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O2 UK and BE Broadband Reach 664k Fixed Line ISP Subscribers

Posted: 11th Nov, 2010 By: MarkJ
o2 broadband uk logoMobile operator and ISP O2 UK ( Be Broadband ) has released its latest third quarter results to the end of September 2010, which saw their total fixed line broadband subscriber base climb from 650,000 in Q2 to 663,800 (+13,800 net additions) at the end of Q3-2010.

However this figure represents a slowdown from the +17,600 added between Q1 and Q2, which is despite the addition of a new Home Phone service to their range of mobile and broadband bundle options.

TELEFÓNICA O2 UK

The Company’s total mobile customer base (excluding Tesco Mobile) at the end of September 2010 reached 22 million customers, up 4.8% year-on-year (+4.5% year-on-year in the first half), with net additions of 352 thousand in the third quarter, an increase of 20.4% year-on-year and 658 thousand in the first nine months of the year. The majority of the growth (67% of total net additions in the quarter) continued to come from the contract segment (base grew 10.4% year-on-year), with contract segment being 47% of the total customer base at the end of September 2010.

Telefónica O2 UK’s wireline retail broadband Internet accesses stood at 0.7 million lines at the end of September 2010, an increase of 25.9% year-on-year.

For the first nine months of 2010, revenues increased 5.6% year-on-year in local currency to reach 5,317 million euros. Revenue growth accelerated in the third quarter to 8.5% year-onyear in local currency (+6.0% year-on-year in the second quarter). This growth performance was mainly driven by the improvement in mobile service revenue and the success of handset sales, reflecting the increased demand for smartphones from new and existing customers.

Operating Income before depreciation and amortization (OIBDA) stood at 1,365 million euros for the first nine months of 2010, a growth of 8.3% year-on-year in local currency terms (+9.4% year-on-year in the third quarter). OIBDA margin for the first nine months of 2010 was 25.7%.

CapEx increased 15.3% year-on-year in local currency terms for the first nine months of 2010 to 506 million euros. The already mentioned evolution of the OIBDA allowed operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx) to increase 4.5% year-on-year in local currency in the first nine months of the year, reaching 858 million euros.

It should be noted that Telefónica's PR focused financial summary continues to dramatically and incorrectly inflate the operators UK fixed line broadband figures by stating "0.7 million lines". They also did this in the previous quarter, which ironically gives the impression of no growth (i.e. 0.7 for 6 months).
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