Wanadoo, the Internet division of France Telecom, added 445,000 new broadband customers during first six months of 2003, including 206,000 during Q2 alone. For the first six months of 2003, Wanadoo had revenues of EUR 1.227 billion, up 34% over the year-earlier period. This increase was led by a 64% jump in revenues from international business, which totaled EUR 305 million EURs for the period. Growth is also being fueled by broadband services and portal revenues. Some additional highlights:
- As of 30-June-2003, Wanadoo had 8.807 million Internet access customers in Europe, including 1.819 million broadband customers (ADSL and cable).
Wanadoo added 206,000 new broadband customers during Q2 2003, including 191,000 ADSL customers.
Broadband customers now represent 20.7% of the total Wanadoo Internet Access customer base, up from 18.4% at the end of Q1 2003.
Wanadoo’s customer base in France totaled 4.23 million active subscribers at the end of Q2, up from 4.13 million at the end Q1 2003. Wanadoo had 1.394 million active broadband subscribers in France, including 1.32 million for ADSL. Average revenue per user (ARPU) continued to increase, reaching EUR 17.3 at the end of Q2.
Wanadoo operations in Spain had 1.454 million active subscribers at end June 2003, including 131,000 ADSL subscribers.
In the UK, Wanadoo’s Freeserve had 2.639 million active subscribers at end June 2003, including 1.011 million customers with a paying subscription and 91,000 broadband subscribers.
Average page views on Wanadoo’s portal sites increased to 3.296 billion per month, up 125% compared to this period last year.
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