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Updated version published 30 November to correct footnotes to tables 2, 3, 7, 12 & 13

1. Fixed Telecoms Market data tables

2. Mobile Telecoms Market data tables

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Fixed Telecoms Market data tables

2005 Q2 (April to June 2005)

1. Summary of network access and call revenues by operator
2. Summary of exchange line numbers at end of quarter by operator
3. Summary of call volumes by operator
4. Summary of call revenues by call type and operator
5. Summary of call volumes by call type and operator
6. Summary of residential network access and call revenues by operator
7. Summary of residential exchange line numbers at end of quarter by operator
8. Summary of residential call volumes by operator
9. Summary of residential call revenues by call type and operator
10. Summary of residential call volumes by call type and operator
11. Summary of business network access & call revenues by operator
12. Summary of business exchange lines at end of quarter by operator
13. Summary of business call volumes by operator
14. Summary of business call revenues by call type and operator
15. Summary of business call volumes by call type and operator

Notes:

Please note this update is based on calendar quarters:

Q1: January to March
Q2: April to June
Q3: July to September
Q4: October to December

Data for 'other', 'other direct' and 'other indirect' operators has been amended to reflect more accurate data.

Table 1
Summary of network access and call revenues by operator (£millions)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share
Access & calls1
2003	11,928	8,531	1,460	796	1,142	71.5%
2004	11,060	7,706	1,460	721	1,173	69.7%
2004 Q2	2,787	1,952	366	182	287	70.1%
2004 Q3	2,727	1,903	364	173	287	69.8%
2004 Q4	2,649	1,823	362	166	298	68.8%
2005 Q1	2,601	1,778	348	157	318	68.3%
2005 Q2	2,528	1,730	341	153	304	68.4%
Access
2003	4,574	3,842	552	181	..	84.0%
2004	4,475	3,699	599	176	..	82.7%
2004 Q2	1,100	904	150	45	..	82.2%
2004 Q3	1,137	942	151	44	..	82.9%
2004 Q4	1,130	936	151	43	..	82.9%
2005 Q1	1,105	918	147	40	..	83.1%
2005 Q2	1,089	904	146	39	..	83.0%
Calls1
2003	7,354	4,689	908	615	1,142	63.8%
2004	6,585	4,006	860	545	1,173	60.8%
2004 Q2	1,687	1,048	216	137	287	62.1%
2004 Q3	1,590	961	212	129	287	60.4%
2004 Q4	1,519	887	211	123	298	58.4%
2005 Q1	1,496	859	201	117	318	57.4%
2005 Q2	1,440	826	195	114	304	57.4%

¹ Revenue figures are not intended to include subscription revenues for unmetered dial-up internet access although some element may remain. However all dial-up internet access volumes are included and as such overall revenue and volume figures are not directly comparable.

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Table 2
Summary of exchange lines at end of quarter by operator (000's)

	All Operators	BT1	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share
2004 Q2	34,384	28,192	4,884	1,309	..	82.0%
2004 Q3	34,013	27,962	4,751	1,300	..	82.2%
2004 Q4	33,748	27,721	4,728	1,300	..	82.1%
2005 Q1	33,550	27,502	4,746	1,302	..	82.0%
2005 Q2	32,943	26,959	4,682	1,302	..	81.8%

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Table 3
Summary of call volumes by operator (millions of minutes)¹

	All Operators	BT2	NTL& Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share2
2003	335,465	230,687	39,290	32,489	32,999	68.8%
2004	305,303	200,494	36,311	30,550	37,948	65.7%
2004 Q2	77,383	50,978	9,281	8,027	9,097	65.9%
2004 Q3	72,717	47,570	8,581	7,045	9,522	65.4%
2004 Q4	69,851	44,860	8,450	6,579	9,962	64.2%
2005 Q1	68,581	42,849	8,623	6,674	10,436	62.5%
2005 Q2	62,658	37,804	8,131	6,190	10,534	60.3%

¹ Excludes WLR lines.

