BT year earnings top forecasts helped by fibre broadband

BT Group posted a better-than-expected 3 percent rise in full-year earnings and raised its outlook for free cashflow after a strong finish to the year, when it added a record 455,000 fibre broadband customers. The British broadband market leader, which is buying the country's biggest mobile network EE, reported core earnings of 6.27 billion pounds ($9.6 billion) versus market expectations of 6.22 billion. Of the fibre connections, some 266,000 were BT customers, while the remainder came fro