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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Call growth
% growth in UK ®xed-network call volumes over the previous year: 76677
Growth is estimated by reference to turnover growth attributable to calls, adjusted to eliminate the e¡ect of price changes.
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
UK exchange line connections
Business ('000) 6,798 7,160 7,521 7,982 8,450
% growth over previous year 5.2 5.3 5.0 6.1 5.9
Residential ('000) 20,500 20,393 20,130 20,067 20,035
% reduction over previous year (0.5) (0.5) (1.3) (0.3) (0.2)
Total exchange line connections ('000) 27,298 27,553 27,651 28,049 28,485
% growth over previous year 0.8 0.9 0.4 1.4 1.6
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
BT Cellnet (Cellular telephones in the UK)
Contract ('000) 353 1,125 2,303 3,254 3,658
Prepaid ('000) ± ± ± 909 3,591
Total digital GSM ('000) 353 1,125 2,303 4,163 7,249
Analogue ('000) 2,036 1,573 774 359 155
Total ('000) 2,389 2,698 3,077 4,522 7,404
% growth over previous year 37.8 12.9 14.0 47.0 63.7
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
UK optical ®bre
Fibre ± kilometres in the network ('000) 3,043 3,302 3,591 4,058 4,555
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
People employed
Total employees ('000) 130.7 127.5 124.7 124.7 136.8
Classi®ed directory business in the UK
The company is providing the following information with respect to its classi¢ed directory business in the UK in
accordance with undertakings made with the O¤ce of Fair Trading in 1996. For the year ended 31 March 2000, the
classi¢ed directory business of BT made an operating pro¢t of »205 million (1999 --- »190 million) on turnover of
»480 million (1999 --- »439 million) and, at 31 March 2000, it employed net assets of »167 million (1999 --- »151 million).
Since the classi¢ed directory business is integrated with the company's wider operations, this ¢nancial information
incorporates the e¡ects of certain apportionments and allocations of expenditures and assets.
BT is required to submit annual audited accounts in respect of the classi¢ed directory business to the Director of the
O¤ce of Fair Trading within nine months of the company's ¢nancial year end. Copies of these accounts, when available,
maybeobtainedfreeofchargefromYellow Pages at Queens Walk, Reading RG1 7PT.
Annual report and Form 20-F 115
Operational statistics and regulatory information years ended 31 March