Ian Livingston, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said:
"We have delivered another quarter of growth in profits and cash flow despite the economic headwinds.
"Our investment to support our customers and improve our services has resulted in new contract wins around the world, with orders so far this year up over 50% in Asia Pacific and Latin America. In the UK, our fibre roll-out has accelerated bringing super-fast broadband within reach of over 7m homes and businesses and we remain the number one broadband retailer with over 6m customers. Our fixed-line base has now grown for the last five quarters and our active consumer line loss is at its lowest for five years.
"We expect to achieve our 2013 EBITDA target of above £6bn a year early and to deliver free cash flow of around £2.4bn this year."
