Technical and economic indicators of activity of Kazakhtelecom (Kazakhstan) in first six months of 2001

/KASE, Aug 08. 01/ - Kazakhtelecom (Astana) submitted to KASE basic technical and economic indicators in first six months of 2001 on the basis of prior information, in accordance with listing liabilities. BULK INDICATORS --------------------------------------------------------------------- Indicator In 2000 In 2001 Trend, % ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- First six months --------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone traffic, th. minutes 449,370.6 554,979.2 +23.5 including - chargeable "Kazakhtelecom" 394,177.1 520,431.5 +32.0 of chargeable traffic and directed to: Republic of Kazakhstan 344,249.1 462,739.2 +34.4 international 49,928.0 57,692.3 +15.6 CIS countries 43,833.7 51,425.6 +17.3 far foreign countries 6,094.3 6,266.7 +2.8 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Phone traffic, th. units. 148,166.2 169,041.9 +14.1 including - chargeable "Kazakhtelecom" 123,327.9 165,145.8 +33.9 of chargeable traffic and directed to: Republic of Kazakhstan 109,713.6 150,079.0 +36.8 international 13,614.4 15,066.7 +10.7 CIS countries 11,858.0 13,388.2 +12.9 far foreign countries 1,756.4 1,678.5 -4.4 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Telegraphic traffic, th. units. 957.1 828.8 -13.4 including chargeable 457.7 335.3 -26.7 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Outgoing traffic at Internet, th. units. 43,893.6 91,130.4 +107.6 Including Internet zone 31,217.3 88,079.0 +182.1 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Second quarter --------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone traffic, th. minutes 232,409.8 291,768.0 +25.5 including - chargeable "Kazakhtelecom" 202,388.4 272,171.0 +34.5 of chargeable traffic and directed to: Republic of Kazakhstan 177,159.8 242,757.0 +37.0 international 25,228.6 29,414.0 +16.6 CIS countries 22,152.4 26,133.0 +18.0 far foreign countries 3,076.2 3,281.0 +6.7 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Phone traffic, th. units 78,769.8 90,662.0 +15.1 including - chargeable "Kazakhtelecom" 66,791.9 88,578.0 +32.6 of chargeable traffic and directed to: Republic of Kazakhstan 59,715.0 80,713.0 +35.2 international 7,077.0 7,865.0 +11.1 CIS countries 6,123.6 6,974.0 +13.9 far foreign countries 953.4 891.0 -6.5 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Telegraphic traffic, th. units. 475.7 428.9 -9.8 including chargeable 209.5 163.1 -22.2 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Outgoing traffic at Internet, th. units. 23,412.7 46,845.0 +100.1 including Internet zone 17,007.0 45,996.0 +170.5 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- June --------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone traffic, th. minutes 79,541.0 106,730.4 +34.2 including - chargeable "Kazakhtelecom" 68,450.8 98,527.2 +43.9 of chargeable traffic and directed to: Republic of Kazakhstan 59,870.5 88,289.7 +47.5 international 8,580.3 10,237.3 +19.3 CIS countries 7,548.7 9,100.4 +20.6 far foreign countries 1,031.6 1,136.9 +10.2 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Phone traffic, th. units 27,183.2 33,011.4 +21.4 including - chargeable "Kazakhtelecom" 25,975.5 32,285.5 +24.3 of chargeable traffic and directed to: Republic of Kazakhstan 23,365.9 29,491.4 +26.2 international 2,609.7 2,794.0 +7.1 CIS countries 2,198.4 2,485.9 +13.1 far foreign countries 411.3 308.1 -25.1 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Telegraphic traffic, th. units. 181.3 145.3 -19.8 including chargeable 66.7 53.5 -19.8 ---------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Outgoing traffic at Internet, th. units. 7,817.5 14,967.3 +91.5 including Internet zone 5,760.2 14,221.2 +146.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- INDICATORS OF DEVELOPMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indicator in 2000 in 2001 Trend, % --------------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- first six months -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Availability of ST 1,799,552 1,880,086 +4.5 including CTN 1,521,259 1,577,870 +3.7 including VTN 278,293 302,216 +8.6 increase of number of ST 39,783 45,860 +15.3 including CTN 28,768 31,308 +8.8 including VTN 11,015 14,552 +32.1 Installation of ST 91,550 88,067 -3.8 including CTN 66,719 62,496 -6.3 including VTN 24,831 25,571 +3.0 Availability of coin telephone at smart cards 3,152 4,151 +31.7 --------------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second quarter -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Availability of ST 1,799,552 1,880,086 +4.5 including CTN 1,521,259 1,577,870 +3.7 including VTN 278,293 302,216 +8.6 increase of number of ST 20,985 22,994 +9.6 including CTN 14,811 14,532 -1.9 including VTN 6,174 8,464 +37.1 Installation of ST 44,502 44,124 -0.8 including CTN 31,765 30,693 -3.4 including VTN 12,737 13,431 +5.4 Availability of coin telephone at smart cards 3,152 4,151 +31.7 --------------------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- June -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Availability of ST 1,799,552 1,880,086 +4.5 including CTN 1,521,259 1,577,870 +3.7 including VTN 278,293 302,216 +8.6 increase of number of ST 10,099 including CTN 6,581 including VTN 3,518 Installation of ST 16,625 including CTN 11,016 including VTN 5,609 Availability of coin telephone at smart cards 3,152 4,151 +31.