Mikey Campbell
Verizon pulling ahead of AT&T
Verizon strengthened its position as the number one mobile carrier in the U.S. based on subscribership as the company announced a 7.7 percent rise in overall revenue to end the fourth quarter of 2011, with even bigger earnings seen by its wireless arm's $18.3 billion in revenue which represented a 13 percent rise year-to-year, reports The Wall Street Journal.
AT&T, on the other hand, reported a $6.68 billion loss for the quarter after a late-2011 pullout from a planned T-Mobile deal, though overall revenue rose 3.6 percent to $32.5 billion. The telecom activated a record 7.6 million iPhones over the holiday quarter, accounting for over 80 percent of all of the company's smartphone sales, however a bulk of those were to existing customers.
The new data makes it clear that AT&T is losing the customer sign-up battle even though it saw a 79 percent bump from the year ago period with 717,000 new users. Verizon's new subscribership eclipsed AT&T's numbers and added 1.2 million contract subscribers during the same period.
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Verizon now serves 108.7 million subscribers compared to AT&T's 103.2 million users.
Apple charitable matching
Apple announced via Twitter from its Apple Retail Workers account that the company is expanding its charitable matching program to include part-time workers.
The program, first introduced by CEO Tim Cook in September 2011, calls for Apple to match employee non-profit donations dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000 a year. Originally, the plan was limited to full-time U.S. workers, but Cook promised that it would soon expand to other countries.
According to the most recent statistics regarding the gift matching initiative released in November, Apple and its employees raised $2.6 million.
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19 Comments
Interesting that Verizon has more new accounts but AT&T is still selling more iPhones despite AT&T and Verizon both having the 4S at the same time. We'll probably need another year before we can see any trend to or away from the iPhone on Verizon as a percentage of smartphones sold.
Interesting that Verizon has more new accounts but AT&T is still selling more iPhones despite AT&T and Verizon both having the 4S at the same time. We'll probably need another year before we can see any trend to or away from the iPhone on Verizon as a percentage of smartphones sold.
I find it odd that the iPhone numbers aren't that close between AT&T and Verizon... considering the lecture I got on statistics not that long ago.
Being that AT&T has a few more years with the iPhone than Verizon I'd say we'll need more than a year before a trend emerges, just to let contracts end etc..
I find it odd that the iPhone numbers aren't that close between AT&T and Verizon... considering the lecture I got on statistics not that long ago.
Being that AT&T has a few more years with the iPhone than Verizon I'd say we'll need more than a year before a trend emerges, just to let contracts end etc..
The numbers won't converge, because AT&T existing smartphone customers have always been dominated by iPhone users, and they'd usually want to stick to iPhones when they upgrade, since they can keep their Apps intact etc. Verizon, on the other hand, have a lot more Android users, and they'd be more willing to just upgrade to another Android device. Plus VZ iPhone isn't as good as AT&T's anyway, with no data/voice same time for 3G and slower 3G speed.
I find it odd that the iPhone numbers aren't that close between AT&T and Verizon... considering the lecture I got on statistics not that long ago.
Being that AT&T has a few more years with the iPhone than Verizon I'd say we'll need more than a year before a trend emerges, just to let contracts end etc..
Verizon Sold 15 Million Android Phones and 10.8 Million iPhones in 2011.
Has more android users then iPhone users.
Many are grandfathered to unlimited data which includes unlimited and unthrottled LTE unlike ATT's unlimited which is being throttled at around 2.4 GB.
Despite unable to make calls and do data on the verizon iphone, drop calls are less.
With the CEO of verizon stating that new devices have to have an LTE radio, we will most likely see an iphone with LTE
Verizon Sold 15 Million Android Phones and 10.8 Million iPhones in 2011.
Has more android users then iPhone users.
Many are grandfathered to unlimited data which includes unlimited and unthrottled LTE unlike ATT's unlimited which is being throttled at around 2.4 GB.
Despite unable to make calls and do data on the verizon iphone, drop calls are less.
With the CEO of verizon stating that new devices have to have an LTE radio, we will most likely see an iphone with LTE
Keep in mind you CAN stream DATA & VOICE at the same time on Verizons 4g/Lte.
As this uses an addtional card for data transfer and rates. I get 30 mbs per second in my neighberhood where a few blocks away at&t does not work period. Youll be seeing this on apple this year.