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SEC filingFY2025 results reflected legacy revenue declines from customer shifts to mobile and OTT alongside IndiHome ARPU pressure from 3P-to-1P migration, offset by infrastructure modernization and digital platform investments to maintain competitiveness.
Customer preference shifts away from legacy services drove revenue declines across fixed-line, cellular voice, and IndiHome segments. Fixed-line telephone subscriptions fell as consumers favored mobile devices, reducing traditional telephony demand. Cellular revenues reflected ongoing erosion in voice volumes to over-the-top (OTT) alternatives, compounded by pricing dynamics. IndiHome faced dual pressures: lower smart device sales to customers and ARPU reduction from migration to cost-effective single-play bundles over comprehensive triple-play packages. These trends underscore the broader transition from legacy to digital consumption patterns, challenging topline growth.
To counter these headwinds and sustain market position, substantial capital expenditures targeted infrastructure renewal. Investments prioritized development, expansion, and modernization of core telecommunications networks alongside digital platforms. This included support for operational systems like online charging, customer relationship management, and service control points, plus deployment of innovative technologies such as Starlink-based services. Submarine cable programs advanced rapidly via new constructions and capacity buys, with Telin enhancing APAC connectivity to capture rising data demands. Such proactive spending ensures network reliability and capacity for data-centric services, positioning the company for future digital revenue streams despite near-term legacy drags.
Efficiency initiatives complemented capex discipline, with ongoing assessments to streamline corporate structure. Efforts focused on eliminating duplicated management and administrative processes while simplifying ownership chains, fostering synergies and cost controls. These operational refinements aim to offset margin pressures from service transitions and infrastructure outlays.
Looking ahead, external factors introduce uncertainties. Potential interest rate persistence or rises could elevate financing costs on floating-rate debt, straining results. Governance evolves with SOE reforms, where BPI Danantara's expanded authority over state-owned enterprises like ours creates oversight ambiguity, even as MSOE transformation appears immaterial. These dynamics highlight the need for agile adaptation amid regulatory flux and macroeconomic sensitivities, balancing transformation costs with long-term digital competitiveness.