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From: slacker7111/28/2008 7:33:05 AM
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Verizon's earnings....

biz.yahoo.com

Wireless
-- 2.0 million total net customer additions, 1.9 million net retail
customer additions; 65.7 million total customers, 63.7 million retail
(non-wholesale) customers; 6.9 million retail net adds in 2007, the
most of any carrier.
-- 1.20 percent total churn, 0.94 percent retail post-paid churn --
industry-leading customer loyalty.
-- 13.3 percent increase in total revenues; data revenues up 53.0
percent; service ARPU up for quarter and full year; highest-ever data
ARPU in the quarter; 43.6 percent EBITDA margin on service revenues
(non-GAAP).

Wireless Strength Continues for Quarter, Full Year

Verizon Wireless continues to be the most profitable domestic wireless company and the largest in terms of retail customers. In the fourth quarter:

-- Total customers increased to 65.7 million, up 11.3 percent year-over-
year.
-- 1.6 million of a total 2.0 million (retail and wholesale) net customer
additions were retail post-paid customers.
-- Verizon Wireless continued its industry-leading customer loyalty, with
1.20 percent total churn. Churn among retail post-paid customers, 93
percent of all its customers, was under 1.0 percent for the quarter
and the full year.
-- Total revenues in the quarter were $11.4 billion, up 13.3 percent;
service revenues were $9.9 billion, up 13.7 percent, driven by
customer growth and demand for data services. Full-year revenues were
$43.9 billion, up 15.3 percent.
-- ARPU (average monthly revenue per customer) levels increased year-
over-year for the seventh consecutive quarter: retail ARPU of $51.49
was up 1.4 percent; retail data ARPU of $11.06 was up 36.0 percent.
-- Wireless operating income margin was 26.2 percent. EBITDA margin on
service revenues (non-GAAP) was 43.6 percent. (EBITDA is earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.)
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