² Includes calls made to non-BT internet service providers via FRIACO.

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Table 4
Summary of call revenues by call type and operator (£millions)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share
UK geographic calls
2003	2,367	1,533	326	188	320	64.8%
2004	1,961	1,197	273	163	327	61.0%
2004 Q2	507	319	68	41	80	62.9%
2004 Q3	452	269	66	39	78	59.5%
2004 Q4	439	256	65	37	81	58.3%
2005 Q1	440	254	63	38	85	57.8%
2005 Q2	426	240	59	38	89	56.4%
International calls
2003	748	430	59	111	147	57.5%
2004	672	381	58	105	128	56.7%
2004 Q2	172	98	14	28	32	56.9%
2004 Q3	159	89	15	26	30	56.1%
2004 Q4	155	89	14	23	29	57.2%
2005 Q1	156	86	13	22	35	55.1%
2005 Q2	148	79	13	22	34	53.7%
Calls to mobiles
2003	2,049	1,167	316	206	358	57.0%
2004	1,908	986	314	176	432	51.7%
2004 Q2	495	267	79	46	103	54.0%
2004 Q3	474	244	80	41	109	51.4%
2004 Q4	444	207	78	38	121	46.6%
2005 Q1	451	204	75	35	137	45.3%
2005 Q2	444	207	75	34	129	46.5%
Other calls1
2003	2,191	1,558	207	110	316	71.1%
2004	2,044	1,443	215	101	285	70.6%
2004 Q2	513	364	55	22	72	70.9%
2004 Q3	504	359	52	23	70	71.1%
2004 Q4	480	335	53	25	67	69.8%
2005 Q1	449	315	50	23	62	70.1%
2005 Q2	422	300	48	20	53	71.2%

¹ Includes freephone, special local and national rate, premium rate, directory enquiries and all other call types. Figures are not intended to include subscription revenues for unmetered dial-up internet access although some element may remain. Metered dial-up internet calls are included.

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Table 5
Summary of call volumes by call type and operator (millions of minutes)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share
UK geographic calls
2003	120,643	73,226	16,866	11,640	18,911	60.7%
2004	116,815	65,751	17,370	10,496	23,198	56.3%
2004 Q2	28,521	16,142	4,242	2,580	5,557	56.6%
2004 Q3	28,457	15,854	4,248	2,503	5,851	55.7%
2004 Q4	28,961	15,879	4,403	2,514	6,165	54.8%
2005 Q1	28,756	15,478	4,303	2,531	6,444	53.8%
2005 Q2	27,782	14,612	4,160	2,468	6,542	52.6%
International calls
2003	6,242	2,244	391	1,757	1,850	36.0%
2004	6,194	2,110	421	1,749	1,914	34.1%
2004 Q2	1,549	519	104	453	474	33.5%
2004 Q3	1,511	517	104	420	470	34.2%
2004 Q4	1,486	519	105	376	487	34.9%
2005 Q1	1,458	504	101	349	505	34.5%
2005 Q2	1,439	493	101	339	505	34.2%
Calls to mobiles
2003	15,619	9,335	1,884	1,370	3,029	59.8%
2004	15,724	8,801	1,939	1,244	3,740	56.0%
2004 Q2	3,927	2,208	481	321	916	56.2%
2004 Q3	3,959	2,205	489	301	964	55.7%
2004 Q4	3,881	2,131	496	280	975	54.9%
2005 Q1	3,834	2,081	476	245	1,032	54.3%
2005 Q2	3,975	2,129	496	246	1,104	53.6%
Other calls1
2003	192,960	145,882	20,149	17,722	9,208	75.6%
2004	166,570	123,833	16,582	17,060	9,096	74.3%
2004 Q2	43,386	32,110	4,454	4,673	2,150	74.0%
2004 Q3	38,790	28,994	3,739	3,821	2,237	74.7%
2004 Q4	35,523	26,332	3,445	3,410	2,336	74.1%
2005 Q1	34,533	24,786	3,743	3,549	2,454	71.8%
2005 Q2	29,463	20,570	3,374	3,136	2,383	69.8%

¹ Includes freephone, special local and national rate, premium rate, directory enquiries and all other call types. All dial-up internet calls are also included. BT figures include calls made to non-BT internet service providers via FRIACO.

