Denmark's TDC Group has announced that it faired better than expected for its second-quarter results, although it posted a 4.0% year-on-year decrease in revenue to DKK 5.2 billion(~$USD780million). The Operator also posted earnings (EBITDA) of DKK 2.1 billion(~$USD310million), representing a 7.2% organic drop in earnings relative to the prior-year period.
During the three months ended 30 June 2016, the Operator recorded an increase in its customer base by a total of 26,000 mobile customers.
TDC said that it has invested heavily in mobile networks to be able to offer the very best connectivity in Denmark, in terms of both coverage and speed. Its mobile customer base, which includes both call subscriptions and pure data subscriptions, grew by 19,000 residential customers and 7,000 business customers during the period. An additional 16,000 business customers have been acquired through the acquisition of Cirque.
On 27 January this year, TDC Group announced the merger of the TDC Consumer and YouSee brands. TDC said that it has successfully consolidated YouSee as a single consumer brand in the Danish market, integrating the cable brand with that of its traditional telephony and IPTV services.
Pernille Erenbjerg, Group CEO in TDC Group
The Danish market is still under pressure, and against this background, the results are satisfactory on most financial parameters. We have succeeded in growing our Danish mobility services for the first time in five years, and we are delivering very strong earnings in Norway, where broadband sales to our TV customers have been good.