Talk Talk broadband base reports 17 percent quarterly growth

Broadband and phone bundle provider Talk Talk has made 42,000 net additions to its broadband customer base in Q4 2009, according to its fourth quarter 2009 financial results.

Total subscribers stood at 4.197m by the end of fourth quarter, while its customers on its LLU network were estimated to be over 3.11 million.

The ISP has actually added 6000 more customers in the recent quarter comparing to the previous last three months (Q3 2009). During Q3, around 36,000 new customer signed up for TalkTalk products.

Talk Talk currently offers three month free broadband to its new Essentials customers. The package offers 24Mbps speed, 40GB monthly downloads, free wireless router and evening & weekend calls for just £6.99 per month on a 18 month contract.

TalkTalk has the largest LLU network with more than 80% coverage. Around 1,748 local exchanges have been unbundled by the provider so far, connecting nearly three-fourths of its customers (80%). The ISP wants to extend the coverage to 90% by unbundling 300 exchanges this year.

Talk Talk split from its parent company Carphone Warehouse in March to become standalone telecom firm. In last July, the group acquired Italian based ISP Tiscali UK with its Tiscali TV division. However, Tiscali TV and the very brand vanished from UK market after the merger was completed this year.

The company is now planning to enter mobile voice and data services which will be bunlded with its broadband packages, it was reported.

Along with, Talk Talk is already on its way to launch Project Canvas, a joint venture TV product with Channel 4, in 2011. Meanwhile, the ISP has signed 3 years deal with ITV to extend its sponsorship of the popular show ‘The X Factor’.