So with that, let me turn it over to Slava to kick us off. So there will be some -- I'm not sure how to understand that. And whenever we are ready to disclose any news for you, we will do that, believe me. Ivan, can you please repeat the third question, which related to paid OTT subscribers? Spotify and Facebook also launched a Spotify “mini-player” that lets users listen to songs and podcasts directly in the Facebook app. And then, if we see this going well, it will pretty much continue on the same level because we have a model of how often how many originals we have to get on the market to keep the interest of new subscribers and the interest of existing subscribers and it seems working so far. Thank you very much for that. Alexander Vengranovich -- Renaissance Capital -- Analyst. Turning to the balance sheet. Thank you. Notably, areas beyond connectivity contributed more than one-third of the total upside, with Fintech leading the way, followed by Cloud and Digital Solutions as well as Media. And maybe finally, in terms of Net Promoter Score, you mentioned the progress on there, but one of your competitors on their Capital Markets Day recently was saying that their Net Promoter Score is going up, while the Net Promoter Score of the entire market -- and that would mean you as well -- is going down. Spotify reported results for the first quarter of 2021 in line with expectations, with total revenue up 16% — helped by 46% uptick in ad sales. Spotify was essentially break-even for the quarter, with operating income of €14 million (versus a loss of €17 million in the year-earlier period) and net income coming in at €23 million (versus €1 million in Q1 2020). Can you also kind of perhaps follow up in terms of investment. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close. As of April 1, 2021, our N1.0 capital adequacy ratio stood at 13%, which reflects a healthy safety margin above minimum regulatory requirements of 10.5%. Zoom has had record-breaking earnings results for four quarters now and the market is growing complacent with the stock. In Q1, we shifted to a paid-only model for new adds, while also revamping the offer to a more generous benefit package that includes unlimited data and a higher-tier of video-on-demand content. Okay. Is your content strategy a drag on your OIBDA margin, so is it mainly on capex? In Work Won't Love You Back, Sarah Jaffe, a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements, examines this "labor of love" myth--the idea that certain work is not really work, and therefore should be done out of passion instead ... So, the one-year spike would be your current working assumption? 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Found insideFor anyone interested in the music industry and the lessons it provides for all businesses in the digital era, this is the only book you will ever need. Spotify had projected first-quarter revenue of €1.99 billion-€2.19 billion. In terms of engagement, we're already seeing higher app installs. Yes, I'm really very happy to answer this. They are paying. I think we came -- quite a few years ago, it came to a model which allows us to do those price increases in a very transparent way. For the first quarter, “Reported revenue was toward the top end of our guidance range due to subscriber outperformance, slightly lower headwinds from foreign exchange rates,” Spotify said. Please go ahead. In Moscow, we have launched new showrooms in some of the city's most highly trafficked shopping districts. Second question is on your mobile retail network. May I just follow-up on the provision that Andrey mentioned? But anyway, as you may see, we keep increasing the transparency and the fulfillment of our disclosure to better understand you how our business evolves and to make you understanding of how the whole ecosystem paradigm develops here. In the coming months, we don't expect any optimization. Now, I will hand it back to Slava for his closing remarks. Hi. This in part likely reflects a spike in demand due to the timing of device upgrade cycle. [Foreign Speech] Ondrej, thank you very much on your specific question on the bank. No, not really. In Keen on Retirement, Bill Keen shares insights from more than 15,000 client meetings across a twenty-seven year career to help you approach retirement with peace of mind. Spotify has been quite another story, the worst performer on the list of the best stocks to buy for 2021. Okay. 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In addition, growth was constrained by a high base effect in the year-ago quarter due to a significant non-cash impact from FX effects and operations with derivatives. In this context, group free cash flow, excluding MTS Bank and cash proceeds from the sale of Vodafone Ukraine, stood at RUB11.3 billion for the first three months of the year. The responses became slightly barbed when asked about Spotify’s gross user adds in the quarter, which the company had declined to provide. Polina Ugryumova -- Director, Investor Relations. So maybe it's a little long, but the question is not as easy as it looks. There was also a negative impact on a comparable basis from the extra leap day last year. The voice-enabled device (expected to carry an $80 retail price) lets users “more seamlessly engage” with Spotify content while they’re driving, the company said. We will process your request and come out with some solution. And frankly speaking, on our business we are not so much focused on the margin itself. So, very good numbers this quarter. Before we start, I must remind you that except for historical information, any comments made during this call may constitute forward-looking statements. I just wanted to add that that we really hope that the FinTech is going to grow and we see that it's growing really fast. Please go ahead. According to the company, “The Joe Rogan Experience” — which has consistently its most popular podcast since becoming available exclusively on Spotify last December — performed above expectations with respect to new user additions and engagement in Q1. Questioning an investing thesis -- even one of our own -- helps us all think critically about investing and make decisions that help us become smarter, happier, and richer. We