LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it added 49,000 net customers in the fourth quarter of 2004, a 44-percent improvement compared with the 34,000 subscribers the carrier added during the fourth quarter of 2003. Alamosa added that it ended 2004 with 915,000 direct subscribers.
Bolstering the carrier’s increased customer growth during the quarter was a 33-percent increase in gross customer additions compared with the fourth quarter of 2003 and a reduction in customer churn from 2.5 percent during the fourth quarter of 2003 to 2.3 percent last year. Full-year customer churn was reported at 2.3 percent.
Alamosa, which is in the process of acquiring fellow Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc., said it will release full fourth-quarter results Feb. 23.
