Articles tagged with: Metropcs
MetroPCS falls as company cuts subscriber forecast
MetroPCS Communications shares fell Thursday after the low-cost wireless provider reported a higher quarterly profit but cut its full-year subscriber forecast, citing continued economic weakness in the U.S. and increasing wireless market competition. more
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MetroPCS, Leap shares slip after Goldman downgrade
Shares of MetroPCS Communications and Leap Wireless International fell Tuesday, with Goldman Sachs predicting disappointing quarterly results. more
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Investors have hung up on MetroPCS Communications
While many sectors have been on a tear in 2009, the telecommunications sector continues to lag the broad market. more
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Shares of Leap Wireless, MetroPCS fall
Shares of Leap Wireless International and MetroPCS Communications fell Thursday after a JPMorgan analyst downgraded both companies to "Neutral," saying rising competition in the prepaid wireless market presents a challenge for them. more
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Deutsche Telekom Rumoured to be Talking to Clearwire
Germany's Deutsche Telekom, which was recently rumoured to be mulling a bid for USA based Sprint Nextel is now thought to be sniffing around WiMAX operator, Clearwire - which is 51% owned by Sprint Nextel. more
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MetroPCS Orders LTE Infrastructure from Ericsson
US mobile network operator, metropcs has selected its infrastructure and initial handset vendors for its LTE) service launch - due in the second half 2010. more
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US mobile network operator, metropcs has reported a 27% increase in its second quarter revenues of US$860 million, but a near halving of the net profit from US$50 million to US$26 million. This was due primarily to an increase in launch expenses and the ramp up of operations in the Northeast Markets, partially offset by an increase in income from operations in the Core Markets. more
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MetroPCS up, analyst calls pullback 'overdone'
Shares of MetroPCS Communications climbed Tuesday after a UBS analyst said the low-cost wireless carrier's shares have been oversold. more
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Prepaid Wireless Services Attract Increased Online Interest During Economic Downturn
comScore has released a quarterly review of the USA's prepaid wireless industry based on online visitation and search referral activity to six leading prepaid wireless sites. more
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Prepaid and Gross Subscribers Keep the US Wireless Market Growing in Q1 '09
During the first quarter of 2009, the top 10 carriers in the United States added just under 3.5 million retail net subscribers. Out of these retail net subscribers, 75% were prepaid users. Over 20 million gross retail subscribers were added for the top 10 carriers during the quarter. The total market for the quarter closed at just over 274 million retail wireless subscribers in the United States. Data revenue now accounts for 25% of total retail service revenue. more
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