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ST - separate telephone; CTN - city telephone network; VTN - village telephone network. FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS KZT, th ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Indicator in 2000 In 2001 Trend, % ---------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- first six months ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Profit of services 17,292,760 21,059,245 +21.8 including international and long distance network 10,988,182 13,089,071 +19.1 phone network 176,861 290,651 +64.3 local phone network 5,608,759 6,682,426 +19.1 (from exterior operators) 1,290,116 2,042,202 +58.3 wired broadcast 70,754 71,856 +1.6 radio broadcast and TV 27,255 24,131 -11.5 Wireless communication 5,795 7,314 +26.2 nets of data transmission 239,696 516,205 +115.4 (including Internet zone) 90,474 197,022 +117.8 from smart card realization 139,206 238,311 +71.2 Kulan network 0 61,780 leasing of channels abroad of Kazakhstan 36,252 77,500 +113.8 ---------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- Profit for one employee 560.5 678.6 +21.1 Profit from service for residents 7,171,491 8,630,171 +20.3 Expenditures for main type of activity 13,585,747 15,061,700 +10.9 Financial result of main activity 3,707,013 5,997,545 +61.8 Number of employees 30,853 31,033 +0.6 ---------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Second quarter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Profit of services 8,718,023 10,944,716 +25.5 including international and long distance network 5,491,564 6,842,367 +24.6 phone network 83,894 138,977 +65.7 local phone network 2,853,521 3,438,520 +20.5 (from exterior operators) 681,908 1,087,459 +59.5 wired broadcast 34,893 38,301 +9.8 radio broadcast and TV 10,556 13,135 +24.4 Wireless communication 2,275 3,421 +50.4 nets of data transmission 139,611 263,426 +88.7 (including Internet zone) 52,746 99,313 +88.3 from smart card realization 77,124 133,714 +73.4 Kulan network 35,956 leasing of channels abroad of Kazakhstan 24,585 36,899 +50.1 ---------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- Profit for one employee 282.5 352.1 +24.6 Profit from service for residents 3,638,702 4,469,546 +22.8 Expenditures for main type of activity 7,872,139 8,301,968 +5.5 Financial result of main activity 845,884 2,642,748 +212.4 Number of employees 30,860 31,082 +0.7 ---------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- June ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Profit of services 2,994,398 3,915,600 +30.8 including international and long distance network 1,913,212 2,486,940 +30.0 phone network 26,561 43,319 +63.1 local phone network 737,886 1,196,948 +62.2 (from exterior operators) 240,552 390,233 +62.2 wired broadcast 11,259 13,242 +17.6 radio broadcast and TV 8,836 9,547 +8.0 Wireless communication -15 1,367 -9315.7 nets of data transmission 48,472 92,473 +90.8 (including Internet zone) 31,379 33,513 +6.8 from smart card realization 28,611 47,751 +66.9 Kulan network 0 13,771 leasing of channels abroad of Kazakhstan -2,408 10,242 -525.3 ---------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- Profit for one employee 97.1 125.7 +29.5 Profit from service for residents 1,239,568 1,595,344 +28.7 Expenditures for main type of activity 3,618,536 3,365,364 -7.0 Financial result of main activity -624,138 550,236 -188.2 Number of employees 30,841 31,141 +1.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE KZT, th --------------------------------------------------------------- Type of accounts receivable 01.01.01 01.07.01 Trend, % ---------------------------------- --------- --------- -------- Total 8,107,181 7,315,733 -9.8 Physical entities 1,320,873 1,534,653 +16.2 State institution 732,296 374,053 -48.9 including republican budget 540,610 222,359 -58.9 including local budgets 191,686 151,694 -20.9 Other legal entities of Kazakhstan 2,677,355 2,644,958 -1.2 Debts of CIS countries 2,104,049 1,826,028 -13.2 Debts of far abroad countries 1,272,608 936,041 -26.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------