Company: LILA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001712184-25-000179
Chunk: 24

Company: Liberty Latin America Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 24
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 with higher equipment credits for handset purchases. 

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Liberty Costa Rica. The following tables set forth the organic and non-organic changes in programming and other direct costs of services for our Liberty Costa Rica segment.

Three months ended September 30,Increase (decrease)Increase (decrease) from: 20252024FXOrganic in millionsProgramming and copyright$9.8 $9.4 $0.4 $0.4 $— Interconnect5.4 6.6 (1.2)0.2 (1.4)Equipment18.9 15.2 3.7 0.6 3.1 Project-related and other— 0.7 (0.7)— (0.7)Total programming and other direct costs of services$34.1 $31.9 $2.2 $1.2 $1.0 

Nine months ended September 30,Increase (decrease)Increase (decrease) from: 20252024FXOrganic in millionsProgramming and copyright$28.4 $28.0 $0.4 $0.7 $(0.3)Interconnect17.3 22.0 (4.7)0.4 (5.1)Equipment55.1 45.3 9.8 1.2 8.6 Project-related and other1.2 1.2 — — — Total programming and other direct costs of services$102.0 $96.5 $5.5 $2.3 $3.2 

•Interconnect: The organic decreases are primarily driven by (i) lower volumes of traffic and (ii) for the nine-month comparison, a decrease in roaming.

•Equipment: The organic increases are primarily attributable to (i) higher handset unit costs and (ii) for the nine-month comparison, a higher volume of handset sales.

Other operating costs and expenses 

Other operating costs and expenses comprise the following cost categories:

•Personnel and contract labor-related costs, which primarily include salary-related and cash bonus expenses, net of capitalizable labor costs, and temporary contract labor costs;

•Network-related expenses, which primarily include costs related to network access, system power, core network and CPE repair, maintenance and test costs;

•Service-related costs, which primarily include professional services, information technology-related services