Posts Tagged ‘verizon’
Handset and Operator Standings
June 1st, 2010
App Store Customer Satisfaction
April 16th, 2010From 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%).
U.S. Broadband Growth
March 18th, 2010- 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.
ARPU of American Wireless Operators Q4, 2009
March 17th, 2010AT&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)
Q4, 2009 Wireless Market
March 17th, 2010| Leap Wireless: Reported Feb. 26 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
US Mobile Network Operators Market Share
March 7th, 20101. 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%
The Ultimate Cell Phone Plans Comparison
February 1st, 2010
Smartphone Total Cost of Ownership
January 21st, 2010
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/
