The company had 2.2 million retail net adds, including 2.1 million retail post-paid net adds.
Overall, the company now has 55.6 million subscribers, including 30.2 million Sprint post-paid customers.
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The company said it added more than 1 million net subscribers, including 263, 000 post-paid.
The company had 734, 000 wireless net adds in the quarter, including 501, 000 post-paid net adds.
The company now has 95.9 million total retail connections, 90.4 million of those post-paid.
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Moffett notes that the 400, 000 net post-paid sub adds were below the consensus at 541, 000.
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First, Hargreaves estimated Rogers has a little less than 6 million so-called post-paid subscribers.
This restricted his ability to access more affordable post-paid plans with more minutes at significantly lower rates.
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Hargreaves said this new deal would lift Apple to about 90 million post-paid subscribers throughout the world.
He contends both companies are getting a tailwind from an industry-wide trade-down to pre-paid plans from post-paid plans.
The company finished with 98.2 million total retail connections, including 92.5 million post-paid.
Post-paid churn on the Sprint platform was 1.98%, up from 1.88% in Q3, but down from 1.99% a year ago.
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Post-paid customers increased 401, 000 on the Sprint platform, but fell 243, 000 overall, reflecting the loss of 644, 000 post-paid Nextel customers.
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If this ridiculous deal goes through, Sprint will be the only low-priced post-paid national wireless carrier left in the United States.
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The key to this effort is the gross margin and profitability of our mobility business and more specifically our post-paid business.
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The company noted that wireless service revenues were up 6%, but post-paid net subscribe adds of 410, 000 fell short of Street expectations.
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The company now has 93 million wireless subscribers, including 88 million post-paid.
The company saw a 6.3% increase in wireless revenue, as it added 1.89 million net new wireless customers, including 906, 000 post-paid net adds.
Post-paid subscribers refer to customers who are on a continuous plan, as opposed to pre-paid customers, whose plan works like a calling card.
He notes that these carriers combined have about 75 million post-paid subscribers, just a little under the 82 million post-paid subs at Verzion Wireless.
The company added 2.8 million net new wireless subs overall, including 1.5 million new non-phone devices, but just 400, 000 post-paid subs, below Street expectations.
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For 2012, the company expects post-paid ARPU to grow 2%, with profits increasing in the mid single digit range or better on a percentage basis.
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Finestrella sells its post-paid mobile plans at mobile phone stores, on the street and telephonically to customers without a bank account, credit card or credit history.
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For Verizon, he likewise cuts his forecast to 60 cents, from 67 cents, while lifting his forecast for post-paid subscriber net adds to 1.1 million from 701, 135.
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Moffett adds that post-paid gross add of 1.57 million subscribers was -4.7% below consensus of 1.65 million, while prepaid gross adds of 1.58 million were -13.8% below consensus at 1.83 million.
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Wireless net adds were 726, 000, including 187, 000 post-paid.
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T-Mobile USA has been making a big push for pre-paid customers since it launched its Uncarrier plans in March, and it seems to be working -- unfortunately, at the expense of more lucrative post-paid clients.
Post-paid wireless voice customers increased 165, 000.
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Subscribers of Turkcell Turkey rose 192 thousand to 34.7 million during the quarter, despite intense competition from international telecom juggernaut Vodafone (VOD), and the mix of prepaid and postpaid subscribers continues to shift in favor of more profitable and consistent post-paid contracts.
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