1. Verizon : 31.2%
2. AT&T : 25.0%
3. T-Mobile : 12.1%
4. Sprint : 12.1%
5. Tracfone : 4.8%
6. MetroPCS : 2.3%
7. US Cellular : 2.2%
8. Boost Mobile : 2.1%
9. Cricket : 1.7%
10. Virgin Mobile : 1.7%
Others : 5.0%
Posts Tagged ‘AT&T’
US Mobile Network Operators Market Share
March 7th, 2010
AT&T Using Wi-Fi to Remove Stress on thier 3G Network
February 15th, 2010A recent AT&T survey indicates that in the past month 43 percent of smartphone users said they had connected to an AT&T hotspot at least once. In 2009, AT&T consumers connected to an AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot four times more often than they did in 2008.
In the fourth quarter of 2009, there were more than 35 million connections to the Net via an AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot. This is up by 10 million over the fourth quarter of 2008. The majority of these Wi-Fi connections are being made by smartphones, such as the iPhone, rather than laptops. In fact, 73 percent of Wi-Fi connections in AT&T hotspots came from “integrated devices” in the fourth quarter compared with 61 percent for all of 2009.
From: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10451819-266.html
Iphone is 47% of AT&T’s Smart Device Base
February 9th, 2010
The Ultimate Cell Phone Plans Comparison
February 1st, 2010
AT&T Wi-Fi Network Growth
January 26th, 2010-
AT&T handled 85.5 million total connections in 2009, more than four times 2008
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In the fourth quarter 2009, AT&T customers made 35.3 million Wi-Fi connections – up 10 million connections from the third quarter of 2009.
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Fourth quarter connections also surpassed the number of connections made in the entire first half of 2009
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Smartphones and integrated devices accounted for 72 percent of fourth-quarter connections and 61 percent of the total connections in 2009
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AT&T includes Wi-Fi for more than 27 million customers – as of third quarter 2009 – with AT&T High Speed Internet, AT&T U-verseSM High Speed Internet, and qualifying smartphone and 3G LaptopConnect plans.
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AT&T has more than 20,000 U.S. hotspots
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A recent AT&T survey found that 43 percent of AT&T Wi-Fi users said they accessed an AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot four or more times in the past 30 days
From: http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=30433&mapcode=
Smartphone Numbers
January 26th, 2010- US cellphone users (about 285 million subscriptions) represent only 7% of the global subscriber base of 4.6 Billion.
- While Americans are now getting heavily into smartphones, Forrester.reported that the total installed base of smartphones in the USA is only 17%. The EU projects that for the EU region, smartphones will be half of all phones this year.
- A couple of years ago, the Symbian operating system was owned across several giant handset makers (Nokia part owned with SonyEricsson, Samsung, Motorola etc) and had over 60% market share. Now being only Nokia’s owned operating system, its installed base is about 50% of the world’s smartphones and currently sell a little over 40% of the world’s smartphones.
- 75% of American business/enterprise smartphones are Blackberries (says Ostermann survey in 2009)
- Today one in five smartphones sold – actually already 21% by the third quarter of 2009 – was a Blackberry. Remember that only 17% of smartphones are Apple iPhones.
- A survey by TBI Research in 2009 found that 80% of US businesses refuse to have more than one operating system for smartphones – and in most cases that is now the Blackberry.
- Out of all iPhones ever sold, 43% have been activated by AT&T
- HTC is the fourth largest smartphone maker with about 5% of the market.
- HTC CEO said in 2009 that 80% of all WinMo phones ever made, were manufactured by HTC.
- Samsung had previously held something like 3% market share in smartphones, but – in feature phones with touch screens – they already outsell the iPhone.
- Motorola’s global handset market share has been in total freefall for years – they have gone from 22% to 5% in three years.
- Palm sells only about 800,000 smartphones per year
Smartphone Total Cost of Ownership
January 21st, 2010
Telecom Stats from AT&T
January 14th, 2010From AT&T:
- Broadband is currently available to 90% of households
- 66% of households subscribe to broadband.
- Over 99% of Americans live in areas with cellular phone service
- 86% of Americans subscribe to a wireless service.
- More than 22% of households have ‘cut the cord’ entirely.
- At least 18 million households currently use a VoIP service,18 and it is estimated that by 2010, cable companies alone will be providing VoIP to more than 24 million customers; by 2011, there may be up to 45 million total VoIP subscribers.
- Today, less than 20% of Americans rely exclusively on POTS for voice service. Approximately 25% of households have abandoned POTS altogether, and another 700,000 lines are being cut every month.
- Total interstate and intrastate switched access minutes have fallen by a staggering 42% from 2000 through 2008.
- There are probably now more broadband connections than telephone lines in the United States.
- ILEC revenue from POTS service fell from $178.6 billion in 2000 to $130.8 billion in 2007, a 27% decrease. At the same time, the average per-line cost of maintaining the legacy network has risen from $43 per year in 2003 to $52 per year today.
From: http://www.nojitter.com/blog/archives/2010/01/atts_call_to_su.html
Enterprise Use of Wireless
January 12th, 2010
Free Wi-Fi Networks
December 17th, 2009- Barnes & Noble, the largest book chain in the United States, provides free WiFi for patrons, in a deal with AT&T. Barnes & Noble’s agreement with AT&T provides free Wi-Fi to all its customers because the company hopes to bring more customers into the store, and expand its current e-book catalog of 700,000 titles.
- Borders, the second-largest bookstore chain in the United States (after Barnes & Noble), will provide free wireless Internet access in about 500 of its U.S. stores.
- All U.S. company-operated Starbucks hot spots now support AT&T Wi-Fi service. A $5 or more Starbucks Card, will get you two consecutive hours of complimentary AT&T Wi-Fi daily.
- Verizon is partnering with Boingo to deliver free WiFi access. Free Verizon Wi-Fi hot spot locations include hotels, airports, restaurants, coffee shops, retailers, convention centers and public locations across the U.S. Boingo’s network of Wi-Fi hotspots – which includes more than 100,000 locations around the world – IF you’re a Verizon FiOS or DSL broadband subscriber.
- Qwest Communications began offering its high-speed Internet customers free unlimited WiFi at McDonald’s, Starbucks and Barnes and Noble bookstores.
- Google is providing free Wi-Fi at airports, now through January 15, 2010. It isworking with airports across the country as well as Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and others to provide the service.Currently the free deal includes 47 airports. Google is also providing free WiFi on every Virgin America flight during the holiday season.
- Satellite broadband provider Row 44 and mobile media company JiWire are teaming up to deliver free in-flight Wi-Fi supported by advertising.
From: http://www.dailywireless.org/2009/12/15/free-wi-fi-at-mcdonalds/
