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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In the most recent December quarter, T-mo announced today it lost more than 300, 000 post paid customers, a rather horrific number.
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.
He contends both companies are getting a tailwind from an industry-wide trade-down to pre-paid plans from post-paid plans.
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.
The company finished with 98.2 million total retail connections, including 92.5 million post-paid.
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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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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.
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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