{"id":3239,"date":"2013-05-10T08:06:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T07:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2013-05-10T08:26:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T07:26:50","slug":"isp-bt-tops-6-7-million-uk-broadband-subscribers-as-1-3m-users-take-fttc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/05\/isp-bt-tops-6-7-million-uk-broadband-subscribers-as-1-3m-users-take-fttc.html","title":{"rendered":"ISP BT Tops 6.7 Million UK Broadband Subscribers as 1.3m Users Take FTTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telecoms giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> has today posted their latest financial results to 31st March 2013 (Q1-2013), which revealed that the operators retail ISP division had increased its fixed line broadband subscribers by +136,000 in the quarter to total 6,704,000 (up from the +122k added in Q4-2012 and +88k in Q3-2012).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> Retail&#8217;s share of the market for superfast broadband services (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/btinfinityuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BTInfinity<\/a><\/strong>), which are predominantly delivered via &#8216;up to&#8217; 80Mbps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> technology and a tiny number on 330Mbps capable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>, grew by +211,000 customers in Q1-2013 to reach a total of around <strong>1.3 Million<\/strong> (up from the +200k added in Q4-2012 and +160,000 in Q3-2012).<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that BTWholesale&#8217;s overall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a>\/P connections total, which includes services delivered via other ISPs (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/bskyb\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Broadband<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/tt\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkTalk<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/zen_internet\" target=\"_blank\">Zen Internet<\/a> etc.), is now more than 1.5 Million.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttc\">FTTC<\/a> service itself currently <strong>passes 15 million premises<\/strong> in the UK (around 50% UK coverage) and should reach <strong>66% coverage by spring 2014<\/strong> (possibly 90% by 2017 with full BDUK state aid support). &#8220;<em>We believe that, together with government support and subject to an acceptable investment environment, we can pass more than 90% of premises with our network in the next three to four years<\/em>,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Ian Livingston, BT Group&#8217;s CEO, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We are doing what we said we would do. In an environment where it is easier to focus only on the short-term, we are investing in our future and delivering growth in profits and dividends. We are driving fibre across the UK, launching high quality sports channels, investing in the high-growth regions of the world and will use our wi-fi capabilities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> spectrum to make sure our customers will be the best connected. We have created around 3,000 new jobs [mostly telecoms engineers] in the UK over the last year to support these investments.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our focus on improving efficiency across the business will allow us to continue to deliver strong financial results whilst making these investments. Our good performance this year is reflected in our dividend which is up 14% for the year. We have a lot more to do but we are now a lot better positioned to do it<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition BT Retail&#8217;s broadband based <strong>BTVision<\/strong> (IPTV) TV service also grew by +40,000 customers in the quarter to reach a total of 810,000, which is the first improvement in growth for quite a while (BTVision has add +21k each quarter since Q2-2012).<\/p>\n<p>On top of that the <strong>FREE BTSport<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/05\/uk-isp-bt-confirm-cheaper-fibre-broadband-and-free-tv-sport-service.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) promotion, new Hub4 router and cheaper broadband bundles are widely expected to deliver an even more significant improvement over the coming months. BT is also investing in a new generation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> (2.6GHz) based Mobile Broadband products to provide their business and consumer customers with an enhanced range of services (details not yet known).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile BTWholesale notes that it&#8217;s now home to a total of 8,770,000 broadband connections (includes services delivered to other BT-based ISPs), which is an increase of +117k in Q1-2013 (up from +62k in Q4-2012). 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