to commercial agents associated with higher revenues from more sophisticated handsets, higher costs associated with a higher volume of acquisitions and retention of customers and higher cards sales and prepaid recharges.

        

 

•     Advertising amounted to P$451 million (+25% vs. FY09), oriented towards supporting the commercial activity in mobile and Internet services and to strengthen the Telecom Group brand position.

        

 

•     Cost of handsets sold totaled P$1,541 million (+36% vs. FY09) due to a change in the mix of handset sold, increased sales of high-end handsets and a higher number of handsets upgrades, this to stimulate VAS usage. These effects resulted in the increase of the average cost of handsets. Additionally, this was affected by the increase in Internal Tax, better known as the Technological Tax.

        

 

•     Fees for services amounted to $663 million (+33% vs. FY09), principally due to higher costs from the call centers, with more services requirements, and to the inflationary effects on the prices of these services.

        

 

•     Depreciation of Fixed and Intangible Assets reached P$1,354 million (+19% vs. FY09). Fixed-line telephony totaled P$719 million (+8% vs. FY09) and mobile services totaled P$635 million (+34% vs. FY09), due to higher investment in fixed assets.

        

 

•     Others Costs totaled P$1,652 million (+19% vs. FY09). This increase was mainly due to general increases in services such as maintenance, materials and supplies, transportation, freight and rental expenses. The decrease in bad debt expenses of 9% vs. FY09 is notable. There was also an increase in cost related to VAS, such as content offers, similar to that evidenced in recent periods.

  

 

Consolidated Financial and Holding Results

    

 

Financial and Holding Results

(In million P$)

 

  

        

Financial and Holding Results resulted in a loss of P$34 million, a decrease of P$295 million vs. FY09. This was mainly due to losses for FX results of P$99 million in FY10 (losses of P$211 million vs. FY09); and a gain in net financial interest of P$68 million in FY10 (+P$84 million vs. FY09), partially compensated by losses in holding on inventories by P$15 million in FY10 (+P$8 million vs. FY09).

        FY09         FY10   
     Net Interests       -$ 16        $ 68   
     FX results       -$  310       -$ 99   
     Others       -$ 3       -$ 3   
     Total       -$ 329       -$ 34   

 

Consolidated Net Financial Position

 

As of December 31, 2010, Net Financial Position (Cash, Cash Equivalents and current Investments minus Loans) totaled P$1,224 million in cash, an

        

 

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improvement of P$755 million vs. Net Financial Position as of December 2009. This was due to the strong cash flow generation evidenced in the period that allowed the payment of P$1,053 million in dividends.

 

During 4Q10, Personal made the total amortization of its Series 3 Notes for an amount of approximately U$S173 million after the purchases previously performed and informed.

 

Consolidated Capital Expenditures

 

During FY10, the Company invested P$1,974 million (excluding materials). This amount was allocated to Voice, Data and Internet businesses (P$943 million) and Mobile services (P$1,031 million). In relative terms, capex reached 13% of net consolidated revenues.

 

Main capex projects are related to the deployment of 3G services to support the growth of mobile Internet together with the launch of innovative VAS. Moreover, with these investments, the Company foresees the expansion of ADSL services to improve transmission and speed available to clients together with the expansion of backhaul networks to meet the growing services demand of our fixed and mobile clients.

 

Other Relevant Matters

 

The Extraordinary and Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on November 30, 2010 has resolved to approve the modification of the Bylaws and determine the number of Directors and Alternate Directors and the appointment of them.

 

Recent Relevant Matters

 

The Board of Directors of Telecom Argentina proposed to the Shareholders’ Meeting a cash dividend payment proposal of P$915.5 million (equivalent to P$0.93 per share).

 

Complementary Information –IFRS

 

With the aim to provide complementary information, in Annexes 9 and 10 of this release a detail of the Income Statement and Shareholders’ Equity under the new International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) were included. Additional information on the application of IFRS is included in Note 14 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

  

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Telecom is the parent company of a leading telecommunications group in Argentina, where it offers, either or through its controlled subsidiaries local and long distance fixed-line telephony, cellular, data transmission and Internet services, among other services. Additionally, through a controlled subsidiary, the Telecom Group offers cellular services in Paraguay. The Company commenced operations on November 8, 1990, upon the Argentine government’s transfer of the telecommunications system in the northern region of Argentina.

