AT&T posts killer first quarter, data growth "robust"
Economic downturn and Sprint woes be damned, because AT&T's not hearin' a bit of it. The company's wireless unit -- which also happens to be the largest carrier in the country -- announced that it put up some serious numbers in the first quarter of 2008, growing revenue 18.3 percent year over year for a grand total of $11.8 billion. It tacked on 1.3 million new subscribers in the quarter, an 8.7 percent improvement in net gain over the same period in 2007, and grew ARPU by 2 percent in that time. Perhaps most eye-widening, though, is the fact that wireless data revenue grew a boggling 57.3 percent over the last year, thanks in part to the 620 million and 44 billion multimedia and text messages sent in the three-month span, respectively. Needless to say, the wireless division's looking just a little more... shall we say, "dynamic" than the wireline group at the moment, as recent job moves would indicate.[Via mocoNews]
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Timothy @ Apr 23rd 2008 10:19AM
QUOTE: ....growing revenue 18.3 percent year over year for a grand total of $11.8 million....
Um... don't you mean Billion? My company alone does almost $20 million a year with AT&T Wireless...
Kumar @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:13AM
Hey all, too lazy to google this, but will AT&T let you unlock your phone after X months like T-Mobile (3 months for them)?
That would be about the only thing keeping me with T-mobile, as their reception and data services have been extremely spotty in Indianapolis for the past few months.
itchbobscratchpants @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:23AM
Yes. ATT will unlock your phone after 3 months of service, or, will unlock immediately if you purchase the phone at full retail.
youngcalihottie @ Apr 23rd 2008 7:06PM
interesting.
text is considered part of data revenue?
it is, afterall, a voice-network feature.
lakersin2025 @ Apr 23rd 2008 12:47PM
The iPhone too?
loosely_coupled @ Apr 23rd 2008 10:57PM
for god sakes, you read engadget and don't know that yet????
Kyle @ Apr 23rd 2008 1:17PM
No, the unlocking of the iPhone, breaks AT&T's exclusivity agreement.
Frederick Rothe III @ Apr 26th 2008 10:02AM
I just bought into their Laptop Connect plan because of free wi-fi. $60 for unlimited data and wi-fi. Just need the coupon codes;insist on it when calling cs. Cs is spotty;sometimes good,soometimes awful. Depends on who I get on the phone. Just don't get the Sony Ericsson W580i;I'm on my fourth one since Feb. and all have had software problems. They now include all data,text and MMS pkgs. for about $20/mnth. I have better service than my cousin who has Verizon. And I'm sure the numbers don't reflect the CellOne takeover.
Frederick Rothe III @ Apr 26th 2008 10:03AM
I just bought into their Laptop Connect plan because of free wi-fi. $60 for unlimited data and wi-fi. Just need the coupon codes;insist on it when calling cs. Cs is spotty;sometimes good,soometimes awful. Depends on who I get on the phone. Just don't get the Sony Ericsson W580i;I'm on my fourth one since Feb. and all have had software problems. They now include all data,text and MMS pkgs. for about $20/mnth. I have better service than my cousin who has Verizon. And I'm sure the numbers don't reflect the CellOne takeover.