Liberty Global’s first CI Plus deployment has got off to a good start, with the Swiss cable operator Cablecom posting over 6,000 DigiCards in use at the end of June.
Cablecom ended Q2 with 415,000 digital subscribers, a 4% increase in the quarter and 10% more year-to-date. It also had around 496,000 internet customers (1% up in the quarter and 2% year-to-date), while its telephony subscriber total was around 318,000 (2%, 5%).
Turnover amounted to CHF277 million (€201.9 million), a 0.5% increase on the same quarter in 2009.
Cablecom began its CI Plus deployment in mid-May this year.