BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A.'s (BOVESPA: BRTP3/BRTP4) EBITDA amounted to R$947.1 million in 4Q06, 4.3% higher than 3Q06. Consolidated EBITDA margin in 4Q06 reached 34.6%. In 2006, the EBITDA totaled R$3,493.9 million, corresponding to an EBITDA margin of 33.9%, against 26.7% in 2005. This result was impacted by growth in revenue, mainly in data and mobile segments, and by the reduction in operating costs and expenses in 2006.
Consolidated net revenue amounted to R$2,741.0 million in 4Q06, a 4.3% increase in comparison to 3Q06. In 2006, Brasil Telecom's net revenue amounted to R$10,296.7 million, a 1.6% growth when compared to 2005.
During 4Q06, Brasil Telecom added 65.3 thousand ADSL accesses to its plant, amounting to 1,317.7 thousand accesses, an increase of 5.2% and 30.0% in comparison to 3Q06 and 4Q05, respectively. By the end of 2006, ADSL accesses represented 15.7% of Brasil Telecom's lines in service, against 10.6% in 2005. The Company also registered growth in data transmission services for the corporate market.
In 2006, Internet Group, Brasil Telecom's internet services division, reached 1,073 thousand broadband customers in Brazil, a 46.3% growth in comparison to 2005.
In 4Q06, Brasil Telecom's gross revenue from data communications totaled R$649.7 million in 4Q06, a 5.4% increase as compared to the previous quarter. ADSL revenues amounted to R$288.9 million, representing 44.5% of total data communications revenues. In 2006, gross revenue from data communications reached R$2,366.8 million, a 23.0% growth in comparison to 2005.
BrT Mobile reached 3,376.8 thousand mobile accesses in December, corresponding to net additions of 325.8 thousand accesses in the fourth quarter and 1,163.9 thousand accesses in the year. The 3.3 million accesses target established for the end of 2006 was outperformed by 76.8 thousand accesses. BrT Mobile's market share in Region II reached 12.1% by the end of 4Q06, 3.4 p.p. above 4Q05. Consolidated gross revenue from mobile telephony totaled R$459.6 million in 4Q06, an increase of 22.3% in comparison to 3Q06. In 2006, these revenues amounted to R$1,323.3 million, 80.7% superior than the R$732.3 million registered in 2005.
Operating costs and expenses in 4Q06 totaled R$2,511.7 million, a 14.9% reduction in comparison to 4Q05 and 5.3% increase in comparison to the previous quarter. In 2006, operating costs and expenses totaled R$9,526.1 million, a 5.7% decrease in comparison to 2005.
In 4Q06, Brasil Telecom's CAPEX amounted to R$477.0 million. In 2006, it totaled R$1,451.1 million, against R$1,978.1 million registered in 2005. BrT's CAPEX as percentage of net revenue was of 14.1% in 2006, a 5.4 p.p. decrease in comparison to 2005. The Company's net debt in 4Q06 amounted to R$1,311.8 million, 32.9% inferior than in 2005.
Net Income in 2006 totaled R$470.4 million, compared to R$29.6 million loss registered in the previous year.
Brasil Telecom Contacts:
Ricardo Florence - Investor Relations
(55 61) 3415-1140
The full version of the 4Q06 release is available in Brasil Telecom's IR website: http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/ri
