Kazakhtelecom (Kazakhstan) announces Y2012 operating results

/KASE, February 5, 13/ - JSC "Kazakhtelecom" (Astana), whose securities are officially listed at Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release of February 4, 2013: quote Kazakhtelecom held a meeting of heads of subsidiaries and affiliates where Y2012 operating results were summarized and objectives for the upcoming period were outlined. Financial strength indicators of the company for 2012 are within normal range and in general show a positive trend compared to 2011. According to preliminary figures, consolidated revenues from services sold in 2012 made up KZT175,822 m, consolidated net income (regardless of the disposal of its stake in Кcell) - KZT20,046 m. The consolidated financial statements EBITDA made up KZT69,195 m, EBITDA margin - 39%. The capital expenditures made up KZT63,270 m. 2012 was a good year in terms of Debt/Equity, Debt/EBITDA ratios; the marginal and free capacity of borrowings were increased witnessing of the company's increased financial strength over the period. Local share in procurements. "Kazakhtelecom" group in 2012 made more than 13.2 thousand agreements worth a total of KZT74.5 bn, including goods - KZT34.2 bn, jobs - KZT19.5 bn, services - KZT20.8 bn. Supported by Kazakhtelecom, System Project LLP, Eltex Alatau LLP and AlphaNetwork LLP set up facilities for production of import-substituting telecommunications devices (GPON), optical splitters and patch-cords, TV tuners (STB). State of local telecoms network. There were as many as 4,047,294 fixed lines as of January 1, 2013, including fixed lines in cities - 2,897,194 units, in the countryside - 1,150,100 units. The telephone density per 100 residents as of January 1, 2013 made up 24.27 numbers, including 31.79 numbers in cities, 15.21 numbers in the countryside. The broad-band's total capacity as of January 1, 2013 - 1,203,897 ports. Data-center network expansion. Kazakhtelecom currently operates 14 data-centers in Kazakhstan, of which 3 were launched in 2012: a TIER III data-center in Pavlodar (1,000 sq. m), one in Astana (300 sq. m) and one Almaty (450 sq. m). As of December 31, 2012, the total volume of equipment stationed in Kazakhtelecom data-centers counted 1755 Unit. The company's data centers render services such as virtual hosting, VPS, Colocation, Dedicated, as well as a range of innovations: video-conference, MicrosoftHostedExchange, MicrosoftHostedSharePoint etc. Kazakhtelecom data-centers serve more than 8 thousand legal and physical persons. In 2012 Kazakhtelecom as the single system integrator of the Fund Samruk-Kazyna introduced a data system of electronic procurement with a single portal for the Fund's enterprises; SAP-systems were implemented and are being operated; the corporate information system of the Fund Samruk-Kazyna is maintained. PR-service JSC "Kazakhtelecom" unquote [2013-02-05]