BT adds 39,000 Vision customers

BT added 39,000 BT Vision pay TV customers in the third quarter ending December 31. The additions mean the telco ended 2011 with a total of 678,000 BT Vision subscribers.

Consumer ARPU was up 5% to £337 (€405) reflecting the increased take up of broadband and BT Vision.

BT added 146,000 retail broadband customers during the quarter, taking its retail broadband customer base to 6.1 million at the end of the year. Take up of the telco’s high speed broadband service BT Infinity increased by 95,000 customers in the quarter and it ended December with over 400,000 customers.

BT’s Retail division recorded third quarter revenue of £1.85 billion down 5% year-on-year. EBITDA was level at £453 million.