Internet and phone provider TalkTalk ( AOL UK , Tiscali , Opal ) has posted a new Trading Statement to reveal its latest fourth quarter 2009 results. The operator ended last year with their total broadband subscriber base rising from 4.155m in Q3-2009 to 4.197m in Q4 (+42k net additions, up on Q3's +36k).

Presently 3.11m of TalkTalk's customers (74% of their broadband base) are using the groups cheaper unbundled ( LLU ) platform, which is delivered via 1,748 unbundled exchanges (80% UK coverage). TalkTalk recently announced plans to boost the capacity of its LLU ISP network and extend coverage to reach nearly 90% of the UK over the next year (here).


Meanwhile TalkTalk still hopes to have more than 80% of its customers on their unbundled network by the end of the current calendar year. In addition they also added some more information about tentative plans to launch a mobile phone and TV service, which would turn them into a quad-play provider.


The TV product will be based off Project Canvas, an open broadband IPTV standard for set-top-boxes, which is due to be finalised soon. Little is known about their plans to launch a mobile phone service, although by the sounds of it we should get plenty of detail in the summer.