{"id":18883,"date":"2019-08-08T07:10:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T06:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=18883"},"modified":"2019-08-08T09:54:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T08:54:42","slug":"virgin-media-hit-5-266-million-uk-broadband-users-as-network-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/08\/virgin-media-hit-5-266-million-uk-broadband-users-as-network-grows.html","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Media Hit 5.266 Million UK Broadband Users as Network Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cable ISP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> (Liberty Global) added another +7,100 UK customers to their broadband network during the second quarter of 2019 (down from +35K in Q1), which takes their total base to 5,266,700. Over the same period their network has deployed to cover another 130,000 premises (up from +102K last quarter).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The main developments since Virgin&#8217;s last quarterly report have included their move to gobble up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a>&#8217;s old trial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ftth\">FTTH<\/a> network in Derbyshire (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/abandoned-ftth-sky-broadband-network-scooped-by-virgin-media.html\">here<\/a>), as well as our report on the cities that look likely to be included in their initial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/docsis\">DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1 orientated &#8220;<em>gigabit cities<\/em>&#8221; deployment (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/named-virgin-medias-possible-1gbps-broadband-uk-launch-cities.html\">here<\/a>), a package refresh (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/06\/oomph-as-virgin-media-uk-kills-vivid-ultrafast-broadband-brand.html\">here<\/a>) and a leak of their plans to launch a new cloud based user interface for their Hub 3.0 routers (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/06\/virgin-media-preparing-new-cloud-ui-for-hub-3-broadband-routers.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In keeping with that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/docsis\">DOCSIS<\/a> 3.1 news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> also confirmed that their rollout of 1Gbps speeds would start in Southampton and reach the rest of their network by 2021 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/07\/virgin-media-uk-confirms-1gbps-broadband-speeds-for-all-by-2021.html\">here<\/a>). Meanwhile today\u2019s results reveal that the pace of their <strong>Project Lightning<\/strong> network expansion has increased during the second quarter of 2019, which saw them add 130,000 extra premises to their network coverage (over 1.8 million UK premises added since 2015\/16).<\/p>\n<p>The original aim of this effort was to cover 4 million additional premises (17 million total or c.60%+ of the UK) by the end of 2020 (later revised to 2019 before it was discovered in 2017 that they\u2019d erroneously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/03\/virgin-media-admits-overstating-uk-cable-network-expansion-progress.html\">overstated progress<\/a>), although c.2 million+ now seems to be a safer bet for the end of 2019 and possibly 3-4 million+ at a later date (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/08\/virgin-media-uk-not-planning-to-speed-up-cable-network-expansion.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Officially Virgin remain coy about how far they intend to go with Project Lightning but the recent Avonline Networks deal (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/07\/avonline-networks-to-help-virgin-media-build-fttp-for-70k-premises.html\">here<\/a>) confirmed that they intend to keep building out their network until at least 2023. So they may yet reach the original 4 million goal, albeit significantly later than originally planned and possibly some of this could end up being done via a new alternative network company (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/07\/virgin-media-moots-new-alternative-full-fibre-isp-for-uk-rural-areas.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Project Lightning Rollout Since 2017<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nQ2 2019 = 130,000 Premises<br \/>\nQ1 2019 = 102,000 Premises<br \/>\nQ4 2018 = 144,000 Premises<br \/>\nQ3 2018 = 109,000 Premises<br \/>\nQ2 2018 = 118,000 Premises<br \/>\nQ1 2018 = 111,000 Premises (likely impacted by heavy snow)<br \/>\nQ4 2017 = 159,000 Premises<br \/>\nQ3 2017 = 147,000 Premises<br \/>\nQ2 2017 = 127,000 Premises<br \/>\nQ1 2017 = 102,000 Premises<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> Q1 is traditionally a slower quarter for build due to various issues (weather, holidays etc.). The current cumulative cost per premises is c.\u00a3690 (just the build costs would be \u00a3660) and hitting 30-35% penetration after 3 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Initially much of this build focused upon extending Virgin&#8217;s already very capable <strong>Hybrid Fibre Coax<\/strong> (HFC) network, although we note that last year 60% of their build was done with <strong>Fibre-to-the-Premises <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> \/ RFoG) technology and in Q1 2019 this had increased to 86%. No figure for this is given today for Q2.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Mike Fries, CEO of Liberty Global, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also focused on enhancing the strategic and financial value of our core operating businesses, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> which remains the most advanced broadband and fixed\/mobile provider in the U.K. with substantial opportunities for expansion and growth. With 500 Mbps already available to nearly 15 million homes and 1 Gbps speeds just around the corner, Virgin Media is miles ahead of other U.K. operators in providing ultrafast broadband, both today and into the future.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The operator also confirmed that they had a total Mobile (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> MVNO) customer base of 3,059,000 (up from 3,030,600 last quarter) and 79% of their broadband base is now on an ultrafast (100Mbps+) capable package (unchanged from last quarter). Elsewhere Virgin had 4,641,000 phone \/ VoIP customers in the UK (up from 4,617,300) and 3,822,100 video \/ TV users (down from 3,846,700).<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Media reported quarterly revenue of \u00a31,279.3m and it&#8217;s worth noting that Q2 (calendar) tends to be a seasonally slow one, which is often due to the movement of students (going back home for the summer and cancelling contracts etc.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cable ISP Virgin Media (Liberty Global) added another +7,100 UK customers to their broadband network during the second quarter of 2019 (down from +35K in Q1), which takes their total base to 5,266,700. 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