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Data segment highly margin accretive….
We recently met the management of Tata Communications (TCL) to
understand the growth prospects that lay ahead for the company. TCL is
a leading B2B provider of communication services mainly to telecom
service providers and enterprise customers looking for voice, data or
video connectivity. The company boasts of a wholly-owned cable
network ring around the world ranging over 2,10,000 km and is a global
tier 1 IP network with connectivity to more than 240 countries and
territories across 400 points of presence (PoPs). The company had a 21%
market share with 52.5 minutes in both inbound and outbound
international long distance (ILD) traffic, which stood at 85 and 4.5 billion
minutes, respectively (FY14). Its national long distance (NLD) market
share is ~39% with 5.85 billion minutes. TCL enjoys 10%, 20% market
share in global, Indian enterprise data traffic, respectively. It also enjoys a
25% market share in the data centre business with a 1 m sq ft area. The
data segment is at an inflection point and would be a high growth
segment. The company also provides a host of wholesale, retail and
enterprise solutions in South Africa under “Neotel”. However, TCL has
received shareholder approval to divest its stake in Neotel to Vodacom.
Data segment to lead to core business turnaround
The company provides both network (dedicated point to point
connectivity, internet connectivity and multi-location connectivity through
global virtual private networks) and managed services (mobility, data
centre, transformation services, banking services, collaboration services,
media services, enterprise voice, etc) under its data segment, which
contributes about 40% to the revenues. This segment has been the
revenue driver recording a CAGR of 18.4% over FY12-14 in gross data
revenues. The data segment commands considerably high EBITDA
margins of 19-22%. The management plans to invest continually in the
segment to cash in on the incremental data opportunity.
Voice business –free cash flow generator
The company remains one of the largest players worldwide in terms of
market share in the voice segment and has transformed itself from a
monopolistic provider of international long distance telephony to global
wholesale carrier. There has, however, been softness in the total voice
minutes. The company aims to maintain 6.7-7.5% EBITDA margins in the
voice segment by chasing profitable minutes.
Legacy issues hampering valuations….
High debt levels, opacity related to the land demerger and delay in Neotel
sale have not allowed the stock to command high multiples. However, it
is increasingly attempting to resolve such issues and has also posted a
robust operating performance in the past eight quarters. The stock is
available at 6.6x FY14 EV/EBITDA.
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Data segment highly margin accretive….
We recently met the management of Tata Communications (TCL) to
understand the growth prospects that lay ahead for the company. TCL is
a leading B2B provider of communication services mainly to telecom
service providers and enterprise customers looking for voice, data or
video connectivity. The company boasts of a wholly-owned cable
network ring around the world ranging over 2,10,000 km and is a global
tier 1 IP network with connectivity to more than 240 countries and
territories across 400 points of presence (PoPs). The company had a 21%
market share with 52.5 minutes in both inbound and outbound
international long distance (ILD) traffic, which stood at 85 and 4.5 billion
minutes, respectively (FY14). Its national long distance (NLD) market
share is ~39% with 5.85 billion minutes. TCL enjoys 10%, 20% market
share in global, Indian enterprise data traffic, respectively. It also enjoys a
25% market share in the data centre business with a 1 m sq ft area. The
data segment is at an inflection point and would be a high growth
segment. The company also provides a host of wholesale, retail and
enterprise solutions in South Africa under “Neotel”. However, TCL has
received shareholder approval to divest its stake in Neotel to Vodacom.
Data segment to lead to core business turnaround
The company provides both network (dedicated point to point
connectivity, internet connectivity and multi-location connectivity through
global virtual private networks) and managed services (mobility, data
centre, transformation services, banking services, collaboration services,
media services, enterprise voice, etc) under its data segment, which
contributes about 40% to the revenues. This segment has been the
revenue driver recording a CAGR of 18.4% over FY12-14 in gross data
revenues. The data segment commands considerably high EBITDA
margins of 19-22%. The management plans to invest continually in the
segment to cash in on the incremental data opportunity.
Voice business –free cash flow generator
The company remains one of the largest players worldwide in terms of
market share in the voice segment and has transformed itself from a
monopolistic provider of international long distance telephony to global
wholesale carrier. There has, however, been softness in the total voice
minutes. The company aims to maintain 6.7-7.5% EBITDA margins in the
voice segment by chasing profitable minutes.
Legacy issues hampering valuations….
High debt levels, opacity related to the land demerger and delay in Neotel
sale have not allowed the stock to command high multiples. However, it
is increasingly attempting to resolve such issues and has also posted a
robust operating performance in the past eight quarters. The stock is
available at 6.6x FY14 EV/EBITDA.
�� India Equity Research Reports, IPO and Stock News Visit http://indiaer.blogspot.com/ for complete details ��
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