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Group Financial AnalysisOPERATING REVENUEFor FY09, the Group registered 15.5% growth in operatingrevenue to RM13,105.1 million as compared to RM11,347.7million recorded in FY08, largely driven by the mobileprepaid and postpaid business.MobileThe Group’s revenue from mobile (prepaid and postpaid)grew to RM11,731.7 million, an increase of 15.9%, overRM10,120.3 million recorded in FY08, largely attributed toimproved performance in Celcom, XL and Robi. Prepaid andpostpaid services revenue is inclusive of registration andsubscription, rental/access fees, call charges, short messageservices and roaming revenue.Where as in the postpaid segment, Celcom’s encouraginggrowth YoY was largely driven by the significant increase inpostpaid subscriber base from 1.8 million in FY08 to 2.3million in FY09 and also post implementation of its 1+5 Planlaunched in August 2008.XL posted YoY mobile revenue growth of 24.0% arisingfrom significant increase in prepaid Revenue GeneratingBase (RGB) of 49.0%, in line with its focus to improve thequality subscriber base.Robi’s mobile revenue increased 38.8% YoY with prepaidrevenue contributing a significant increase of 43.0% arisingfrom improvement in distribution and regional strategies,with focus on RGB and retention of customers.Higher mobile revenue for the year was a result of theincrease in subscriber base in the subsidiary companies from49.6 million in FY08 to 60.6 million in FY09, and improvementin prepaid and postpaid sales. These were driven by theaggressive and focused marketing initiatives targeting theright customer segment.Mobile revenue from Celcom which accounted for 48.9% ofthe group mobile revenue continued to be the main revenuecontributor to the Group. Celcom’s current year mobilerevenue increased by 13.3% YoY from RM5,065.9 million inFY08 to RM5,741.7 million recorded in FY09.Celcom’s increased revenue from prepaid services was dueto the significant increase in prepaid subscriber base from7.0 million in FY08 to 7.8 million in FY09, despite thecontinuously competitive mobile market.Various product offerings were launched during the yearfocusing on attracting new subscriber and encourage higherusage.OthersOther revenue includes revenue from interconnect services,leased services and other data services.Interconnection chargesRevenue from interconnection charges increased by 8.7%from RM846.3 million recorded in FY08 to RM920.0 millionin FY09 and accounted for 7.0% of the total operatingrevenue.Leased servicesRevenue from leased services marked a 10.7% growth fromRM269.1 million in FY08 to RM297.9 million in the currentyear. Dialog showed higher leased services revenue in linewith the increase in subscriber base, from its fixed linebroadband operations.OthersRevenue from Others comprising fixed line services, internetand multimedia, data services, other non-telecommunicationservices, registered significant growth of 38.8% from RM112.1million recorded in FY08 to RM155.6 million in FY09. Thiswas mainly driven by the 124.1% increase in broadbandcustomers in Celcom.Axiata Group Berhad • 288