GNG News Guy
04-28-2008, 09:41 AM
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The latest Verizon earnings (http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-reports-continued-stro.html) show that the company added 266,000 new broadband customers in the first quarter, and the company now service some 8.5 million customers (1.8 million FiOS, 6.7 million DSL). Of the 1.8 million FiOS customers, 1.2 million of them have FiOS TV. The really money was in wireless service for the telco, however. Wireless data revenue jumped 48.9% to $2.3 billion, and Verizon now says that 58% of their Wireless customers now have broadband capable devices.
Verizon Wireless customers sent 58 billion text messages and 1.1 billion picture/video messages. Given that users get billed to both send and receive these messages (unless they sign up for a SMS/MMS plan), it's no wonder wireless is such a cash cow. In January, Verizon raised the price of individual SMS messages to 20 cents, and the price of MMS (pic/video) to 25 cents.
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The latest Verizon earnings (http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-reports-continued-stro.html) show that the company added 266,000 new broadband customers in the first quarter, and the company now service some 8.5 million customers (1.8 million FiOS, 6.7 million DSL). Of the 1.8 million FiOS customers, 1.2 million of them have FiOS TV. The really money was in wireless service for the telco, however. Wireless data revenue jumped 48.9% to $2.3 billion, and Verizon now says that 58% of their Wireless customers now have broadband capable devices.
Verizon Wireless customers sent 58 billion text messages and 1.1 billion picture/video messages. Given that users get billed to both send and receive these messages (unless they sign up for a SMS/MMS plan), it's no wonder wireless is such a cash cow. In January, Verizon raised the price of individual SMS messages to 20 cents, and the price of MMS (pic/video) to 25 cents.
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