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spk_0: thank you and thank you to all our listeners for joining us on discussing scope to discuss partner communication that whatever result for the twenty twenty two with me on the call today is i think of i thought the seal and to go to do our acting fearful of he will provide an update on partner business development he was in hand over to see guns will provide a different discussion of other whether the financial an operational results i mean we we move onto the queue any before we begin i would like to join station to the fact that our savings in this conference consistent maybe forward looking statements within the meaning of section twenty seven eight of the us security at of nineteen thirty three isn't them in that section twenty one eat of the us security exchange act of nineteen thirty four isn't and it and to say probable vision of the us by the security to get and reform act of ninety ninety five regarding such false statements you should be aware that but his actual results may vary materially from those projected in the forward looking statements additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those into forward looking statements i can't any part as best they can november twenty third twenty twenty two is when a started is fighting with the us securities and exchange commission on phone twentieth if want and six games as let us as sweet show for discussion statements all of which are readily available please note that the information in he's gotten school related to projection or other forty from statements is subject to the previous have a statement as of the date of is good for your information disclosure is also being focused on the internet and can be accessed through our website if you have any further questions following the call please feel free me contact me at nine seven two five four seven eight one five zero five one i've now tentacle over to butterfield of he got like or the
spk_1: since your meal
spk_2: the morning everyone and welcome to our earnings call of conference calls q three ended with solid result of gay guy improvements translated into robust financial the kitchen in the last call i thought about the importance of ringing that it's our customers in my experience simplicity plays an important or road to achieve this goal focusing on simplicity in our day to day activities is a key ingredient in making partner more productive more agile and more upset
spk_3: about three victims and potential customers
spk_2: for example in the past few months we have optimize our solar packages by bringing more value to our customers adjusting ties in older person this cousin plan and reducing the other another of packages by the by doing that we helped our customers the fire quickly and clearly the best offer wow
spk_3: what the best author while at the same time improving productivity it has a defection of our own says and customer service team another example is a termination of thousand which type fill up packages benefits stick with at to equipment purchases the thoughts of deal didn't match the value to the through the requirements of the customers and didn't follow the rule
spk_2: that love black flung needs to be at least two i hope this give you some color on the changes that we are we're preventing to better maximized long term revenue revenue from customers while increasing customers inspection
spk_3: as for a five year old out deployment is continuing it says it's faith we continue with they acted i think with ipad air five the infrastructure deployments and and expect to achieve over forty percent population coverage by the end of the
spk_2: feel it is important to note that for g continues to play an important role in our family of four g value packages are getting for attraction in fiber optics worth spending a valid same as would become a domino fiber optic if for such a player as our fiber optic network has reached nine hundred and twenty nine thousand how how so
spk_3: authored homes connected as of today regarding challenges as i said in the physical quitman so is lot of the area in which more focus in is needed in order to build new capabilities that we met our brand the geographical reached and that customer base on a company level and new they rest of fight and experience management team has been formalized which will take the company to new records
spk_2: i would like to thank fathers of little use for their contribution to the results and now to end the call over to see got the dog for details grip review of our financial results for the quarter
spk_4: santiago the growth eleven years a flutter was a result of a stronger for the night of the in fact in the final segment and the continue growth and fiber optic subscribers allowing the increase in revenue continue to control the level of affects despite one time expensive of seventeen million such as related to the collective employment agreement on july twenty twenty two adjusted every that a fight them percent two hundred fifty million up in the third quarter last erupted two hundred and seventy six million second quarter without in the south of skibo based as we noted left go there a number of minister of education think it sucks did decreased by sixty six thousand during the third quarter exploit excluding the impact of this explains their the federal subscriber based efforts right thirteen thousand in the south florida and a fellow channel eight total six point eight percent compared to sixty six percent in the previous quarter