Company: LILA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001712184-25-000179
Chunk: 23

Company: Liberty Latin America Ltd.
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
Chunk 23
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: The organic increases are primarily due to higher backhaul expenses. 

•Project-related and other: The organic increases are primarily due to growth in managed services costs and higher licensing fees.

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

 Three months ended September 30,Increase (decrease)Increase (decrease) from: 20252024An acquisitionOrganic in millionsProgramming and copyright$23.7 $26.9 $(3.2)$— $(3.2)Interconnect21.4 20.7 0.7 3.0 (2.3)Equipment37.9 31.8 6.1 1.1 5.0 Project-related and other0.6 0.9 (0.3)— (0.3)Total programming and other direct costs of services$83.6 $80.3 $3.3 $4.1 $(0.8)

Nine months ended September 30,Increase (decrease)Increase (decrease) from: 20252024An acquisitionOrganic in millionsProgramming and copyright$77.7 $83.1 $(5.4)$— $(5.4)Interconnect62.4 59.3 3.1 12.2 (9.1)Equipment114.6 106.6 8.0 5.6 2.4 Project-related and other1.9 3.5 (1.6)— (1.6)Total programming and other direct costs of services$256.6 $252.5 $4.1 $17.8 $(13.7)

•Programming and copyright: The organic decreases primarily relate to the net effect of (i) lower subscriber counts and customers moving to lower cost product offerings, (ii) lower programmer fees resulting from contract renegotiations, and (iii) higher costs associated with rate increases.

•Interconnect: The organic decreases are primarily due to lower roaming and mobile network costs due to lower volume and better negotiated rates, and for the nine-month comparison, the expiration of the transition service agreement in 2024.

•Equipment: The organic increases are primarily due to the net effect of (i) higher handset sales, and (ii) for the nine-month comparison, a decrease associated