Carphone Warehouse sees revenue increase

Retail-to-broadband firm Carphone Warehouse today reported a positive start to its financial year after quarterly revenues increased 22% to just more than £1bn (€1.5bn).

The group, which has several outlets in Ireland, said its retail arm continued to take market share with total connections up 20% to 2.3 million and revenues ahead 12.9% at £445m (€664.1m), an increase of 3.6% on a like-for-like basis.