Sprint Nextel is the third tier-one carrier set to release its earnings and performance metrics, scheduled for Oct. 25. The company is in the midst of a turnaround cycle.
AT&T is set to release its earnings and performance metrics tomorrow. Its earnings has followed Verizon Communications in the past and observers cannot help but compare the two.
China Mobile continued to add to its world leadership position, reporting 5.4 million net customer additions for September and nearly 49 million new customers through the first nine months of the year. The carrier ended the reporting period with 698.5 million total customers.
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With the second quarter financial reporting finally complete, and the school year set to begin for many across the country, we figured this was a great time to hand out some Q2 grades for the domestic market’s largest players. Analysis would seem to indicate...
T-Mobile USA’s customer retention efforts continued to struggle during the second quarter as the nation’s No. 4 operator posted growing subscriber losses and declining revenues.
During the quarter T-Mobile USA said it lost a total of 205,000 customers across its operations, more than...
Leap Wireless has had a history of challenging second quarters, and this year was no exception as the no-contract operator suffered operationally and announced plan for changes designed to turn around operations.
Many telecommunication providers reported earnings last week, and their stocks largely flowed with good news. AT&T started the parade, with Sprint Nextel and MetroPCS following.
Clearwire reported second quarter financial results highlighted by drastic cost-cutting measures as the carrier continues to de-emphasize its current WiMAX operations in favor of its planned roll out of TD-LTE services expected next year.
These moves seemed to enthuse investors as Clearwire’s stock (CLWR)...
MetroPCS witnessed its stock price surge Thursday morning after the carrier announced second quarter results showing a continued focus on operating metrics, though a dramatic drop in customer growth.
MetroPCS said it lost 186,062 customers during the second quarter of this year, which was a...
Sprint Nextel’s second quarter results show that the nation’s No. 3 carrier could be laying the foundation for a payoff from its controversial and expensive plans to carry Apple’s iconic iPhone device.
Analysts noted that the carrier posted a number of robust operating metrics...
AT&T Mobility customers seems to be holding their breathes for a possible new device launch later this year, as the carrier reported a slowdown in device upgrades during the recent second quarter that helped boost wireless margins.
The nation’s No. 2 carrier reported its best...
Verizon Wireless released strong second quarter financial results last week setting expectations for what its rivals will need to shoot for. Obviously, those competing results are already fixed and just need to be unleashed on a rabid financial community beginning this week, but the...
Vodafone, one of the world's largest carriers and a bellwether for European operators, announced disappointing numbers for its first fiscal quarter ending in June.
The company reported service revenue of approximately $15.68 billion (₤9.98 billion). While this is a .6% increase year-over-year, it was forecasted...
Austin, Texas-based chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:Â FSL)Â reported a deep drop in profits in the second quarter of 2012.
The company reported net sales of $1.03 billion and recorded a $34 million net loss or 14 cents per share for the period that ended June 29.
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Verizon Wireless was the first domestic carrier to lay out what the second quarter held for wireless operators as it reported financial and operational results showing a continued slowdown in customer additions, but an improving financial position.
The nation’s largest wireless operator reported a 10.6%...
Capitalizing on a recent blog post, T-Mobile USA rode robust prepaid growth to post positive net customer addition growth for the first quarter. That growth however, was not shared on the carrier’s more lucrative direct postpaid operations that continued to bleed customers.
During the first...
For U.S. Cellular (USM), first quarter results showed that a negative plus a positive can result in a slight positive, as the carrier’s shrinking customer base was offset by increased consumer spending resulting in revenue gains.
During the first three months of the year U.S....
Atlantic Tele-Network (ATNI), which operates Alltel Wireless, saw its stock price surge early Thursday as analysts upgraded the company’s stock following positive trends in its first quarter financial release.
The carrier reported that its domestic wireless operations lost 1,131 customers during the first three...
Motorola Mobility (MMI) appears to be another victim of Samsung's dominance in the smartphone market. The company lost $86 million in the first quarter on revenues of $3.1 billion. Losses would have been even steeper without the positive contribution of the company's cable box...
With its eyes focused on the future, Clearwire (CLWR) reported first quarter results that showed that future cannot come soon enough.
The carrier reported a significant drop in customer additions, plunging from nearly 1.8 million subscribers during the first quarter of 2011 to 586,000 customers...
An increased focus on subsidizing LTE handsets and dramatic drop in gross customer additions torpedoed MetroPCS’ PCS) first quarter results that sent stockholders scurrying.
MetroPCS reported an 82% drop in net customer additions for the first quarter, plummeting from nearly 726,000 new subscribers added...
Leap Wireless (LEAP) saw its stock price plunge more than 20% early Thursday following release of its first quarter financial results that showed an increase in expenses to support smartphone sales and a bevy of financial analysts cutting their price targets for the regional...
Crown Castle International (CCI) says network upgrades by carriers helped boost leasing activity by 25% in the first quarter. Net income also increased 25% to $50 million, on revenue of $552 million. The company says it completed the purchase of ground lease related assets...
SHENZHEN, China – Ericsson reported first quarter revenues of $7.6 billion, a 4% decline year-over-year from the same period last year. The company also recorded net income of $1.31 billion driven largely on the strength of the proceeds from its divestiture of its Sony...
