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U.S. Wireless Stats

Adam Somer — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:24:11 +0000

New prepaid cell phone subscribers accounted for nearly two thirds (65 percent) of the 4.2 million net subscribers added by U.S. phone carriers in the fourth quarter of 2009.
The prepaid segment of the wireless market grew by 17 percent in the 4th quarter of 2009 to 54.4 million subscribers, up from 46.3 million in the same quarter in 2008. By contrast, contract-based cell phone service grew only 3 percent over the same period of time.
One out of five cell phone subscribers are now using prepaid phones. The prepaid segment represents a larger proportion of subscribers in the US than ever before, hitting 20 percent in the 4th quarter of 2009, up from 18 percent at the end of 2008.
Overall, there were 285 million wireless subscribers in the U.S. at the end of 2009.

From: http://newmillenniumresearch.org/news/033110_prepaid_trends_news_release.pdf and http://www.dailywireless.org/2010/04/05/prepaid-subs-beat-postpaid/

World Mobile Market:By Subscribers, Data Revenue & Service Revenue

Adam Somer — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:21:15 +0000

By Subscribers
1. China
2. India
3. USA
4. Russia
5. Brazil
6. Indonesia
7. Japan
8. Germany
9. Pakistan
10. Italy

By Data Revenue
1. USA
2. Japan
3. China
4. UK
5. Italy
6. Germany
7. France
8. Australia
9. Spain
10. South Korea

By Service Revenue
1. USA
2. China
3. Japan
4. France
5. Italy
6. UK
7. Germany
8. Brazil
9. Spain
10. India

From: http://gorumors.com/crunchies/global-mobile-market-subscribers-data-revenue-service/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+Techcrunchies+%2528TechCrunchies%2529

CTIA Survey Provides Mobile Stats

Adam Somer — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:43:52 +0000

There are now over 285 million mobile subscribers in the United States, about 91 percent of the total population. That’s up 15 million over the same time last year. Those 285 million callers used 1.12 trillion minutes of talk time in the last half of 2009, up 3.4 percent of the same period in 2008. Subscriber revenue for 2009 reached $152 Billion for the year.

The average monthly bill for 2009 was about $48, down slightly from the year before.

From: http://www.dailywireless.org/2010/03/29/usa-mobile-penetration-91/ and http://files.ctia.org/pdf/CTIA_Survey_Year_End_2009_Graphics.pdf

Mobile Carrier Stats from PWC

Adam Somer — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:28:09 +0000

According to PWC:

Growth will be driven by making existing customers more profitable and less by finding new customers.
Large carriers invested more than $160 per subscriber [in 2009] in their networks, a more than 30 percent leap over 2008
U.S. wireless companies reported an increase in customer retention expenses of more than 50 percent in 2008 compared to 2007.
On average, use of prepaid minutes increased more than 147 percent in the past four years, from 270 minutes in 2006 to 667 minutes in 2009.
As of June 30, 2009, 21 percent of all mobile device sales were smart phones, and an average of 12 percent of overall subscribers use smart phones. The average revenue per user for smart phones is $74 compared with total postpaid average revenue of $54.

From: http://www.cellular-news.com/story/42144.php?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+cellular-news/LmiX+(cellular-news)&utm_content=Google+Reader

Here’s How Much A Unique Visitor Is Worth

Adam Somer — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:14:55 +0000

From: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-revenue-per-unique-visitor-2010-3?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider+(Silicon+Alley+Insider)

Report on Mobile Apps

Adam Somer — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:11:14 +0000

Based on 2009:

There were 7 Billion total downloads (remember Apple, with all its buzz and attention only did 2 Billion last year, and the other branded app stores are miniscure compared to it).
And the average cost across all apps (including free ones) is about 59 cents. Paid apps had an average price of $1.90.
The Asian market gets most downloads but the North American market earns most of the revenues.
North America makes most money per app, Europe second, Africa last.
There were 5.1 Billion free apps (generating ad revenues of 0.09 cents per app on average)
People downloaded 4 free apps on average globally, per active mobile data user per year.
We spend 3.14 dollars per year or 26 cents per month on average that we spend globally on paid mobile apps. By comparison, the world’s average spend on the most popular mobile data content type – ring tones – is 11 cents per subscriber across the whole global subscriber base (measured so, because essentially every phone and network and country can do ringing tones).

From: http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2010/03/so-what-do-we-learn-from-chetan-sharmas-report-on-mobile-apps.html and http://www.chetansharma.com/Sizing_up_the_Global_Mobile_Apps_Market.pdf

Revenue Per Unique Visitor

Adam Somer — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:33:47 +0000

From: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-revenue-per-unique-visitor-2010-3

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)