Financial news
- Growth in Internet customer base continues in the third quarter (+7.3% YoY)
- Revenue of EUR 317.7 million in the first nine months of 2025 (-2.2% YoY), driven by a strong revenue increase in the Internet and telephony segment to EUR 175.3 million
- Normalised EBITDA -5.4% to EUR 133.9 million in the first nine months of 2025 driven by difficult market environment in the TV sector
- Reported EBITDA +1.9% to EUR 107.5 million in the first nine months of 2025 due to lower one-off expenses related to restructuring
Berlin, November 26, 2025. Tele Columbus AG, one of Germany’s leading fiber optic network operators, today published its results for the third quarter and thus for the first nine months of the 2025 financial year.
In a highly competitive broadband market, Tele Columbus was the only major provider in Germany to record further growth in the Internet sector in the third quarter of 2025. The 730k Internet customers (+7.3% YoY) formed the basis for another increase in revenue in the Internet and telephony segment, which amounted to EUR 59.2 million (+10.6% YoY) in the third quarter of 2025. Demand for higher bandwidths remained strong: around 50% of PŸUR’s new Internet customers also opted for tariffs with bandwidths of 500 Mbit/s or faster in the third quarter.
More than a year after cable TV fees were removed from ancillary rental costs, the development of the customer base in the TV sector remains challenging. The total number of TV households in the third quarter of 2025 decreased year-on-year to 1.06 million (-4.9% YoY).
Revenue development remained at approximately the same level as the previous year (-2.2% YoY) at EUR 317.7 million in a nine-month comparison. The decline in TV revenue was partially offset by a renewed increase in revenue from Internet and telephony customers in the reporting period.
Normalised EBITDA declined by -5.4% to EUR 133.9 million in the nine-month comparison due to lower revenues still driven by the effects of the TV bulk migration. Reported EBITDA increased from EUR 105.4 million to EUR 107.5 million (+1.9%) compared to the first nine months of 2024, as one-off expenses were lower due to the restructuring measures implemented.