 

LOGO    Nortel Inversora S.A. (“Nortel”), which acquired the majority of the Company from the Argentine government, holds 54.74% of Telecom’s common stock. Nortel is a holding company whose common stock (approximately 68% of capital stock) is owned by Sofora Telecomunicaciones S.A. Additionally, Nortel capital stock comprised of preferred shares that are held by minority shareholders.
  

 

As of December 31, 2010, Telecom had 984,380,978 shares outstanding.

  

 

(*)    Employee Stock Ownership Program

  

 

For more information, please contact the Investor Relations Department:

 

Pedro Insussarry

(5411) 4968 3743

 

Solange Barthe Dennin

(5411) 4968 3752

 

Ruth Fuhrmann

(5411) 4968 4448

 

Horacio Nicolás del Campo

(5411) 4968 6236

Voice Mail: (5411) 4968 3628

Fax: (5411) 4968 3616

E-mail: relinver@ta.telecom.com.ar

For information about Telecom Group services, visit:

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Disclaimer

This document may contain statements that could constitute forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the Company’s expectations for its future performance, revenues, income, earnings per share, capital expenditures, dividends, liquidity and capital structure; the effects of its debt restructuring process; the impact of emergency laws enacted by the Argentine Government; and the impact of rate changes and competition on the Company’s future financial performance. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “intends,” “should,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “future” or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect the Company’s expected results. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the impact of emergency laws enacted by the Argentine government that have resulted in the repeal of Argentina’s Convertibility law, devaluation of the peso, various changes in restrictions on the ability to exchange pesos into foreign currencies, and currency transfer policy generally, the “pesification” of tariffs charged for public services, the elimination of indexes to adjust rates charged for public services and the Executive branch announcement to renegotiate the terms of the concessions granted to public service providers, including Telecom. Due to extensive changes in laws and economic and business conditions in Argentina, it is difficult to predict the impact of these changes on the Company’s financial condition. Other factors may include, but are not limited to, the evolution of the economy in Argentina, growing inflationary pressure and evolution in consumer spending and the outcome of certain legal proceedings. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as the date of this document. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to forward-looking statements which may be made to reflect events and circumstances after the date of this press release, including, without limitation, changes in the Company’s business or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Readers are encouraged to consult the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F, as well as periodic filings made on Form 6-K, which are filed with or furnished to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for further information concerning risks and uncertainties faced by Telecom.

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TELECOM ARGENTINA S.A.

Consolidated Information

Annual period and Fourth Quarter – Fiscal Year 2010

(In millions of Argentine pesos)

 

1- Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

     12/31/2010      12/31/2009      D$     D%  

Cash, equivalents and investments

     1,387         1,289         98        8

Trade receivables

     1,449         1,163         286        25

Other current assets

     778         491         287        58

Total Current Assets

     3,614         2,943         671        23

Fixed & Intangible assets

     8,248         7,612         636        8

Other non-current assets

     102         78         24        31

Total Non Current Assets

     8,350         7,690         660        9

Total Assets

     11,964         10,633         1,331        13

Accounts payable

     2,908         2,212         696        31

Loans

     42         763         (721     -94

Taxes payable

     1,022         769         253        33

Reserves

     64         73         (9     -12

Other current liabilities

     444         352         92        26

Total Current Liabilities

     4,480         4,169         311        7

Accounts payable

     —           24         (24     -100

Loans

     121         58         63        109

Taxes payable

     154         212         (58     -27

Reserves

     536         374         162        43

Other non-current liabilities

     310         268         42        16

Total Non Current Liabilities

     1,121         936         185        20

Total Liabilities

     5,601         5,105         496        10

Minority Interest

     126         92         34        37

Shareholders’ equity

     6,237         5,436         801        15

Total Liabilities, Minority Interest and Equity

     11,964         10,633         1,331        13
                                  

 

2- Consolidated Loans

 

