VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 04, 2021
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Highlights year 2020:
- Revenue increased to CAD$9,126,082 for the year 2020 as compared to CAD$5,413,594 for the year 2019 and CAD$1,556,742 for the year 2018 representing a 486% increase over the last two years.
- Revenue increase is a result of (i) additional towers that started to provide service, (ii) increased collocations on existing towers and (iii) the sale of 47 towers (37 in Mexico and 10 in Argentina):
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | Variance | 2 Yr. Variance | ||
| CAD$ | CAD$ | CAD$ | CAD$ | % | ||
| Tower Rent | 1,774,346 | 1,640,636 | 652,028 | 1,122,318 | 172.13% | |
| Sale of Towers | 6,379,100 | 3,211,199 | 0 | 6,379,100 | NA | |
| Other Services | 972,636 | 561,756 | 904,714 | 67,922 | 7.51% | |
| Total Revenues | 9,126,082 | 5,413,591 | 1,556,742 | 7,569,340 | 486.23% | |
- 21 new towers were put into operations with additional 17 new collocations.
- The Company signed 2 (two) new MLA's in Colombia.
- 37 towers were sold in 2020 to an international tower company and 10 towers were sold to a local tower company. Proceeds were used to repay debt and fund new tower construction activity.
- Tower construction activity increased as the Company was awarded with several search rings, mainly in Colombia.
Financial Highlights of the Full Year of 2020:
The Company's business performance is improving after business transformation initiatives over the past year. During 2020 we saw organic growth in the revenue from its core businesses which was further improved by increased revenue corresponding to the sale of towers.
The Company recorded total revenue of CAD$9,126,082 in 2020, a year over year increase of 68.6%. Gross Profit for the year 2020 was CAD$4,175,069 representing a year over year increase of 64.8%.
The improvement in our net loss is mainly due to the increase of the company's revenues and a decrease in interest expenses.
As we now transition to local currency financings, we will also limit the cash flow's impact of the currency devaluation that may happen on the countries that we operate.
Subsequent events:
On March 11, 2021, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a commercial bank for up to $11 million CAD (Colombian Peso $31,632,000,000).
On April 6, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with a 7-year term for a series of BTS construction projects the first one being the construction of 220 towers. Third party is committed to spend 25% of the construction cost. This group previously had acquired a portion of the US Business "TCTS" Tower Construction and Technical Services Inc.
Outlook:
Mr. Alejandro Ochoa, CEO of Tower One, said, "To enhance Tower One's profitability we initiated a number of actions oriented to focus on our core business.
- We secured a 10 Year Credit Facility with local banks that will support or construction rollout. This Facility will allow for our portfolio to mature and seek additional colocation clients. In addition, this will also enhance our tax strategy as we look to build and hold, rather than sell our towers on a short-term basis.
- Currently we are underway to have the largest tower construction year (2021) in our company's history estimated to be in the range of 120-200 additional towers.
Looking ahead to 2021 and although the COVID-19 outbreak has yet to be sustained we continue to enjoy the resilience of our core business, servicing investment grade customers under long-term contracts that provide a predictable stream of recurring revenue."
About Tower One
Tower One Wireless Corp.'s principal business is to build, own and operate multi-tenant wireless telecommunications infrastructure ("towers") in Latin America. Tower One leases space on its towers to mobile network operators. The Company is focused on the build to suit tower industry whereby a long-term lease is secured with a tenant prior to building a tower. The Company operates in the three largest Spanish speaking countries in Latin America (Colombia, Mexico and Argentina) with a combined population of approximately 220 million people.
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| E-mail: | info@toweronewireless.com | |
| Website: | www.toweronewireless.com (http://www.toweronewireless.com) | |
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