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Handset and Operator Standings

Adam Somer — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:56:50 +0000

From: http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100506/samsung-no-1-among-u-s-mobile-phone-makers-apple-no-6/?mod=ATD_rss

App Store Customer Satisfaction

Adam Somer — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:08:31 +0000

From Nielsen:

iPhone users have installed an average of 37 applications on their devices – more than the users on any other smartphone platform – while Blackberry users only use 10 apps on their phones. Android users have around 22 apps on their phones, followed by Palm users (14) and Windows Mobile users (13).

Only 12% of cell phone users with feature phones downloaded an app in the last 30 days. In contrast to this, about 46% of smartphone owners installed an app in the last month.

Apple’s App Store is the most used mobile app store and has captured 25% of the market, followed by Blackberry’s App World Store (16%). Carrier stores run by AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon are also still very popular and have a market share between 8% (T-Mobile) and 15% (Verizon). The Android Market only had about a 2% market share by the end of 2009, but given the small number of devices on the market at that time, this number will surely grow in 2010 as more device manufactures add Android devices to their lineup.

84% of Apple’s users are satisfied with the user experience in the iTunes store and 81% of Android users are happy about their experience. The Windows Marketplace ranked the lowest (56%), followed by the Blackberry App World store (58%).

From: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/survey_apples_app_store_customer_satisfaction_android_close_second.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+readwriteweb+(ReadWriteWeb)

U.S. Broadband Growth

Adam Somer — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:17:58 +0000

Nearly 4.1 million new subscribers signed up for broadband from the 19 largest cable and telephone providers in the U.S. in 2009.
The top cable companies netted 57 percent of the broadband additions in 2009 and added 2.3 million broadband subscribers.
The top telephone providers added over 1.7 million broadband subscribers.
In the fourth quarter of 2009, cable and telephone providers added 890,000 broadband subscribers — with cable companies adding about 580,000 subscribers and phone companies adding about 310,000 subscribers.

From: http://gigaom.com/2010/03/12/us-broadband-2009/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+OmMalik+(GigaOM)

ARPU of American Wireless Operators Q4, 2009

Adam Somer — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:51:52 +0000

AT&T : $50.69
Cincinnati Bell : $43.89
Leap Wireless : $38.66
MetroPCS : $40.70
nTelos Wireless : $51.48
Sprint : $49.26
T-Mobile : $46.00
US Cellular : $53.55
Verizon Wireless : $50.23

Overall ARPU for Q4 ’09 : $49.31 (down from $50.61 in Q3 ’09)

From: http://techcrunchies.com/arpu-us-wireless-carrier/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)

Q4, 2009 Wireless Market

Adam Somer — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:33:41 +0000

Leap Wireless: Reported Feb. 26
Wireless Service Revenue: $547 million
Operating Income: 4.5 million
Wireless Data Revenue: N/A
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: 297,000
Total Subscribers: 4.95 million
Prepaid Churn: 4.7 percent
Prepaid ARPU: $38.66

Metro PCS: Reported Feb. 25
Wireless Revenue: $930 million
Income from operations: 130 million
Wireless Data Revenue: N/A
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: 317,255
Total Subscribers: 6.6 million
Prepaid Churn: 5.3 percent
Prepaid ARPU: $40.70

T-Mobile: Reported Feb. 5
Wireless Revenue: $5.4 billion
Wireless Net Income: 306 million
Wireless Data Revenue: N/A
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: 488,000
Total Subscribers: 33.8 million
Blended Churn: 3.2 percent
Postpaid ARPU: $52

Sprint: Reported Feb. 10
Wireless Revenue: $6.8 billion
Wireless Operating Loss: 635 million
Wireless Data Revenue: N/A
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: 435,000
Net Postpaid Subscriber Loss: 504,000
Total Subscribers: 48.1 million
Churn: Postpaid 2.11 percent, prepaid 5.56 percent
ARPU: Postpaid $55, prepaid $31

Verizon: Reported Jan. 26
Wireless Revenue: $15.7 billion
Wireless Operating Income: 3.6 billion
Wireless Data Revenue: 3.9 billion
Net Prepaid and Postpaid Subscriber Adds: 2.2 million
Total Subscribers: 91.2 million
Churn: Postpaid 1.06 percent
ARPU: Postpaid $50.75

AT&T: Reported Jan. 28
Wireless Revenue: $13.8 billion
Wireless Operating Income: 3.4 billion
Wireless Data Revenue: 3.9 billion
Net Prepaid Subscriber Adds: N/A
Net Postpaid Subscriber Adds: 910,000
Total Subscribers: 85.1 million
Blended Churn: 1.44 percent
ARPU: Postpaid $61.13

From: http://gigaom.com/2010/03/01/q4-wireless-scorecard-its-good-to-be-the-king/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+OmMalik+(GigaOM)

US Mobile Network Operators Market Share

Adam Somer — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:17:52 +0000

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%

From: http://techcrunchies.com/mobile-carriers-market-share-usa/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunchies+(TechCrunchies)

AT&T Using Wi-Fi to Remove Stress on thier 3G Network

Adam Somer — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:59:18 +0000

A 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

Adam Somer — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:50:25 +0000

From: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/09/apple_seen_to_extend_exclusive_iphone_deal_with_att.html

The Ultimate Cell Phone Plans Comparison

Adam Somer — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:02:02 +0000

From: http://www.billshrink.com/blog/cell-phone-plans-comparison/

AT&T Wi-Fi Network Growth

Adam Somer — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:14:06 +0000

AT&T handled 85.5 million total connections in 2009, more than four times 2008
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.
Fourth quarter connections also surpassed the number of connections made in the entire first half of 2009
Smartphones and integrated devices accounted for 72 percent of fourth-quarter connections and 61 percent of the total connections in 2009
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.
AT&T has more than 20,000 U.S. hotspots
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=