     12/31/2010      12/31/2009      D$     D%  

Corporate Bonds

     —           685         (685     -100

Banks and other financial institutions

     31         72         (41     -57

Bank overdraft

     9         —           9        —     

Accrued interest

     2         3         (1     -33

Derivatives

     —           3         (3     -100

Total Current Loans

     42         763         (721     -94

Banks and other financial institutions

     121         58         63        109

Total Non Current Loans

     121         58         63        109

Total Loans

     163         821         (658     -80
                                  

Derivatives valuation effect for notes (Other Current Credits)

     —           1         (1     -100

Cash and cash equivalents

     1,387         1,289         98        8

Net Financial Position- Cash

     1,224         469         755        161
                                  

 

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TELECOM ARGENTINA S.A.

Consolidated information

Annual period and Fourth Quarter – Fiscal Year 2010

(In millions of Argentine pesos)

 

 

3- Consolidated Income Statement

Annual Comparison

 

     12/31/2010     12/31/2009     D$     D%  

Net revenues

     14,679        12,226        2,453        20

Cost of services

     (7,355     (6,093     (1,262     21

Gross Profit

     7,324        6,133        1,191        19

Administrative expenses

     (530     (448     (82     18

Selling expenses

     (3,593     (2,923     (670     23

Operating Profit

     3,201        2,762        439        16

Equity income from related companies

     —          13        (13     -100

Financial and holding results

     (34     (329     295        -90

Other expenses, net

     (317     (229     (88     38

Results from ordinary operations

     2,850        2,217        633        29

Taxes on income

     (1,010     (797     (213     27

Minority interest

     (19     (15     (4     27

Net Income

     1,821        1,405        416        30
                                

Operating Profit before D & A

     4,555        3,900        655        17

As a % of Net Revenues

     31     32    

 

     12/31/2010     12/31/2009     D$     D%  

Financial and Holding results

        

Financial results generated by assets

        

Interest

     165        130        35        27

Foreign currency exchange results

     26        103        (77     -75

Holding results generated by inventories

     (15     (7     (8     114

Other financial results

     (5     —          (5     —     

Total Financial results generated by assets

     171        226        (55     -24

Financial results generated by liabilities

        

Interest

     (97     (146     49        -34

Foreign currency exchange results and loss on derivatives

     (125     (413     288        -70

Other financial results

     17        4        13        —     

Total Financial results generated by liabilities

     (205     (555     350        -63

Total Financial and holding results

     (34     (329     295        -90
                                

 

4- Consolidated Income Statement

Three Months Comparison

 

     12/31/2010     12/31/2009     D$     D%  

Net revenues

     4,195        3,365        830        25

Cost of services

     (2,059     (1,659     (400     24

Gross Profit

     2,136        1,706        430        25

Administrative expenses

     (165     (147     (18     12

Selling expenses

     (1,092     (832     (260     31

Operating Profit

     879        727        152        21

Financial and holding results

     10        (12     22        -183

Other expenses, net

     (109     (72     (37     51

Results from ordinary operations

     780        643        137        21

Taxes on income

     (256     (237     (19     8

Minority interest

     (12     (7     (5     71

Net Income

     512        399        113        28
                                

Operating Profit before D & A

     1,273        1,045        228        22

As a % of Net Revenues

     30     31    

 

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TELECOM ARGENTINA S.A.

Consolidated information

Annual period and Fourth Quarter – Fiscal Year 2010

(In millions of Argentine pesos)

 

 

 

5- Consolidated Revenues Breakdown

Annual Comparison

 

     12/31/2010      12/31/2009      D$     D%  

Fixed Telephony

     2,633         2,531         102        4

Measured service Local

     528         486         42        9

Measured service DLD

     518         495         23        5

Monthly charges

     884         842         42        5

Public telephones

     61         70         (9     -13

Interconnection

     435         448         (13     -3

Others

     207         190         17        9

International Telephony

     295         294         1        0

Data transmission & Internet

     1,712         1,332         380        29

Data

     338         274         64        23

Internet

     1,374         1,058         316        30

Measured service

     68         60         8        13

Monthly charges

     1,288         993         295        30

Modems

     18         5         13        260

MobileTelephony

     10,039         8,069         1,970        24

Telecom Personal

     9,501         7,628         1,873        25

Monthly fee and measured service

     1,902         1,656         246        15

Pre-paid

     1,311         1,110         201        18

Calling Party Pays

     615         571         44        8

TLRD *

     777         773         4        1

VAS

     3,388         2,323         1,065        46

Handset sales

     1,018         796         222        28

Others (Includes Roaming)

