Class 5 Hurricane Melissa, which impacted the Caribbean in late October, triggered injury to Liberty Latin America’s networks, with financial results anticipated within the subsequent quarter and into 2026.
On account of the storm, Jamaica skilled vital infrastructure injury and widespread energy outages.
“The state of affairs stays very dynamic and impacted by the velocity of energy restoration on the island,” CEO Balan Nair stated throughout the firm’s third-quarter earnings name.
Nair added that the corporate continues to be within the “early days of evaluating” each community injury and the providers which can be presently down as a result of lack of energy.
In keeping with Liberty Latin America, cellular visitors on its community has returned to 80% of pre-hurricane ranges. In its mounted community, almost 40% of shoppers are again on-line, with main metropolitan areas reaching 80%.
“We shall be working tirelessly to restore and rebuild our infrastructure, leveraging the huge expertise of the native and central groups, whereas persevering with to herald companions like PTI [Phoenix Tower International] and JPS [Jamaica Public Service] and others to shortly prolong our providers again out,” Nair stated.
Electrical energy firm JPS has restored almost 50% of its community. “As the ability firm comes again, you’ll see our community get better,” Nair added.
In 2023, Liberty bought its towers to PTI, which is now liable for their restoration. The tower firm is working particularly within the western a part of the island, the place towers had been broken.
The corporate stated it’s “too early to evaluate the complete impression of the hurricane” on its financials.
Liberty Latin America expects to obtain proceeds from its insurance coverage program throughout the fourth quarter, which shall be used to rebuild impacted parts of the networks and mitigate income losses.
Within the third quarter of 2025, Liberty Latin America’s Caribbean operation, Liberty Caribbean, posted income of US$369 million (mn), up 3% year-over-year on a rebased foundation. Residential mounted revenues rose 5%, whereas residential cellular and B2B segments every grew by 2%. Adjusted Oibda reached US$172.5mn, reflecting 10% year-over-year rebased development.
Jamaica generated about US$108mn in income throughout the quarter, accounting for lower than 10% of Liberty Latin America’s complete.
Throughout the hurricane, Liberty launched a satellite tv for pc partnership with Starlink to offer emergency direct-to-cell connectivity for cellular clients. The corporate reported greater than 140,000 distinctive customers efficiently related to the service.
Starlink can be getting used for Liberty’s B2B clients as a backup to the mounted community, significantly within the north and northwest of Jamaica, the place energy has not but been restored.
(The unique model of this content material was written in English)
