mobilezone Group posts strong sales volumes and strengthens its MVNO position in Switzerland and Germany - Seite 3

Market area Switzerland

 

Business in Switzerland developed favourably.

• Sales increased from CHF 305 million to CHF 308 million, or 0.9 per cent.
• EBIT amounted to CHF 36.2 million (previous year: CHF 35.5 million), which corresponds to a return on sales of 11.7 per cent (previous year: 11.6 per cent).
• The number of shops totalled 127 (previous year: 124).
• The number of contracts sold (postpaid, Internet and TV) increased by 5.7 per cent to 462,000 (previous year: 437,000).
• Service sales (fleet management, data transfer, setting up smartphones and other services) totalled CHF 7.9 million (previous year: CHF 7.4 million).
• Sales of accessories increased by 2.4 per cent to CHF 25.5 million (previous year: CHF 24.9 million) and accounted for 8.3 per cent (previous year: 8.2 per cent) of sales in Switzerland.
• MVNO revenue from TalkTalk and Digital Republic totalled CHF 33.0 million (previous year: CHF 25.4 million). The number of postpaid subscriptions at the end of 2023 increased by 33 per cent to 149,800 (previous year: 112,500) customers.
• The number of refurbished smartphones sold under the jusit brand increased by 60 per cent.

 

Market area Germany

 

Business in Germany clearly improved in the second half of the year after a weaker first half.

• In local currency terms, the German organisation increased sales by 5.9% to EUR 733 million (previous year: EUR 692 million). In the reporting currency CHF, sales rose from CHF 696 million to CHF 708 million, an increase of 1.7%.
• EBIT amounted to EUR 30.8 million (previous year: EUR 35.4 million), which corresponds to a return on sales of 4.2 per cent (previous year: 5.1 per cent). In the reporting currency, EBIT totalled CHF 30.0 million.
• In the online business, 588,000 (previous year: 638,000) mobile phone contracts were negotiated; this corresponds to a decrease of 7.8 per cent.
• The volume in B2B retail increased by 11.5 per cent to 505,000 (previous year: 453,000) mobile phone contracts.
• A total of 1,093,000 (previous year: 1,091,000) mobile contracts were negotiated "online" and in B2B commerce, which corresponds to an increase of 0.2 per cent.
• Sales at MVNO HIGH totalled EUR 31.6 million (previous year: EUR 22.9 million). The postpaid customer base stood at 145,500 (previous year: 98,000) and increased by 48 per cent.