Mar 24, 20090

Wireless Provider Scorecard

Categories: Market Research

GigaOm has gathered financial results of major U.S. carriers. AT&T and Verizon are the obvious leaders. The iPhone has definitely helped AT&T to retain and gain new customers. Below is a copy and paste. Original data here. T-Mobile (reported Feb. 27) •    Wireless Revenue: $4.9 billion •    Wireless Net Income: $483 million •    Wireless Data Revenue: $905 million •    Net Prepaid Adds: 355,000 •    Net Postpaid Adds: 266,000 •    Total Subscribers: 32.8 million •    Blended Churn (contract and prepaid): 3.3 percent •    ARPU: Postpaid $54, prepaid $23 Sprint (reported Feb. 19) •    Wireless ... Read More

Feb 18, 20090

In UK you get your first cell phone at age 8

Categories: Headlines, Location Based Services, Market Research

According to the Telegraph, the average age for a kid to get his or her first cell phone is eight. Eight! I was lucky enough to get my first cell-phone at the age of 16. At that time this was a shared resource where one in five had one. A brick sized phone was a status symbol. This was still the age of the beepers and pagers. According to the survey based on“1,435 people including 546 children aged seven to 15, 676 parents ... Read More