Broadband demand boosts BT

BT today said the proportion of new broadband customers using its own service hit an eight-year high in the final three months of last year as profits at the telecoms giant exceeded half a billion pounds.

BT said 356,000 customers were added by companies using BT’s network, such as Sky or Talk Talk, in the three months to December 31, up on the 253,000 gained in the previous quarter.