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Operational statistics
Years ended 31 March
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2001 |
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2002 |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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2005 |
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Call growth (decline) |
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% growth (decline) in UK fixed-network call volumes (minutes) over the previous year |
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18 |
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19 |
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13 |
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(2 |
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(18 |
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Growth is estimated by reference to growth in absolute call minutes.
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2001 |
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2002 |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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2005 |
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UK exchange line connections |
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Business (’000) |
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8,918 |
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9,072 |
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9,198 |
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9,071 |
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8,705 |
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% growth (decline) over previous year |
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5.5 |
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1.7 |
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1.4 |
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(1.4 |
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(4.0 |
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Residential (’000) |
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19,981 |
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20,093 |
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20,357 |
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20,550 |
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20,850 |
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% growth (decline) over previous year |
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(0.3 |
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0.6 |
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1.3 |
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0.9 |
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1.5 |
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Service providers (’000) |
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67 |
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56 |
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91 |
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377 |
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1,012 |
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% growth (decline) over previous year |
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(29.5 |
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(16.4 |
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62.5 |
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314 |
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168 |
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Total exchange line connections (’000) |
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28,966 |
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29,221 |
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29,646 |
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29,998 |
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30,567 |
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% growth over previous year |
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1.4 |
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0.9 |
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1.5 |
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1.2 |
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1.9 |
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Included above: |
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Wholesale DSL connections (’000) |
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49 |
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170 |
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800 |
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2,215 |
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4,932 |
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% growth over previous year |
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n/a |
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247 |
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371 |
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177 |
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123 |
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2001 |
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2002 |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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2005 |
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People employed |
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Continuing activities (’000) |
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116.8 |
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108.6 |
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104.7 |
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99.9 |
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102.1 |
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Discontinued activities (’000) |
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20.2 |
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– |
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– |
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– |
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– |
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Total employees (’000) |
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137.0 |
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108.6 |
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104.7 |
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99.9 |
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102.1 |
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