Supplemental Disclosure Material - Ono
Supplemental Disclosure Material - Ono
Supplemental Disclosure Material - Ono
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Because we derive a substantial portion of our revenue from residential customers, who may be impacted by these<br />
conditions, it may be (i) more difficult to attract and retain new and existing subscribers, (ii) more likely that certain of our<br />
customers will downgrade or disconnect their services and (iii) more difficult to maintain ARPUs at existing levels. In<br />
addition, we can provide no assurances that a further deterioration of the economy will not lead to a higher number of<br />
non-paying customers or generally result in service disconnections.<br />
Therefore, a weak economy and negative economic development may jeopardize our development and may have a<br />
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.<br />
Demand in future periods is difficult to predict. If demand is lower than anticipated, we may not realize the expected<br />
benefits of providing enhanced services to the Spanish marketplace. Alternatively, if demand is greater than expected, we<br />
may not be able to keep up with it and lose market share.<br />
Bundling broadband internet, television and telephony services is an important part of our strategy. Moreover, if one<br />
of our bundled offerings no longer appeals to our customers, they may discontinue using our bundled or stand-alone services<br />
altogether. In addition, the broadband internet, television and telephony markets are very competitive and any of our new,<br />
enhanced or planned products or services, including residential broadband internet with speeds of up to 100 Mbps and next<br />
generation TV, may fail to achieve market acceptance and the new or enhanced products or services introduced by our<br />
competitors may be more appealing to customers.<br />
Furthermore, in connection with the roll out of broadband internet access enhancements, we rely on third-party<br />
subcontractors. Similarly, we rely on suppliers for our television services, including for our next generation TV platform. We<br />
have contracted with TiVo to be the exclusive software supplier and with Cisco to be the exclusive set-top box supplier.<br />
Customer demand for our product offerings depends on customer satisfaction with the services provided by our subcontractors<br />
and suppliers over which we may have limited control.<br />
If we fail to introduce new or enhanced products and services successfully, our revenues and margins could be lower than<br />
expected.<br />
Part of our business strategy is based on the introduction of new or enhanced products and services. Any of the new<br />
or enhanced products or services we introduce may fail to achieve market acceptance or products or services introduced by<br />
our competitors may be more appealing to customers. If our new product or service offerings are not successful, our<br />
subscribers may decide to discontinue using our services and choose other distribution platforms.<br />
Our strategy includes the nationwide roll-out of high broadband internet speeds (using Docsis 3.0) and the<br />
introduction of next generation TV and we cannot guarantee that these new services, or any other new products that we may<br />
develop in the future, will perform as expected when first introduced in the market. Should these or other new products and<br />
services fail to perform as expected or should they fail to gain market acceptance, our results of operations may be negatively<br />
affected.<br />
Failure to control customer churn may adversely affect our financial performance.<br />
The successful implementation of our business plan depends on our ability to control customer churn. Customer<br />
churn is a measure of customers who stop using our services. Customer churn could increase as a result of:<br />
• Dissatisfaction with the quality of our customer service, including billing errors;<br />
• Customers moving to areas where we cannot offer services;<br />
• Interruptions to the delivery of services to customers over our network and poor fault management; and<br />
• The availability of competing services, some of which may, from time to time, be less expensive or<br />
technologically superior to those offered by us or offer content or features that we do not offer.<br />
Our inability to further decrease churn or an increase in churn as a result of any of these factors can lead to a<br />
reduction in revenue. We have experienced increased levels of churn in recent periods, primarily as a result of the difficult<br />
economic environment in Spain and the competitive environment in the Spanish telecommunications market. There can be no<br />
assurance that this trend will not continue in future periods.<br />
Any negative impact on the reputation of and value associated with our brand could adversely affect our business.<br />
The “ONO” brand is an important asset of our business. Maintaining the reputation of and value associated with this<br />
brand is central to the success of our business, but our business strategy and its execution may not accomplish this objective.<br />
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