and the south korea other last year sell sell out or and for the second consecutive quoted to thought that is to unsettle competitor forty eight a up in the third quarter last year that it to the fixed line segment the number of homes connected fellow fiber optic infrastructure increased by sixty three thousand in the south grow their and the nano of fiber optic subscribers impressed by a ten thousand compared to an interest of seven ten thousand in the previous quarter the penetration rate of fiber optic subscriber full potential customers and connect them being remains unchanged ten percent i love briefly review funding investing adjusted for tetris from the clutter total thirty eight minutes after topic payments and the third quarter thought the two hundred and five minutes after clothing a parent of thirty one million set us on the decided to a licence fee for the found out it was held two years ago let that was six hundred sixty seven and second had the end of the quarter compared to six hundred sixty to me than seconds at the end of the third quarter last year finally the companies let that to adjusted ebitda ratio stood at zero point six at the end of third quarter compared to russia of zero point eight at the end of the so quote out last year i will now be happy to open the call from for questions moderator with and the killing
spk_5: thank you ladies and gentlemen
spk_6: at this time we will begin the question and answer session you have a question please pass star one if you wish to cancel your request please pass start to you're using speaker equipment finally left the handset before pressing the number
spk_5: questions will be pulled in the order they are received stambolic call for your questions
spk_7: the first question at some david kaplan of suckled please go ahead hi good evening everyone a quick question for me on the her fixed line side can you tell us what the split of new ads in the
spk_2: of of the customers connected to fiber lines are on your network vs wholesale
spk_7: oh it's been ninety nine percent the are network the almost gone to also limited fiber okay and and the nine hundred thousand homes past i know you guys have that a goal that the little bit higher than that this year has anything changed for you ahead of schedule on that are you on schedule are you thinking about passing more homes now given given a success the for good seen so far no will quite on schedule
spk_8: okay so so the end of this year we should explore should say going into next year we should expect to see a significant decrease decreasing topics the correct
spk_7: and sorry
spk_3: we should expect to see much lower tax on twenty twenty three that a left your investments them and i bring our air we didn't they summarize the at the the budget for two thousand and twenty three because we are in there in the process of it than we have to decide on there
spk_7: how much how many a home where gonna that that the this year in some other a investment so i cannot elaborate on there are no budget to twenty two two thousand and twenty three
spk_8: that doesn't mean you think is a possibility that you should you rolling out fiber of and homes past the same rate the rolling them out an hour would you expect for their gets the a lower rate and twenty twenty three of the definitely does that a be a low rate employees twenty three
spk_3: the field our other issues that we want to we are that say discussing their possibilities of investing in other issues that we need
spk_7: a not only fiber there it's not the only investment that we do
spk_9: okay so and and the laugh question has given the increasing pen continue them high level higher levels of a free cash flow i know we talked last quarter about potential dividend can tell us where where you are on that and as far as as far as were partners is for where the board the as far as considering a dividend okay first of all we believe that there and the end and all the stakeholders shouldn't enjoy the company including their shareholders and child of the way doing it to let's say to the enjoyed accompanied by limited and their we intend to to summarize the budgeted two thousand twenty three and then too also the same time to to make the the plan for a five years to see did they know the middle of the company five is the head
spk_7: and then we'll make the decision about their the dividend air widow yes or no than their mouth pair and is probably and then a mean it's probably yet the issue though leashes there what is the amount and what is the schedule
spk_6: and would that be like a was in the past you believe i am you might have given answers question get a quarterly dividend a think it would be a semiannual are just annual dividend within and disgusted get of the board so i don't want to can become apparent thank you very much you're welcome
spk_5: is there any additional questions please press star one he was to cancel your request press start to
spk_6: damn bible calls for more questions there are no further questions at this time before i ask mr go to go ahead with this closing statement i would like to remind participants had a replay of this call is scheduled to begin in two hours in the u s call one eight eighty two five four seventy seven zero and israel please call
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spk_3: the recording is also available on the company's website www that partner that feel that i yell mister go by would you like to make your concluding statement yeah thank you
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