Swisscom reaches 70,000 customers for Bluewin TV

March 6, 2008 – Swisscom has revealed in its annual results that it reached 70,000 customers for its Bluewin TV service at the end of last year, up from 60,000 at the end of the previous quarter.

The incumbent posted revenues of CHF 11.1bn (US$ 10.79bn) for the year, up 14.9% from the previous year.  Operating income rose 18.9% during the 12 months to reach CHF 4.9bn.  Swisscom had a total of 1.56mn DSL customers by the end of last year, up 17.1% from the previous year.

For 2008, the telco expects to posts revenues of around CHF 12.3bn and an operating profit of around CHF 4.8bn.