UPC caps off strong year with one million subscriptions

Communications provider, UPC Ireland has reached the one million subscription milestone, capping off a strong year for the company.

While the company’s total customer/subscriber base rose moderately — by about 6,000 people — to 538,800; UPC’s big gain was in actual subscriptions or RGU’s (revenue generating units).

One subscriber can have up to three subscriptions — via broadband internet, telephone and/or digital television and all three areas rose strongly during 2012.