believe we timed our refinancing actions well and we feel good about our debt position now that rates have begun to increase. I understand the question, but we cannot answer it now. In addition, we continued to see significant year-over-year headwinds from the pandemic-related drop in international roaming revenue despite seasonality. For Q1 2021, the company had told Wall Street it expected total users of 354 million-364 million and paid subscribers of 155 million-158 million. Podcast listening in March hit an all-time high in terms of podcast share of overall platform consumption hours, the company said (but didn’t share specific numbers). Thank you, Andrey. We’re motley! But I just want to address your attention that actually those small fluctuations, which is less than 2%, does not reflect any strategy behind that. We are also seeing good traction with NETARIF, our new one-stop-shop subscription that combines mobile connectivity and digital services. ... At Spotify, we promise to treat your data with respect and will not share your information with any third party. ET on Motley Fool Henrik Herbst -- Morgan Stanley -- Analyst. Thank you, Slava. Please go ahead. And in Q1, we saw healthy dynamics in our loyal customer base, those with us 12 months or longer, as well as our market share of data users. One direction is partnership with Spotify [Indecipherable] and it's probably not included in this number. Open Book is Jessica Simpson using her voice, heart, soul, and humor to share things she’s never shared before. Yes, Anna, thank you very much. In this game-changing must-read, Penenberg tells the fascinating story of the entrepreneurs who first harnessed the unprecedented potential of viral loops to create the successful online businesses -- some worth billions of dollars -- that ... The next question is from Alexander Vengranovich of Renaissance Capital. Today, we offer gigabit broadband in more than 30 Russian cities. We are being very accurate with those investments. [Foreign Speech] Thank you, Inessa. 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Hey. Thank you very much for the call. Through this new live experience, Spotify will offer a range of sports, music, and cultural programming, as well as a host of interactive features that will enable creators to connect with audiences in real time.”. Thank you. It is more friendly and more transparent in terms of understanding. The index is now reporting the highest year-over-year growth in earnings since Q1 2010 for Q1. Listen to Squawk on the Street on Spotify. We were happy to see very high engagement during the book building, including from smaller institutions and retail investors. And going into the last question on AT&T-Time Warner and this dilemma that everybody has, I would say that our situation is very different from the situation when a telco is purchasing an existing content provider because the idea behind content provider is to have the most -- the widest distribution possible. This year, our customers are continuing to embrace digital transformation and MTS is a trusted partner in that process. And the libraries of course include libraries that we purchase from majors and libraries that are created with our own content. I guess, the latest one is AT&T sort of now exited the Time Warner investment. And this is the basic problem behind it. So I'm just wondering what was driving that, whether it was sort of a timing effect of the opening of the new showrooms or do you feel that there might be some competitive situation which really prevents you to optimizing your network further? Excluding this last factor, group net profit increased 19.5% year-over-year. Thank you. For example, active smartTV users have increased more than 10 times since last summer and today make up a significant share of the total. Your line is open. I have a couple of questions, if I may. As usual, we will make a replay of this call available on our IR web page in the near future. In the long-term, we think we can be a top-three player in Russia with a user base of 20 million viewers. Thank you. Consolidated group revenue for the quarter was up 5.5% year-over-year to nearly RUB124 billion with solid contributions from all four of our verticals. Your line is open. This is my first question. As we execute on content, our top priority is managing our spend in a deliberate manner, keeping a laser focus on return-on-investment and business KPIs around engagement, retention and lifetime value. As we take questions, please be aware there may be a slight delay for translation. As Inessa mentioned, we recently issued the company's debut social bonds, which are in line with the social bond principles of the International Capital Markets Association. Context matters. We are continuing to execute on a two-pronged approach to build out an ecosystem of digital services, while maintaining mobile market leadership. The application is being done by our own teams. And this is not a core to MTS Media. And therefore, in the last two or three years, we don't see any reflection on NPS after our price increases. Found inside – Page 33536 Australian National University, Strategic Plan 2018–2021, https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/ ... 'Spotify Hits 75 Million Paid Subscribers as it Releases First Earnings', The Verge, 2 May 2018, ... In terms of OIBDA margin, actually we do not provide any guidance on the OIBDA margin. I had three questions actually. And for the last question. Found insideAbove all, this book shows what is at stake: the future of civil discourse and democracy, and the value of truth itself. Our loyalty program, MTS Cashback, continues to draw in new users, topping 11 million registered participants in Q1. That said, we're still less than a month out since launch and we will hold off on sharing more details until we have a longer trend line. They always have time and suggestions of how they can change tariff, if they wouldn't want to stay on the tariffs that are being increased. And you are selling the services in the bundle. With that, let me hand it to Ilya for a Fintech update. To give a bit of color, these are not low-key web serials, but rich storytelling across drama and comedy series as well as documentaries and feature films. Spotify had projected first-quarter revenue of €1.99 billion-€2.19 billion. Found inside – Page 121... programming choices, 74; proprietary personalization software, 40, 44; Q1 2013 Earnings Data, 78; Q1 2019 report, ... 