     490         399         91        23

Núcleo

     538         441         97        22

Monthly fee and measured service

     75         65         10        15

Pre-paid

     149         135         14        10

Calling Party Pays

     12         10         2        20

TLRD *

     36         40         (4     -10

VAS

     204         139         65        47

Internet - Wimax

     18         25         (7     -28

Handset sales

     8         6         2        33

Others (Includes Roaming)

     36         21         15        71

Total net revenues

     14,679         12,226         2,453        20
                                  

 

* Charges for the termination of calls of the cellular operators.

 

6- Consolidated Revenues Breakdown

Three Months Comparison

 

     12/31/2010      12/31/2009      D$     D%  

Fixed Telephony

     686         664         22        3

Measured service Local

     141         128         13        10

Measured service DLD

     135         128         7        5

Monthly charges

     226         214         12        6

Public telephones

     14         17         (3     -18

Interconnection

     117         120         (3     -3

Others

     53         57         (4     -7

International Telephony

     75         74         1        1

Data transmission & Internet

     478         376         102        27

Data

     102         77         25        32

Internet

     376         299         77        26

Measured service

     17         16         1        6

Monthly charges

     346         282         64        23

Modems

     13         1         12        —     

MobileTelephony

     2,956         2,251         705        31

Telecom Personal

     2,753         2,112         641        30

Monthly fee and measured service

     544         440         104        24

Pre-paid card

     378         328         50        15

Calling Party Pays

     165         153         12        8

TLRD *

     213         200         13        7

VAS

     1,029         632         397        63

Handset sales

     297         248         49        20

Others (Includes Roaming)

     127         111         16        14

Núcleo

     203         139         64        46

Monthly fee and measured service

     27         18         9        50

Pre-paid card

     56         46         10        22

Calling Party Pays

     4         3         1        33

TLRD *

     12         11         1        9

VAS

     79         44         35        80

Internet - Wimax

     6         12         (6     -50

Handset sales

     4         1         3        300

Others (Includes Roaming)

     15         4         11        275

Total net Revenues

     4,195         3,365         830        25
                                  

 

* Charges for the termination of calls of the cellular operators.

 

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7- Consolidated Income Statement

Annual period - Fiscal Year 2010

(In million of Argentine pesos )

 

     12/31/2010     12/31/2009     D$     D%  

Net Revenues

     14,679        12,226        2,453        20

Salaries and social security contributions

     (1,880     (1,504     (376     25

Taxes, taxes with the regulatory authority

     (1,261     (999     (262     26

Materials and supplies

     (708     (597     (111     19

Bad debt expenses

     (119     (131     12        -9

Interconnection cost

     (197     (180     (17     9

Settlement charges

     (134     (152     18        -12

Lease of lines and circuits

     (147     (142     (5     4

Service fees

     (663     (500     (163     33

Advertising

     (451     (360     (91     25

Agent, Prepaid card commissions and other commissions

     (1,286     (1,068     (218     20

Cost of voice, data and cellular handsets

     (1,541     (1,137     (404     36

Roaming and TLRD

     (912     (898     (14     2

Others

     (825     (658     (167     25

Total Costs before D&A

     (10,124     (8,326     (1,798     22

Operating Profit before D&A

     4,555        3,900        655        17

Depreciation of fixed assets

     (1,331     (1,119     (212     19

Amortization of intangible assets

     (23     (19     (4     21

Operating Profit

     3,201        2,762        439        16

Equity income from related companies

     —          13        (13     —     

Financial and Holding Income

     (34     (329     295        -90

Other expenses, net

     (317     (229     (88     38

Income from ordinary operations

     2,850        2,217        633        29

Taxes on income

     (1,010     (797     (213     27

Minority interest

     (19     (15     (4     27

Net Income

     1,821        1,405        416        30
                                

 

