SUBANG JAYA, 14 July 2020 – Digi.com Berhad (Digi) today announced its second quarter results, underscored by its strong operational excellence, network investments to support customers' rising connectivity needs during the Movement Control Order (MCO), and all-round operational resilience in facing the challenges brought on by Covid-19.
In the quarter, Digi continued to operate effectively with a largely remote workforce organised around a strong business continuity management focus to meet operational and customer needs. The company focused efforts on securing network availability in critical and high demand locations, transforming channels to provide customers more digital touchpoints to transact, and calibrating offerings to suit customers’ connectivity needs. Additionally, Digi continued to provide cohesive support for consumer and business customers, the community, and national efforts in the form of the free daily 1GB internet offer and business continuity boosters, over a reliable network experience.
These prompt efforts, combined with responsible financial management that yielded an opex reduction of 7% y-o-y, drove the company’s resilient performance in the quarter despite the challenging macro environment. 2Q 2020 service revenue was RM1,317 million, EBITDA at RM770 million and ops cash flow at RM545 million
Widescale retail closure during the period however, impacted the company's acquisition activities, while roaming revenues were under significant pressure from a near-complete ban on inbound and outbound travel. Overall data monetisation and traditional voice usage was also impacted.
Digi’s CEO Albern Murty said, “This was a well-fought quarter with a solid focus on operational efficiency driving business resilience, and on network excellence to support growing customer demand amid impact from Covid-19. As we see run rates gradually return in June, we believe these proactive and well-coordinated business continuity efforts position us well to drive continued operational resilience in the second half of 2020. Our focus is to deliver business priorities to create value for stakeholders and to play a key role in supporting the society’s recovery in the new normal.”
In 2Q 2020, the company invested RM225 million capex1 for network enhancements to maintain service quality and availability nationwide, and to cater to rising data demand for learning and productivity needs. An additional 29% new and upgraded sites were deployed in 1H 2020 versus a year ago, expanding Digi’s 4G LTE and LTE-A network coverage to 91% and 74% of the population nationwide, and fibre network to 9,740KM.
RM million
2Q20
1Q20
2Q19
Q-o-Q
Y-o-Y
Total revenue
1,452
1,560
1,549
(6.9%)
(6.3%)
Service revenue
1,317
1,387
1,402
(5.0%)
(6.1%)
EBITDA
770
756
846
1.9%
(9.0%)
EBITDA margin
53%
49%
55%
4.5pp
(1.6pp)
PAT
288
332
392
(13.3%)
(26.5%)
All analysis and comparisons are based on post MFRS 16.
The company sees business activity resuming to pre-MCO levels and remains committed to keep its 2020 strategy on track despite the ongoing macroeconomic challenges. For the near-term, Digi will prioritise:
More on Digi’s Q2 2020 performance is available here.