3Q Results - 2.0 Mil NET adds
2.0 Net Adds (1.2M postpaid)
1.3% Postpaid Churn
Wireless revenues - $10.9 billion
ARPU - $50.82
link to full report:
http://newsnow.att.com/newsnow/att_news/IB_3q07_1023 ... »
1.3% Postpaid Churn
Wireless revenues - $10.9 billion
ARPU - $50.82
link to full report:
http://newsnow.att.com/newsnow/att_news/IB_3q07_1023 ... »
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Wow, only 1.2M postpaid? That sucks, with the iPhone I expected that number to be a LOT higher.
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So as of the end of the 3rd qtr, how many total wireless customers does ATT have now? I think last I heard was about 65mil.
I've got a feeling that either ATT, or evil Verizon will reach the 70 million customer mark in the not too distant future, that's just my personal prediction.
I would much, much, much rather see ATT reach the 70 million mark first. I wouldn't be one bit suprised.
I've got a feeling that either ATT, or evil Verizon will reach the 70 million customer mark in the not too distant future, that's just my personal prediction.
I would much, much, much rather see ATT reach the 70 million mark first. I wouldn't be one bit suprised.
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You know what's jacked up? People keep breeding.
Where's the carrying capacity of the cell-phone user population? Where will net adds stop? Everyone's hopping off rural telecoms onto nationwide monsters but eventually there will barely be 1 million new adds across the top five.
How many people are buying cell phones for their five year olds? How many are running up bills on one carrier to jump ship to another? Where will the madness end?
Where's the carrying capacity of the cell-phone user population? Where will net adds stop? Everyone's hopping off rural telecoms onto nationwide monsters but eventually there will barely be 1 million new adds across the top five.
How many people are buying cell phones for their five year olds? How many are running up bills on one carrier to jump ship to another? Where will the madness end?
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I know you were probably be slightly sarcastic, but I too wonder how often carriers can continue to add so many customers. Revenues are going to have to come from data products.
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Those numbers were good on the postpaid section and in line with expectation of 1 million postpaid net ads. (I forgot to specify on my estimates that those numbers are postpaid not a total, but I will mention that next time.) Churn and ARPU were also in line with my expectations. Not a bad quarter. Still seeing demand for a lot of the messaging and data products as well as the Iphone. AT&T earned $3.1 billion during the quarter; amazing.
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wow 800k worth of go phones, and churn still verizon high compared to verizon. to bad so sad.
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Verizon wishes to have at least a half of those prepaid numbers.
It is very ignorant of you to say that these numbers are bad; when in reality they're not. Churn -once again- went down. Could we say the same thing about Vz? I'm not so sure. I think their churn will go up slightly due to the iPhone. The iPhone is bringing a lot of attention to AT&T and their products. Someone walking into AT&T store may realize that the iPhone is not what they're looking for, but that Tilt sitting next to it with its 3.2 megapixel camera is better than anything that Vz offers at the moment...
It is very ignorant of you to say that these numbers are bad; when in reality they're not. Churn -once again- went down. Could we say the same thing about Vz? I'm not so sure. I think their churn will go up slightly due to the iPhone. The iPhone is bringing a lot of attention to AT&T and their products. Someone walking into AT&T store may realize that the iPhone is not what they're looking for, but that Tilt sitting next to it with its 3.2 megapixel camera is better than anything that Vz offers at the moment...
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Verizon is doing really well in its own right. ATT makes a lot of business reselling its network to the likes of Tracfone, 7-11, etc. Verizon has more customers using their network under the Verizon brand than ATT does under the ATT brand. That says something very strong about consumer confidence in the brand itself.
Overall Churn 1.7 😲
Overall Churn 1.7 😲
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Its-The-Network said:
Overall Churn 1.7 😲
keep in mind:
"Churn levels continue to reflect modest pressure from the
company’s ongoing transition of customers from its TDMA platform to its
GSM network. The transition is expected to be completed in early 2008."
once all of TDMA goes dark, you'll see churn levels drop further.
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that is what sprint says about nextel. Funny their is always a reason why its high!
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I live in Las Vegas, and there are numerous
7-11's here, like every two miles! And anyway, I never knew 7-11 themselves have they're own brand of prepaid wireless service.
I always see corny TracFone there
7-11's here, like every two miles! And anyway, I never knew 7-11 themselves have they're own brand of prepaid wireless service.
I always see corny TracFone there
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Its-The-Network said:
Overall Churn 1.7 😲
AT&T also managed to cut its overall and postpaid churn rates. The company's total churn rate was down to 1.7% from 1.8% in the year-ago quarter. Postpaid churn dropped from 1.5% in the third quarter of 2006 to 1.3% this year.
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You know, for as many PP customers, our churn isnt as high as you would think...
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If you really are a VZW employee you should know we have been getting pressed almost the entire 3rd quarter about churn being too high.. so I wouldnt go off spouting that AT&T is high when VZW numbers havnt been announced... Then again we got pressed to keep churn down in the second quarter as we were "losing more customers than were budgeted" and churn was down from the previous quarter.
So it could just be some retard doesnt understand how to make a budget or could be VZW had higher than normal churn this last quarter.
So it could just be some retard doesnt understand how to make a budget or could be VZW had higher than normal churn this last quarter.
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They'll proly see an increase in churn. I see a lot of unhappy users (more than usual btw) since the iphone came out. It could be just a small fraction, maybe not. One thing is for sure, att is looking a lot better for those PDA and smartphone users.
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yeah I know what you mean. The week leading up to and after the iphone came out we were getting really weird calls. People would call in just complaining about some of the stupidest things and every call I had with one of those customers they mentioned the iphone or something about at&t.
For example I had a 20 min call with someone screaming and yelling about the 70 cent admin charge and 4 cent regulatory charge each month on their bill. He kept demanding that we let him port his number out without an ETF because the charges were "unjust" and that he wouldnt have them with AT&T...
For example I had a 20 min call with someone screaming and yelling about the 70 cent admin charge and 4 cent regulatory charge each month on their bill. He kept demanding that we let him port his number out without an ETF because the charges were "unjust" and that he wouldnt have them with AT&T...
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