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77,000 new broadband subscribers for TalkTalk in Q2
Thursday 8th October 2009, by Daniel King
New broadband subscribers totalling 77,000 were added to TalkTalk's customer base in the second quarter (Q2) of this year.
A Carphone Warehouse Group (CWG) financial report showed that prior to the acquisition of Tiscali, TalkTalk recorded the aforementioned consumer additions.
However, including Tiscali, the number only reaches 15,000 - as there was a net reduction of 62,000 for this company in line with expectations.
Chief executive officer of CWG Charles Dunstone said the TalkTalk Group was trading well and continuing to grow.
Its strong customer service is appealing to consumers, he added.
Overall, the group is expected to end 2009 with a total broadband base of 4.1 million to 4.2 million.
Mr Dunstone said there is a lot of confidence that these figures will be realised.
The demerger of Best Buy Europe and the Talk Talk Group is also on track, he added.
News of CWG's progress comes days after a study decreed that the UK lags behind other countries when it comes to quality.
Oxford University's Said Business School Tand and the department of applied economics at the University of Oviedo said the high-speed connections available were only meeting application needs and were not ready for the future.
The research was conducted for Cisco and communications manager at the company Joanne Hughes spoke to the BBC about it.
"We forecast the UK will improve because of things such as cable networks being upgraded and the Digital Britain report focusing on next generation access," she explained. "The important thing is whether the broadband quality of a country is good enough for today's needs and the UK falls well within this category."
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