Global services revenues declined 4 percent, while retail and wholesale declined 5 percent and 8 percent, respectively.

One particular area where BT did see growth in Q3 was broadband. During the quarter, the service provider added 146,000 new subscribers, representing almost approximately 56 percent of all UK broadband subscriber net additions.

Inside the broadband arena, BT reported that it added 95,000 new Infinity fiber-based broadband customers, ending the quarter with over 400,000 subscribers.

“We have delivered another quarter of growth in profits and cash flow despite the economic headwinds,” Chief Executive Ian Livingston said.”These are a reasonable set of results. We’re seeing further cost reductions, and that’s despite very significant investment we’re making in the business.

Livingston added that “we are becoming a more efficient and better business, but we’ve still got more to do.”

For more:
- see the release
- Reuters has this article

Special report: Wireline in the fourth quarter 2011

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Neither company would reveal the terms of the acquisition.

With KCNet, an ISP that provides Web hosting services, dialup and broadband Internet connectivity, Turnkey will be able to offer its cloud-based IT service to Kansas City-area businesses under the KCNet brand.

Adam Wills, CEO of Turnkey, said in a Kansas City Business Journal article that his company became more motivated to purchase KCNet with Google’s proposed open access fiber network that will allow application providers like Turnkey to offer services to area businesses.

Turnkey believes a presence in Kansas City will enable it to deliver cloud-based services over a faster connection.

 ”We got really interested because our product excels as you get more and more speed to the business premises,” he said. “We can’t live selling our products to people who don’t have high-speed Internet.”

For more:
- Kansas City Business Journal has this article

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Consumer electronics drive WiFi chipset revenue: As more consumer electronics manufacturers incorporate WiFi into their devices, including smart meters, wireless mice, automobiles, and home automation will help drive sales of WiFi chipsets to $6.1 billion in 2015. “As WiFi appears in more and more devices the demand for additional bandwidth will grow along with it,” says Greg Potter, analyst with In-Stat. “Granted, broadband speeds are not yet fully utilizing the available bandwidth allowed by WiFi. However, newer use cases–such as streaming high-definition video from devices to the TV-necessitate an increase in bandwidth. New standards such as 802.11ac aim to provide that necessary speed increase.” Release

French consumers tune into VoD: French consumers like their Video on Demand (VoD) service, as the 34 percent penetration of the video market shows. According to a study from GfK Technology and Retail France, France’s VoD market revenues rose 10 percent in 2011. However, DVD player sales declined 12 percent. The overall French consumer electronic market, one that includes smart TV, smartphones and PCs, fell 4.5 percent last year. Article

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As a subsidiary of iiNet, Internode complements its own DSLAM-equipped telephone exchanges with 242 from its new owner, more than doubling the amount exchanges out of which it can deliver its most popular service packages–Internode Easy Broadband and Easy Naked–from 208 to 450.

While not specifying when each provider will ultimately connect their respective customers to their DSLAMs, Simon Hackett, Internode managing director, said that “the integration process is a priority for both iiNet and Internode.”

“Blending our DSLAM coverage benefits customers of both Internode and iiNet,” he said. “We’re working hard to integrate both DSLAM networks so that we can get Internode customers connected via iiNet DSLAMs and vice versa.”

For more:
- TeleGeography has this article

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