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The telecoms firm revealed a three per cent decline in adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), with the figure for the three months to the end of June totalling £1.37 billion.
According to Reuters, this was greater than the £1.27 billion that had been forecast by analysts, news that may be welcomed by those trading on the stock market.
BT also posted an 18 per cent decline in adjusted profit before tax, which slipped to £427 million.
Chief executive Ian Livingston said that the three per cent decline in EBITDA was caused by a poor performance by BT Global Services.
He explained that although progress has been made in this area of the business, there is "still much to do".
Mr Ian Livingston noted that the firm has "made a solid start to the year against a background of challenging trading conditions".
BT shares were up 11.05p to 112.7p at 13:29 BST on the FTSE 100.