8- Consolidated Income Statement

Fourth Quarter - FY 2010

(In million of Argentine pesos )

 

     12/31/2010     12/31/2009     D$     D%  

Net Revenues

     4,195        3,365        830        25

Salaries and social security contributions

     (538     (429     (109     25

Taxes, taxes with the regulatory authority

     (363     (273     (90     33

Materials and supplies

     (201     (159     (42     26

Bad debt expenses

     (32     (36     4        -11

Interconnection cost

     (52     (49     (3     6

Settlement charges

     (35     (31     (4     13

Lease of lines and circuits

     (40     (39     (1     3

Service fees

     (214     (147     (67     46

Advertising

     (157     (113     (44     39

Agent, Prepaid card commissions and other commissions

     (386     (290     (96     33

Cost of voice, data and cellular handsets

     (430     (333     (97     29

Roaming and TLRD

     (246     (238     (8     3

Others

     (228     (183     (45     25

Total Costs before D&A

     (2,922     (2,320     (602     26

Operating Profit before D&A

     1,273        1,045        228        22

Depreciation of fixed assets

     (385     (313     (72     23

Amortization of intangible assets

     (9     (5     (4     80

Operating Profit

     879        727        152        21

Financial and Holding Income

     10        (12     22        -186

Other expenses, net

     (109     (72     (37     51

Income from ordinary operations

     780        643        137        21

Taxes on income

     (256     (237     (19     8

Minority interest

     (12     (7     (5     71

Net Income

     512        399        113        28
                                

 

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Complementary Information - in IFRS -

(In million of Argentine pesos )

 

9- Consolidated Income Statement

Annual Comparison

 

     12/31/2010     12/31/2009     D$     D%  

Service Revenues

     13,531        11,325        2,206        19

Equipment Sales

     1,096        845        251        30

Other income

     32        34        (2     -6

Total Revenues and other income

     14,659        12,204        2,455        20

Salaries and social security

     (1,874     (1,499     (375     25

Taxes

     (1,258     (997     (261     26

Interconnection costs and lease of circuits

     (473     (471     (2     0

Agent commissions and distribution of prepaid cards commissions and other commissions

     (1,141     (942     (199     21

Charges for TLRD and Roaming

     (904     (890     (14     2

Fees for services, maintenance, materials and supplies and advertising costs

     (1,778     (1,436     (342     24

Cost of sales

     (1,210     (907     (303     33

Contingencies

     (130     (48     (82     171

Severance payments and termination benefits

     (94     (65     (29     45

Other operating expenses

     (926     (770     (156     20

Operating income before depreciation and amortization

     4,871        4,179        692        17

Como % de ventas netas

     33     34     -1     -3

Depreciation of fixed assets

     (1,302     (1,098     (204     19

Depreciation of new intangible assets

     (387     (428     41        -10

Amortization of other intangible assets

     (23     (19     (4     21

Operating income

     3,159        2,634        525        20

Gain on equity investees

     —          13        (13     —     

Financial results generated by assets

     193        236        (43     -18

Financial results generated by liabilities

     (327     (668     341        -51

Net income before income tax

     3,025        2,215        810        37

Income tax expense, net

     (1,076     (798     (278     35

Net income

     1,949        1,417        532        38
                                

 

10- Balance Sheet

Annual Comparison

 

     12/31/2010     12/31/2009     D$     D%  

Net equity under Argentine GAAP

     6,237        5,436        801        15

IFRS adjustments

        

Non-controlling interest

     126        92        34        37

Revenue recognition

     (100     (113     13        -12

Intangible Assets

     466        300        166        55

Other adjustments

     (109     (75     (34     45

Tax effects on IFRS adjustments

     (109     (43     (66     153

Total equity under IFRS

     6,511        5,597        914        16

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    Telecom Argentina S.A.
Date: February 24, 2011     By:  

/s/ Enrique Garrido

      Name:   Enrique Garrido
      Title:   Chairman of the Board of Directors