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Table 6
Summary of residential network access & call revenues by operator (£millions)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other	BT Share
Access & calls1
2003	6,836	5,084	1,209	544	74.4%
2004	6,607	4,735	1,252	620	71.7%
2004 Q2	1,651	1,189	313	149	72.0%
2004 Q3	1,632	1,166	315	151	71.5%
2004 Q4	1,607	1,130	312	165	70.3%
2005 Q1	1,580	1,103	300	177	69.8%
2005 Q2	1,533	1,068	294	171	69.7%
Access
2003	2,574	2,072	491	10	80.5%
2004	2,688	2,121	555	12	78.9%
2004 Q2	645	504	139	3	78.1%
2004 Q3	699	553	142	3	79.2%
2004 Q4	698	554	140	4	79.4%
2005 Q1	688	548	136	4	79.6%
2005 Q2	678	539	135	4	79.6%
Calls1
2003	4,262	3,011	718	534	70.6%
2004	3,920	2,614	697	608	66.7%
2004 Q2	1,006	685	174	147	68.1%
2004 Q3	934	613	173	148	65.7%
2004 Q4	910	576	173	161	63.4%
2005 Q1	892	555	164	173	62.3%
2005 Q2	855	529	159	167	61.9%

¹ Revenue figures are not intended to include subscription revenues for unmetered dial-up internet access although some element may remain. However all dial-up internet access volumes are included and as such overall revenue and volume figures are not directly comparable.

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Table 7
Summary of residential exchange lines at end of quarter by operator (000's)

	All Operators	BT1	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other	BT Share
2004 Q2	24,137	19,748	4,232	157	81.8%
2004 Q3	23,920	19,663	4,101	156	82.2%
2004 Q4	23,842	19,602	4,083	156	82.2%
2005 Q1	23,772	19,516	4,100	156	82.1%
2005 Q2	23,458	19,175	4,128	155	81.7%

¹ Excludes WLR lines.

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Table 8
Summary of residential call volumes by operator (millions of minutes)

	All Operators	BT1	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other	BT Share1
2003	224,272	173,483	34,376	16,412	77.4%
2004	204,199	151,058	31,959	21,182	74.0%
2004 Q2	51,497	38,278	8,229	4,991	74.3%
2004 Q3	48,419	35,616	7,529	5,274	73.6%
2004 Q4	47,037	33,811	7,356	5,869	71.9%
2005 Q1	46,380	32,392	7,615	6,373	69.8%
2005 Q2	41,652	28,063	7,131	6,457	67.4%

¹ Includes calls made to non-BT internet service providers via FRIACO.

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Table 9
Summary of residential call revenues by call type and operator (£millions)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other	BT Share
UK geographic calls
2003	1,333	943	248	141	70.8%
2004	1,127	736	214	177	65.3%
2004 Q2	297	202	53	42	68.1%
2004 Q3	250	156	52	42	62.5%
2004 Q4	252	153	52	47	60.7%
2005 Q1	257	155	50	52	60.2%
2005 Q2	245	143	47	55	58.4%
International calls
2003	417	279	49	89	67.0%
2004	376	246	48	82	65.6%
2004 Q2	96	64	12	20	66.6%
2004 Q3	87	56	12	19	64.4%
2004 Q4	87	56	12	19	64.6%
2005 Q1	84	51	11	23	60.7%
2005 Q2	80	48	10	22	60.0%
Calls to mobiles
2003	1,083	736	240	107	68.0%
2004	1,033	619	246	168	59.9%
2004 Q2	269	167	62	39	62.2%
2004 Q3	258	153	63	43	59.1%
2004 Q4	244	133	61	50	54.3%
2005 Q1	245	129	59	57	52.8%
2005 Q2	243	129	59	55	53.1%
Other calls1
2003	1,430	1,052	182	196	73.6%
2004	1,385	1,013	189	182	73.2%
2004 Q2	344	252	47	45	73.1%
2004 Q3	338	248	46	44	73.3%
2004 Q4	326	234	48	44	71.9%
2005 Q1	306	220	44	42	72.0%
2005 Q2	287	209	43	36	72.7%

