Prepaid net customer additions, including MVNO customers (as defined in Note 1 to the Selected Data, below), were 276, 000 in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from 312, 000 net prepaid customer additions in the third quarter of 2011, and up from 229, 000 net prepaid customer additions in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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However assuming these kinks get worked out, the company could well see a huge boost in subscriber additions in the coming years.
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However, these changes are likely to result in higher net additions in subscribers and higher revenues.
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Verizon Wireless reported record-setting customer additions in the quarter, while Verizon FiOS customer additions were higher in fourth-quarter 2012 than in the prior two quarters, despite the impact of Superstorm Sandy.
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Back in Q4 2011 and Q1 2012, Dish significantly turned around its subscriber losses and even surpassed DirecTV in terms of net additions in Q1 2012.
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However, there may be a slowdown in subscriber additions due to certain factors.
The company attributed its focus on quality subscribers as the reason behind the reduction in gross additions, which led to net subscriber losses.
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In just one year, Softbank managed to boost the subscriber base of the challenger carrier from 700, 000 in fiscal 2006 to 2.7 million in fiscal 2007, vaulting ahead of its giant rivals NTT-DoCoMo and KDDI in sub additions.
Connected device net customer losses were 95, 000 in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to net customer additions of 204, 000 in the third quarter of 2011 and net customer additions of 113, 000 in the fourth quarter of 2010.
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The year-over-year change in branded contract gross customer additions resulted in part from competitive pressures and the implementation of strengthened credit standards as part of T-Mobile USA's focus on improving the overall quality of its contract customer base.
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We discussed this as well as some other advantages DirecTV enjoys over its competitors in a recent article. (See DirecTV Subscriber Gains Continue.) Marketing campaigns drove subscriber additions in recent quarters and so far it has avoided any large scale blackouts similar to the ones experienced by Dish in pricing disputes with content carriers.
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Leap had 419, 000 gross customer additions in the quarter, but 337, 000 net customer losses.
It was the best single quarter for new subscriber additions in close to six years.
Net self-pay subscriber additions in 2012 increased over 30% to more than 1.6 million, turning in our best performance since 2008.
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Net headcount additions in the quarter exceeded 12, 000, the company said.
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For Sprint to post Q1 gross subscriber additions in the first quarter that match those from the same quarter last year, he says, seems impossible.
Grand additions in the public spaces make a big impression, including a spiral staircase, solarium and new library, boasting a fireplace, sofas, bookshelves and game tables.
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It added a net 401, 000 postpaid subscribers to its core Sprint platform (excluding Nextel losses) which is a huge decline from 539, 000 net additions in Q4 2011.
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Verizon will lead net additions in the quarter and show investors how well they can manage wireless margins, an important metric given the high subsidies offered for iPhones.
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DirecTV will report its Q4 2012 and full year results on February 14 and besides solid subscriber additions in the U.S., Latin American growth will be in focus.
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This factor also played a role in healthy subscriber additions.
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Keepman, 51, her husband and grown daughter were making their way home to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, with two new family additions in tow -- a boy and girl they'd just adopted from Ethiopia.
But if he can coax results out of his smoke-and-mirrors act long enough for the youngsters to mature and, perhaps, make a few additions in the summer, this club could return to competitiveness very quickly.
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Although we expect the subscriber additions in Q1 to remain healthy, they may not exhibit significant growth as the company seems to be conservative about its guidance for 2013, and expects to add 1.4 million net subscribers during the year.
The year-on-year growth in branded prepaid net customer additions was due primarily to growth in customer adoption of T-Mobile USA's unlimited Monthly 4G prepaid plans.
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Some seasonality will help keep subscriber additions elevated in the coming months, but we are unlikely to see the pace of growth as Q4 2010.
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