re: US Wireless Subscribers for Top 15
>> U.S. Mobile-Phone Companies by Customers at Dec. 31:
Table By Lisa Levenson
Technology UK
Bloomberg UK
04/01 23:29
These are some of top U.S. mobile-phone companies ranked by number of subscribers as of Dec. 31. Numbers are in millions and come from company filings and statements.
U.S. Wireless Company Subscribers
1. Verizon Wireless Inc.* 29.4
2. Cingular Wireless** 21.6
3. AT&T Wireless Services Inc.*** 20.8
4. Sprint Corp. PCS Group**** 15.8
5. Nextel Communications Inc.# 8.9
6. VoiceStream Wireless Corp. 7.0
7. Alltel Corp.## 6.7
8. U.S. Cellular Corp. 3.5
9. Western Wireless Corp.### 1.2
10. Qwest Communications International Inc. 1.1
11. Leap Wireless International Inc. 1.1
12. Dobson Communications Corp.#### 1.0
13. CenturyTel Inc.## 0.795
14. Rural Cellular Corp.^ 0.672
15, Price Communications Wireless Inc.* 0.570
* Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc, agreed to pay $1.7 billion for Price Communications Wireless Inc. on Dec. 19, revising a contrast on Nov. 15, 2000.
** Cingular Wireless is 60 percent owned by SBC Communications Inc. and 40 percent owned by BellSouth Corp. They share control.
*** Includes partnership markets and affiliates. Without these, AT&T had 18.0 million customers.
**** Includes 2.04 million customers from affiliates. Without these, Sprint PCS had 13.8 million direct and resale customers.
# Domestic subscribers only, including 165,100 Nextel Partners Inc. customers.
## Alltel agreed to buy CenturyTel's wireless unit for $1.65 billion on March 19.
### Domestic subscribers only. Western Wireless International had 652,000 proportionate subscribers outside the U.S.
#### Includes proportionate 50 percent of American Cellular's operations, and reflects sale of California, Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee markets and planned sale of Arizona partnership interest to Verizon Wireless.
^ Includes 9,740 paging customers.
ARPU By Subs:
Avg Monthly Revenue Digital Subs
Company 4th-Qtr
Verizon Wireless $46 75 percent
Cingular Wireless $52 86 percent
AT&T Wireless $60.80 >94 percent
Sprint PCS $61 100 percent
Nextel $69 100 percent
Alltel $47.38 70 percent
VoiceStream $52 100 percent
By ARPU in Q4 2001:
1. Nextel $69
2. Sprint PCS $61
3. AT&T Wireless $60.80
4. VoiceStream $52
4. Cingular $52
6. Alltel $47.38
7. Verizon $46 |