¹ Includes freephone, special local and national rate, premium rate, directory enquiries and all other call types. Figures are not intended to include subscription revenues for unmetered dial-up internet access although some element may remain. Metered dial-up internet calls are included.

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Table 10
Summary of residential call volumes by call type and operator (millions of minutes)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other	BT Share
UK geographic calls
2003	76,443	54,211	13,740	8,491	70.9%
2004	76,456	49,287	14,574	12,595	64.5%
2004 Q2	18,542	12,027	3,554	2,962	64.9%
2004 Q3	18,536	11,819	3,560	3,157	63.8%
2004 Q4	19,415	12,082	3,724	3,609	62.2%
2005 Q1	19,247	11,739	3,651	3,858	61.0%
2005 Q2	18,423	10,942	3,514	3,967	59.4%
International calls
2003	2,981	1,543	310	1,128	51.7%
2004	3,035	1,455	335	1,245	47.9%
2004 Q2	747	355	82	310	47.6%
2004 Q3	744	355	83	306	47.7%
2004 Q4	762	362	85	315	47.5%
2005 Q1	745	341	80	324	45.8%
2005 Q2	725	324	78	323	44.7%
Calls to mobiles
2003	8,594	6,250	1,441	903	72.7%
2004	8,765	5,800	1,519	1,447	66.2%
2004 Q2	2,191	1,461	379	351	66.7%
2004 Q3	2,207	1,448	384	375	65.6%
2004 Q4	2,204	1,407	390	407	63.8%
2005 Q1	2,151	1,352	370	429	62.8%
2005 Q2	2,217	1,361	385	471	61.4%
Other calls1
2003	136,253	111,479	18,885	5,889	81.8%
2004	115,943	94,517	15,532	5,895	81.5%
2004 Q2	30,017	24,435	4,213	1,369	81.4%
2004 Q3	26,932	21,994	3,501	1,437	81.7%
2004 Q4	24,655	19,960	3,158	1,537	81.0%
2005 Q1	24,237	18,960	3,514	1,763	78.2%
2005 Q2	20,286	15,436	3,153	1,697	76.1%

¹ Includes freephone, special local and national rate, premium rate, directory enquiries and all other call types. All dial-up internet calls are also included. BT figures include calls made to non-BT internet service providers via FRIACO.

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Table 11
Summary of business network access & call revenues by operator (£millions)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share
Access & calls1
2003	4,906	3,263	251	761	631	66.5%
2004	4,294	2,815	207	687	586	65.6%
2004 Q2	1,094	722	53	174	145	66.0%
2004 Q3	1,053	695	48	165	144	66.0%
2004 Q4	1,004	656	50	156	142	65.4%
2005 Q1	986	640	48	147	151	64.9%
2005 Q2	961	628	47	144	142	65.3%
Access
2003	1,999	1,769	61	169	..	88.5%
2004	1,785	1,579	43	163		88.5%
2004 Q2	454	400	12	42	..	88.1%
2004 Q3	438	389	9	41	..	88.8%
2004 Q4	432	383	11	38	..	88.6%
2005 Q1	417	371	11	35	..	88.9%
2005 Q2	410	365	11	34	..	88.9%
Calls1
2003	2,907	1,494	190	593	631	51.4%
2004	2,509	1,236	163	524	586	49.3%
2004 Q2	640	322	41	131	145	50.3%
2004 Q3	614	306	40	124	144	49.8%
2004 Q4	572	274	38	118	142	47.8%
2005 Q1	569	269	37	112	151	47.3%
2005 Q2	550	263	36	110	142	47.8%

¹ Revenue figures are not intended to include subscription revenues for unmetered dial-up internet access although some element may remain. However all dial-up internet access volumes are included and as such overall revenue and volume figures are not directly comparable.