23; self-positioning and branding, 32; set-top boxes, 45; S-1 form, 35–38; and Spotify, 23; stock and story, 81; ... Your line is open. So, limiting this distribution to one operator will really decrease its value. So, I'm pretty confident that we are set for growth on this market. Your line is now open. Thanks for your patience. So it's all dynamic and only positive impact, I would say. Going forward, Olga will be leading our efforts to further refine our ecosystem products, services and bundles. The positive impact on OIBDA from other factors primarily relates to the effect of one-off opex provision in Q1 2020 that resulted in a low base in the first quarter on a year-over-year basis. The media market is poised to be disrupted as the secular shift to OTT gains momentum. I've already said that based on our assumption for the first half of the year, actually the effect of 2021 to 2020 would be neutral on this specific other item. I can only repeat what I've already said. Looking ahead, Ek said the growth in the music industry leads him to expect that streaming numbers will triple by 2030, and that the music and podcast paid audio businesses have room for five to seven times growth from their current positions. Found insideIn Rough Ideas, Hough writes about music and the life of a musician, from exploring the broader aspects of what it is to walk out onto a stage or to make a recording, to specialist tips from deep inside the practice room. At our last call in March, we announced a higher capex plan for 2021. This is Polina. Strategically, our core focus remains subscriber quality. I will have a couple of questions. Hi. At the same time, we are going to put a sharper focus on concentrating our firepower to rapidly reach commercial scale along promising growth vectors. KION features hundreds of linear TV channels, thousands of licensed on-demand titles, and for the first time a select slate of exclusive content, which we're calling KION Originals. [Operator Instructions]. And for the next year, we still do not have enough clear certainty, enough clarity on what the regulator will do. Of course, life is going on and we are going on. Found insideWith gorgeous, soulful intensity, Caleb Azumah Nelson has written the most essential British debut of recent years. 'An amazing debut novel. You should read this book. As a telco, this is frankly a unique opportunity and we are going to take full advantage of it. So, maybe I completely misunderstand the answer, but when you kind of look at the similar annual numbers, if I look at the one-offs from last year, then in the second quarter of '21, you had even more one-offs in the base and in 1Q '21. Thank you very much. Overall, global consumption hours continued to grow meaningfully in Q1, with per-user consumption growing in more mature markets such as North America and Europe, while “developing regions showed signs of improvement but remained below pre-COVID levels,” the company said. Click here to review the full earnings release, and click here to read Daniel’s remarks from the analyst Q&A. In Fintech, we reached 2.6 million bank clients with open accounts, deposits and loans. So, there will be some negative impact on the second quarter or... Hey. So, actually we don't comment on information that was mentioned by a competitor, especially then we don't know which materials or reports it's referring to. The line is now open. But I think any online OTT user is looking into the system again. Thank you. In a Q&A session after the earnings report, CEO/co-founder Daniel Ek and CFO Paul Vogel followed their usual tactics of positivity, deflection and “in line with our projections” in response to even the most probing questions from analysts — which, notably, included no questions about top podcaster Joe Rogan’s recent controversial anti-vaccine statements, and few at all about music (Rogan’s name was only mentioned by Ek and Vogel in a positive light). For the first three months of the year, Spotify reported “a strong increase” in podcast consumption hours compared with Q4. Ondrej, thank you very much. We realize there are a lot of negotiations in this area. ET, Dear ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Conference Call of Mobile TeleSystems. May I now hand you over to Polina Ugryumova, Director of Investor Relations, who will lead you to this conference. Looking ahead, we expect roaming headwinds to ease or even reverse beginning in Q2 on lower comparables. But can you maybe say in the past MTS has been very much opposed to this? So it's all in there and it doesn't change much. For your convenience, we have retrospectively restated our profit and loss statement in our Summary Financials file, which is available on our IR website together with the press release and presentation for this call. Could you please specify what do you mean by results of the new business segment? We estimate we reached tens of millions impressions in just the first few weeks. That's what I mentioned. Podcast listening in March hit an all-time high in terms of podcast share of overall platform consumption hours, the company said (but didn’t share specific numbers). Your line is now open. We did it later this quarter. Just to understand how this direction develops and what do you expect in the future. Stock Advisor list price is $199 per year. Notable Q1 podcast launches in the U.S. included “Renegades: Born in the USA,” from the Obamas’ Higher Ground, featuring former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen. On KION, content investment, I would say that in comparison with 2020 and 2021, the investment could go higher maybe by a notch but not much. So that's pretty much it. The streaming audio giant also said podcast listening hit an all-time high in Q1, calling out “The Joe Rogan Experience” as delivering better-than-expected performance. This is a further demonstration of our commitment to help build an inclusive digital future for all members of the society.

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