Company: LILA
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001712184-25-000094
Chunk: 17

Company: Liberty Latin America Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-05-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 17
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Liberty Costa Rica. The following table sets forth the organic and non-organic changes in programming and other direct costs of services for our Liberty Costa Rica segment.

Three months ended March 31,Increase (decrease)Increase (decrease) from: 20252024FXOrganic in millionsProgramming and copyright$9.1 $8.7 $0.4 $0.2 $0.2 Interconnect6.3 8.3 (2.0)0.1 (2.1)Equipment19.2 16.1 3.1 0.4 2.7 Project-related and other1.2 0.1 1.1 0.1 1.0 Total programming and other direct costs of services$35.8 $33.2 $2.6 $0.8 $1.8 

•Interconnect: The organic decrease is primarily driven by (i) lower volumes of local traffic and (ii) a decrease in roaming.

•Equipment: The organic increase is primarily due to higher handset costs driven by sales growth and increased unit costs. 

•Project-related and other: The organic increase is directly related to the non-recurring B2B projects. 

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, audit, legal and other services;

•Commercial, which primarily includes sales and marketing costs, such as advertising, commissions and other sales and marketing-related costs, and customer care costs related to outsourced call centers; 

•Facility, provision, franchise and other, which primarily includes facility-related costs, provision for bad debt expense, franchise-related fees, bank fees, insurance, vehicle-related, travel and entertainment and other operating-related costs; and

•Share-based compensation and other Employee Incentive Plan-related expense that relates to (i) equity awards issued to our employees and Directors, (ii) certain bonuses that are paid in the form of equity and (iii) our LTVP, whether settled in common shares or cash.

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Consolidated