Top 10 Mobile Carriers Added 3.5MM Subscribers with Being 75% Prepaid

According to IDS, during the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), the top 10 carriers in the United States added just under 3.5 million retail net subscribers. Out of these retail net subscribers, 75% were prepaid users. Over 20 million gross retail subscribers were added for the top 10 carriers during the quarter. The total market for the quarter closed at just over 274 million retail wireless subscribers in the United States. Data revenue now accounts for 25% of total retail service revenue.

In terms of retail postpaid net additions, Verizon Wireless closed the quarter at 1 million net additions, while AT&T finished with 875,000. On the prepaid side, MetroPCS finished with 687,000 net additions and TracFone ended the quarter with 567,000 net additions. Leap Wireless also finished with strong net adds for the quarter, totaling 492,000.

Prepaid subscribers make up 19.2% of the subscribers for the top 10 carriers. By the end of 1Q10, IDC expects the total wireless retail carriers to have reached almost 286 million retail subscribers. IDC projects gross numbers to continue to remain close to 20 million users during 2Q09. Prepaid carriers should continue to show strong results in the second quarter of 2009.

Currently, there are 274 total wireless subscribers in the United States.


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Top 10 Mobile Carriers Added 3.5MM Subscribers with Being 75% Prepaid

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