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