ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. said it added a company-record 6,782 customers during the second quarter, which was a 119-percent improvement compared with the 3,092 customers the carrier added during the second quarter of last year. ACS ended the quarter with 109,061 total customers.
Customer churn increased slightly from 1.7 percent during the second quarter of 2004 to 1.8 percent this year, while average revenue per user jumped more than 26 percent from $44.33 last year to $56.03 this year. ACS’ management attributed some of the ARPU increase to seasaonality.
The strong customer and ARPU growth contributed to a 59-percent surge in wireless revenues from $13.5 million during the second quarter of 2004 to $21.4 million this year. Wireless revenues accounted for 26.3 percent of ACS’ total revenues during the second quarter compared with 17.9 percent during the second quarter of last year.
Wireless operating income also nearly doubled from $5.1 million during the second quarter of 2004 to $10 million this year.
