Mobile data remains main driver for revenue

At the end of March 2014, Telefónica Deutschland had 25.0 million customer accesses. The mobile access base stood at 19.3 million, while fixed line accesses amounted to 5.7 million. Non-SMS data revenues registered growth of 12.1% year-on-year in the first quarter representing 72.0% of total data revenues in the quarter, an increase of 8.6 percentage points compared to prior year. Mobile data continued to be a main driver for revenue performance, reaching 350 million Euro in the first quarter, with the accelerated decline of SMS revenues (-24.6% year-on-year) being the reason for an overall decline of data revenues of 1.3% year-on-year. Telefónica Deutschland's total revenues reached 1,122 million Euro in the first quarter of 2014, representing a decline of 8.8% year-on-year (-8.7% excluding the impact from mobile termination rate cuts). Wireless service revenues showed similar performance to the previous quarter reaching 707 million Euro (-3.6% year-on-year in reported terms; -3.4% year-on-year excluding the impact from mobile termination rate cuts). Wireline revenues amounted to 293 million Euro in the quarter, already showing a better sequential trend (-7.0% year-on-year, vs. -9.2% in the previous quarter), reflecting a lower retail DSL base which is partly mitigated by an increasing uptake of VDSL.

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