mingkee

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070301/20070228006332.html?.v=1

Highlights:

- 901,000 total net new customers added in the fourth quarter of 2006, exceeding 25 million total customers milestone
-- Strong postpay ARPU of $56 in the fourth quarter of 2006, up from $54 in the fourth quarter of 2005
-- Data ARPU was 12.5% ($6.50) of blended ARPU in the fourth quarter of 2006, up from 9.1% in the fourth quarter of 2005

The introduction of two-year contracts earlier in 2006 continued to prove popular with customers, with over three quarters of new postpay customers opting for two-year contract terms in the fourth quarter.

Postpay churn declined to 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2006 from 2.3% in the third quarter of 2006 and the fourth quarter of 2005. Blended churn, including both postpay and prepaid customers, was 2.9% in the fourth quarter of 2006, level with the fourth quarter of 2005, and slightly down from 3.0% in the third quarter of 2006.

The number of postpay converged device users (which is defined as including BlackBerry and Sidekick device users only) increased to almost 1.6 million by the end of the year, a net increase of over 200,000 users in the quarter. Strong growth in messaging continued to contribute to the increase in data ARPU. The total number of SMS and MMS messages increased to almost 13 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006, compared to 9.9 billion in the third quarter of 2006 and 5.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005.

As part of its ongoing commitment to network coverage and quality, T-Mobile USA added approximately 800 new cell sites in the fourth quarter of 2006, and 3,200 for 2006 as a whole, bringing the total number of cell sites to more than 36,000. In addition, T-Mobile USA has started rolling out its UMTS network and has already deployed 3G equipment on over 1,200 cell sites in the New York metropolitan area.

If you're interested in other ARPU, CCPU, net income ($179M) and all the other numbers, it's in the PR.

MobilePrincess

Nice article mingkee. I found it interesting to see that there was a jump in their 2 year plans. I remember when they first introduced the 2 year deals everyone was upset over it. I personally wouldn't sign a 2 year deal if the only thing that was being offered was $50 off the the one year contract pricing.