For each network subscriber, a Call Detail Record (CDR) captures call information: who calls whom, for how long, from which number, etc.
Much of the decline has to do with the over-the-air BBC now sharing its live telecasts with Sky Sports, a subscriber-only network.
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The company is looking to modernize its network so as to add flexibility to add LTE services in the future and migrate iDEN subscriber base to CDMA network.
In the 1990s Covad built the nation's largest digital subscriber line (DSL) network, offering rapid net access, but fell into Chapter 11 and got delisted from Nasdaq.
Dish Network is in a phase of balancing subscriber growth while keeping costs in check.
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Our average fee per subscriber forecast is a mix of revenues that Dish Network generates from pay-TV as well as its small broadband business.
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Most phones purchased in the U.S. as part of a subscriber plan are "locked" to a particular network to try to build in loyalty in exchange for cheaper handsets.
According to the SportsBusiness Journal, PAC-12 Network has been seeking 80-cents per subscriber, which ranks higher than CNN, USA and FX.
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You might think that the EV-DO technology path has seen better days, what with carriers like Bell and Telus defecting for HSPA and others prepping to pull the plug altogether -- but really, it might take nothing more than one massive, eight-figure subscriber deployment of a next-gen EV-DO network to get things up and running again.
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So why cough up 50 cents or so per subscriber (similar to what Comcast pays, though the NFL Network initially wanted more) to add the channel?
During the quarter, the company added 235, 000 net subscribers to its network, a 14 percent increase compared to the subscriber base as of June 30, 2011.
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Sprint recently announced Q3 results that saw solid financial metrics overshadowed by continuing postpaid subscriber losses and increasing capital expenditures due to its 4G LTE network upgrade project.
For China Mobile is by far the largest network operator in the country with 70% of the subscriber base.
However, with the LTE lag already affecting subscriber growth, the markets seems not too pleased with the lower network spending forecast.
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In its most recent round of negotiations with pay TV providers, analysts estimate the network has been able to secure about 50 cents per subscriber.
The deal can potentially increase ABC network licensing revenue growth as well as implied fee per subscriber for Disney Channel and ABC Family.
If that rival network is offering an attractive promotion that might cause the subscriber to defect, he or she can then be offered an incentive to stay.
What started as a 150-person mobile test network in Baltimore has grown to a 5.3 billion-subscriber worldwide market.
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In the maturing Russian market, it has shifted its focus from growing the subscriber base to increasing ARPU. Next year's launch of its third-generation broadband network will expand value-added services and should boost ARPU even further.
For example, for each subscriber, you can understand how many of the people she talks to are also subscribers to your network.
Going forward, as smartphone makers increase their focus on China by bringing out more TD-SCDMA handsets and China Mobile launches its 4G LTE network, the carrier will be able to reap the advantages of having a huge 2G subscriber base to transition to 3G.
Defending BT's position as the dominant player in the ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) market, chief executive Ben Verwaayen said looser regulation would encourage BT investors to create a 21st Century network.
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