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Table 12
Summary of business exchange lines at end of quarter by operator (000's)

	All Operators	BT1	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share
2004 Q2	10,185	8,444	652	1,089	..	82.9%
2004 Q3	10,036	8,299	649	1,088	..	82.7%
2004 Q4	9,858	8,118	645	1,095	..	82.4%
2005 Q1	9,729	7,987	645	1,097	..	82.1%
2005 Q2	9,484	7,784	553	1,147	..	82.1%

¹ Excludes WLR lines

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Table 13
Summary of business call volumes by operator (millions of minutes)¹

	All Operators	BT2	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share2
2003	110,064	56,074	4,914	31,399	17,677	50.9%
2004	100,037	48,369	4,353	29,504	17,812	48.4%
2004 Q2	25,578	12,393	1,052	7,754	4,378	48.5%
2004 Q3	24,033	11,689	1,052	6,791	4,501	48.6%
2004 Q4	22,578	10,813	1,093	6,331	4,341	47.9%
2005 Q1	21,981	10,237	1,007	6,344	4,392	46.6%
2005 Q2	20,825	9,559	999	5,881	4,385	45.9%

¹ Excludes WLR lines

² Includes calls made to non-BT internet service providers via FRIACO

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Table 14
Summary of business call revenues by call type and operator (£millions)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share
UK geographic calls
2003	1,034	590	77	178	189	57.1%
2004	834	461	60	154	160	55.2%
2004 Q2	210	117	15	38	40	55.7%
2004 Q3	202	113	15	37	38	55.8%
2004 Q4	187	103	14	35	36	54.9%
2005 Q1	183	100	13	35	36	54.4%
2005 Q2	181	97	12	36	36	53.6%
International calls
2003	331	151	11	110	59	45.6%
2004	296	135	10	103	48	45.5%
2004 Q2	76	34	3	28	12	44.6%
2004 Q3	72	33	2	25	11	46.1%
2004 Q4	68	32	2	23	10	47.6%
2005 Q1	71	35	2	22	13	48.6%
2005 Q2	68	31	2	22	12	46.3%
Calls to mobiles
2003	963	431	75	200	257	44.7%
2004	875	367	68	170	270	41.9%
2004 Q2	226	100	17	44	65	44.4%
2004 Q3	216	91	17	40	68	42.3%
2004 Q4	200	74	17	37	72	37.1%
2005 Q1	206	75	16	34	82	36.4%
2005 Q2	202	78	16	33	75	38.6%
Other calls1
2003	579	322	28	104	125	55.6%
2004	503	273	25	97	108	54.3%
2004 Q2	127	71	7	21	28	55.5%
2004 Q3	124	69	6	22	27	55.6%
2004 Q4	118	64	6	24	24	54.7%
2005 Q1	109	60	6	22	21	55.2%
2005 Q2	100	57	5	19	18	57.0%

¹ Includes freephone, special local and national rate, premium rate, directory enquiries and all other call types. Figures are not intended to include subscription revenues for unmetered dial-up internet access although some element may remain. Metered dial-up internet calls are included.

