O2 adds broadband customers

O2 increased its number of broadband customers in the UK during the third quarter of 2008, new figures from the company have shown.

The company saw net additions of 72,870 during the period, up 16 per cent from the second quarter, making a total of 196,381 new connections for the first three quarters of the year.

In total, the company's broadband customer base stood at 267,090 as at the end of September.

Matthew Key, the chairman and chief executive of O2's owner Telefonica Europe, said: "We were very pleased that independent market surveys continued to rate O2 as the fastest broadband with the highest customer satisfaction.

"The operating environment is more challenging today than at the start of the year, so we will continue to focus on delivering propositions that customers value and which make O2 stand out in the market."

A recent study by the company found that one in ten mobilebroadband users in the UK felt they had been deceived about the details of their package.