The company increased in 458.000 the entire number of hearths covered by his network of cable in Spain, 6,79 millions at the end of the period of 2007, a growth of 7,2 %

Also, his base of residential clients of cable kept on increasing up to 1,86 millions on December 31, 3,7 % more than one year earlier. The number already includes the impact of 40.000 inactive hearths detected with the integration of clients' platforms.

But in addition to receiving more, ONO sold more products. In a more and more competitive environment, in 2007, the company commercialized 227.000 new services up to overcoming the number of 3,77 million unitary products (RGU). And it did it in a profitable way. On December 31, ONO had sold an average of 2,03 RGUs for client, number superior to 1,98 RGUs for client who was registering at the end of 2006. A the majority of the success is based on the development of his offer ‘triple play ’.

31,2 % of the entire clients of ONO was signed to this cocktail, when one year earlier the percentage was 30,7 %. These numbers there have allowed that ONO to have been consolidated, one more year, how the leader of combined offer of television, phone and Internet in Spain.

The development of the business of wide band was key. ONO increased in 13,9 % his Internet clients portfolio to come to 1,2 millions, with what the company has a quota of approximately 21 % on the residential market of wide band.

64,7 % of the clients has employed services of wide band with the company, 5,7 percentage points more than one year ago (58,9 %). The operator is provided with the widest offer of Internet of the market with services of gentle 2, 6,12 and 25.

In what it alludes to the payment TV, at the end of 2007, 51,6 % of the clients of the operator had his television service employed. The percentage represents a whole of 960.000 clients, 40.000 more than on December 31, 2006. Last March 10, ONO announced that it has already overcome the barrier of a million clients of television. ONO is employed constantly at the progress of his television offer, be already available.

Also, throughout 2007 ONO has developed in a determined way Eye video shop, his platform of low video demands. Last year, Eye video shop offered more than 10.000 programs different from his users and it was located like the second space most seen inside the broiler of ONO'S channels. The operator thinks that at the end of 2008 it will have trebled his offer in this service.

The efforts of ONO in TV are producing his fruits. The operator closed 2007 as indisputable leader of hearings in payment TV, with a screen quota or ‘share ’ of 7 %, more 12 % with regard to the closing of 2006 (6,25 %).


Financial results

The strategy focused in major profitability supposed that, in the exercise, ONO was registering a few entire income of €1.616 millions, 1 % lower than those of the previous year. Nevertheless, the company experienced a substantial growth of his gross margin up to 72,6 %, improving 68,4 % registered in 2006. At the same time, ONO carried out a reduction of 4,7 % of his operative costs clear (opex), which went down to €532 millions.


(NP, 26/03/08)