Consolidated revenue grew 9.4% for the nine months period ended 30 September 2013
Jakarta, Indonesia, 7 November 2013: PT Indosat Tbk ("Indosat" or the "Company") (Ticker: ISAT: IDX) is pleased to announce that the Company has filed its limited reviewed interim consolidated financial statement for the nine months ended 30 September 2013 prepared in accordance with Indonesian Financial Accounting Standards (IFAS) to the appropriate capital market authorities. A full review of the results is available on the Company's website at www.indosat.com.
The Company recorded a 9.4% year-on-year growth for the period in consolidated operating revenues, delivering total revenues of IDR
17.8 trillion for the nine months 2013. EBITDA grew 3.9% to IDR 7,966.3 billion (9M 2012: IDR 7,671.0 billion), implying an EBITDA
margin of 44.8%. Operating expenses increased by 20.2% for the period primarily driven by higher cost of service, depreciation and amortization, personnel costs, general & administration expenses, and marketing expenses. Indosat's cellular, fixed data (MIDI) and fixed voice businesses contributed 81%, 14% and 5% respectively to the Company's consolidated operating revenue.
PT Indosat Tbk is an Indonesia-based company that provides telecommunications, informatics and/or convergence technology services. The Company operates through three segments: cellular, fixed telecommunications (fixed) and multimedia, Internet, and data communication (MIDI). Together with its subsidiaries, such as PT Indosat Mega Media (IM2) and PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta, it offers a range of fixed data or MIDI services, such as Internet protocol-virtual private network (IPVPN), leased line, Internet services and information technology (IT) services to corporate segments. Its MIDI services consist of Internet and data communication services, including high-speed point-to-point and point-to-multipoint international and domestic ethernet link and Internet with broadband and narrowband capacity, IPVPN and multiprotocol label switching-based services (MPLS). The Company provides cellular, fixed data and wireless broadband services as well as fixed telecommunication or fixed voice offerings.