Orange ended 2015 with 6,423,000 IPTV and DTH subscribers in its home market France, up from 6,051,000 a year earlier.
Meanwhile, in Spain Orange’s TV subscriber base almost tripled in 2015, up from 108,000 to 306 in the 12 months ending December 31. This came alongside strong growth in its broadband customer base, which grew from 1,965,000 to 3,753,000 over the same period.
In Central and Eastern Europe, Orange’s IPTV and DTH customer total in Poland saw a more modest increase in 2015, rising from 749,000 to 787,000.
Orange’s revenues in 2015 amounted to €40.236 billion, or 0.1% down on a year earlier. Its restated EBITDA was €12,426 billion, ahead of the year’s target, and CAPEX, at €6.486 billion, was 9.3% up on a comparable basis. Net income stood at €2.958 billion, an increase of €1.733 billion on a year earlier.
Commenting on the results, Stéphane Richard, chairman and CEO of the Orange Group, said:
“Our good results for 2015 confirm the relevance of our new strategic plan, Essentiels2020, designed to differentiate us in terms of quality of customer experience. For the first time since 2009, and one year ahead of target, restated EBITDA for the year is growing.
“This growth is the result of a very strong commercial performance, particularly in very high-speed broadband, and our continued efforts to control costs. The number of 4G customers, which reached 18 million, has doubled in a year and we have 1.9 million fibre customers, three times more than at the end of 2014. We also have 110 million mobile customers in Africa and the Middle East, up 4.1% year on year on a comparable basis.
“This commercial momentum is the reward for our accelerated investment, which increased 9.3% to €6.5 billion, in order to offer our customers the best networks and services, as well as the strong mobilisation of our teams.
“We also continued to develop our international presence during 2015, in line with our strategy. In Europe, our focus remains on fixed-mobile convergence, as in Spain where the integration of Jazztel has exceeded our objectives and has enabled us to create the most dynamic convergent operator in the market. As for the Africa and Middle East region, this represents a growth area for us and one in which we continue to develop and invest through our new holding company, Orange Middle East & Africa. This can be seen through our increased participation in Médi Telecom in Morocco and our recent acquisition projects in Burkina Faso, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“Strengthened by our strategy and the commitment of our teams, we intend to continue this good momentum, targeting further growth in restated EBITDA in 2016 on a comparable basis.”
