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Thursday, February 02, 2006

Networks gain customers over Christmas, but ARPU drops.


There was a Christmas customer boost for O2, while Vodafone customer growth beats forecasts.

  • O2 added 1.75m new customers (895,000 in the UK), taking their total to 27.4m users.
  • Vodafone added 7.1m (561,000 in the UK), giving them 179.3m users globally.


However, average revenues per user (ARPU) had dropped year-on-year.

  • O2's ARPU is £272 in the UK and €338 in Germany.
  • Vodafone's ARPU fell 4.3% in the UK and 7.8% in Germany.