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Table 15
Summary of business call volumes by call type and operator (millions of minutes)

	All Operators	BT	NTL & Telewest Broadband	Other Direct Access	Other Indirect Access	BT Share
UK geographic calls
2003	44,201	19,015	3,126	10,953	11,106	43.0%
2004	40,358	16,464	2,796	9,762	11,336	40.8%
2004 Q2	9,979	4,116	688	2,393	2,782	41.2%
2004 Q3	9,921	4,035	688	2,331	2,866	40.7%
2004 Q4	9,546	3,798	679	2,318	2,752	39.8%
2005 Q1	9,508	3,739	652	2,354	2,764	39.3%
2005 Q2	9,359	3,670	646	2,304	2,739	39.2%
International calls
2003	3,261	701	80	1,732	748	21.5%
2004	3,159	655	86	1,703	715	20.7%
2004 Q2	802	163	22	437	180	20.4%
2004 Q3	767	163	21	406	178	21.2%
2004 Q4	724	157	20	374	173	21.6%
2005 Q1	713	163	21	347	182	22.8%
2005 Q2	714	168	23	339	184	23.6%
Calls to mobiles
2003	7,025	3,085	444	1,323	2,173	43.9%
2004	6,959	3,001	420	1,198	2,339	43.1%
2004 Q2	1,736	747	102	310	577	43.0%
2004 Q3	1,752	756	105	290	601	43.2%
2004 Q4	1,676	723	106	268	579	43.1%
2005 Q1	1,684	730	105	234	615	43.3%
2005 Q2	1,758	768	110	235	644	43.7%
Other calls1
2003	55,578	33,273	1,264	17,392	3,649	59.9%
2004	49,561	28,249	1,050	16,840	3,421	57.0%
2004 Q2	13,061	7,367	240	4,614	841	56.4%
2004 Q3	11,592	6,734	238	3,764	856	58.1%
2004 Q4	10,631	6,135	288	3,371	837	57.7%
2005 Q1	10,075	5,606	229	3,409	832	55.6%
2005 Q2	8,995	4,953	220	3,004	818	55.1%

¹ Includes freephone, special local and national rate, premium rate, directory enquiries and all other call types. All dial-up internet calls are also included. BT figures include calls made to non-BT internet service providers via FRIACO.

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Mobile telecoms market data tables

2005 Q2 (April to June 2005)

1. Estimated retail revenues generated by mobile telephony
2. Call volumes by call type and operator
3. Volume of SMS & MMS
4. Subscriber numbers by operator
5. Average retail revenue per subscriber
6. Interconnection call volumes

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Table 1
Estimated retail revenues generated by mobile telephony (£m)¹

	Vodafone	O2	T-Mobile	Orange
Calls & fixed charges
2004 Q2	758	582	465	610
2004 Q3	780	603	485	624
2004 Q4	770	608	467	605
2005 Q1	756	572	452	599
2005 Q2	787	579	456	631
SMS & MMS
2004 Q2	133	139	78	131
2004 Q3	138	148	75	138
2004 Q4	136	155	86	143
2005 Q1	139	180	74	140
2005 Q2	136	199	71	146
Total
2004 Q2	891	721	543	740
2004 Q3	918	751	560	762
2004 Q4	907	763	553	748
2005 Q1	896	752	525	739
2005 Q2	923	778	526	777

¹ This table shows consumer expenditure on each of the mobile networks. The expenditure of customers of Independent Service Providers is estimated. While the methods of estimation differ for each of the networks Ofcom believes that the figures are comparable. The revenue figures exclude revenues from connections and other services such as ring tones.

