SAO PAULO, Brazil, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UOL S.A. (Bovespa: UOLL4), the leading online media portal and Internet company in Brazil, announces today 4Q07 and 2007 results.
Highlights -- Advertising and other revenues reached R$191.7 million in 2007, an increase of 28% year-on-year. -- The number of paying broadband subscribers reached 973,000 in December 2007, an increase of 23% over December 2006. -- In 2007, net income reached R$109.4 million, 18% growth over 2006. -- EBITDA totaled R$153.3 million in 2007, 12% higher than in 2006, accompanied by an EBITDA margin of 29%, in line with the year before. Excluding non-recurring items in both years, 2007 EBITDA increased by 19% over 2006. -- In December 2007, according to IBOPE//NetRatings, we recorded a 45% increase in unique visitors over December 2006, in line with market growth. -- We maintained our leadership in page views and time spent online among content portals in Brazil with 1,666 million page views and an average time spent online of 1h:04min:15sec in December 2007, according to IBOPE//NetRatings.
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4Q07 and 2007 results conference call on February 25, 2008: 10:00 am (US Eastern Time) - English: +1 (973) 935-8893 - Code: 34641464 08:00 am (US Eastern Time) - Portuguese: +55 (11) 4688-6301- Code: UOL