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Table 2
Call volumes by call type and operator (millions of minutes)

	Vodafone	O2	T-Mobile	Orange
UK calls
2004 Q2	4,048	3,694	3,497	3,723
2004 Q3	4,072	3,761	3,271	3,677
2004 Q4	4,215	3,978	3,339	3,774
2005 Q1	4,120	3,860	3,299	3,732
2005 Q2	4,358	4,046	3,389	4,004
Outgoing international
2004 Q2	54	41	18	71
2004 Q3	55	43	19	70
2004 Q4	57	48	19	73
2005 Q1	57	47	18	69
2005 Q2	62	51	29	73
Whilst roaming abroad
2004 Q2	137	102	28	91
2004 Q3	157	126	39	108
2004 Q4	128	90	26	79
2005 Q1	128	93	22	76
2005 Q2	149	108	19	87
All calls
2004 Q2	4,239	3,837	3,543	3,885
2004 Q3	4,284	3,930	3,329	3,855
2004 Q4	4,399	4,116	3,384	3,926
2005 Q1	4,305	3,999	3,340	3,877
2005 Q2	4,569	4,205	3,437	4,164

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Table 3
Volume of SMS & MMS (millions)

	Vodafone	O2	T-Mobile1	Orange
2004 Q2	1,404	2,292	985	1,447
2004 Q3	1,462	2,382	943	1,387
2004 Q4	1,592	2,757	946	1,563
2005 Q1	1,661	3,052	986	1,668
2005 Q2	1,671	3,251	1,072	1,825

¹ Please note that T-Mobile figures for SMS & MMS do not include figures for Virgin Mobile.

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Table 4
Subscriber numbers by operator (000's)

	Vodafone	O2	T-Mobile1	Orange
Connections during period
2004 Q2	1,667	1,382	1,267	1,064
2004 Q3	1,410	1,518	1,277	976
2004 Q4	1,710	1,786	1,783	1,148
2005 Q1	1,245	1,312	1,483	1,203
2005 Q2	1,394	1,305	1,415	1,060
Subscribers at end of period
Post paid
2004 Q2	5,453	4,727	2,858	4,547
2004 Q3	5,586	4,853	2,940	4,630
2004 Q4	5,714	4,875	2,997	4,707
2005 Q1	5,742	4,912	3,078	4,874
2005 Q2	5,853	5,018	3,081	4,925
Pre-pay1
2004 Q2	7,524	8,799	11,184	9,200
2004 Q3	7,657	9,003	11,304	9,256
2004 Q4	7,957	9,341	11,582	9,514
2005 Q1	7,860	9,472	11,711	9,461
2005 Q2	7,896	9,598	11,477	9,534
Total1
2004 Q2	12,977	13,526	14,042	13,747
2004 Q3	13,243	13,856	14,244	13,886
2004 Q4	13,671	14,216	14,579	14,221
2005 Q1	13,602	14,384	14,789	14,334
2005 Q2	13,749	14,616	14,558	14,459
Net change during period
2004 Q2	115	262	359	-74
2004 Q3	266	330	203	140
2004 Q4	428	361	335	335
2005 Q1	-70	168	210	113
2005 Q2	148	232	-231	125

¹ The threshold period for active subscribers is 90 days for all networks except T-Mobile. Within T-Mobile's figures, active Virgin Mobile subscriptions are reported using the 90 day activity definition but other subscriptions are reported on a different basis which means that the figures will be greater than had they been prepared on the same basis as the other operators'. This should be taken into account when comparing data in the table above.

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Table 5
Average retail revenue per subscriber (£)¹

	Vodafone	O2	T-Mobile	Orange
2004 Q2	69.0	53.8	39.2	53.7
2004 Q3	70.0	54.9	39.6	55.1
2004 Q4	67.4	54.4	38.3	53.2
2005 Q1	65.7	52.6	35.7	51.8
2005 Q2	67.5	53.7	35.9	54.0

¹ Revenues are from services detailed in Table 1 only and do not include those generated by incoming calls or VAT.

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Table 6
Interconnection call volumes

	Vodafone	O2	T-Mobile	Orange
Call volumes (Mmitts)
2004 Q2	2,125	2,274	1,945	2,295
2004 Q3	2,193	2,461	2,105	2,401
2004 Q4	2,229	2,675	2,123	2,468
2005 Q1	2,169	2,755	2,021	2,614
2005 Q2	2,288	2,914	2,210	2,609

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