Q3 results: Sprint loses $326 million
0. phoneArena posted on 09 Nov 2008, 08:09
Just when you thought Sprint was coming back with a vengeance by focusing solely on its customers we find that they yielded poor third quarter results. Over the past few months, we have seen their CEO advertise their Simply Everything Plan on television in hopes of connecting with customers. They also came to realize the importance of competing with other carriers by providing PRO-rated early termination fees most recently...
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31. (unregistered) posted on 10 Nov 2008, 07:44 0 0
vzw may have lost 500k to iphone but still gained from the 2nd quarter 2.1 million positive custs. 500k cust is not that many when u consider they still gained 2.1 millions cust after the loss. and they just got approved for alltell which will make them the biggest carrier again. they are the most profitable. i phone is difficult but not the only phone in the world.
32. (unregistered) posted on 10 Nov 2008, 07:45 0 0
The only reason VZ got the storm is because Blackberry was salty at ATT with the I Phone. If you look, ATT is the largest customer that Blackberry has as well as the number one seller of Blackberry phones. If ATT did not revolve around the I Phone i'm pretty sure it would be with them and not VZ. The other thing is that they can not have exclusive rights to every phone but form what I read they will have the Storm and touchscreen Bold buy spring of next year.
34. (unregistered) posted on 10 Nov 2008, 08:19 0 0
hey att fanboy... apple offered the Iphone to verizon first and vodafone(which owns a stake in verizon) as well as verizon that were willing to throw almost any amount of money for any phone that would compete with the Iphone directly... It has nothing to do with RIM being mad. Do you fanboys understand how stupid of a comment it is to say well RIM was mad so they put that infront of profits? You right INTERNATIONAL companies do that all the time. Well unless they get a "I'm sorry" card and balloons... cupcakes wouldnt hurt either. Where is your info coming from that says ATT sells the most blackberries? Where does your info come from that says they are getting the Storm by X date? Do you understand that a touchscreen Bold and the Storm would be redundant? Considering they both use RIM new OS verison. What would they do not include the sweet touch interface they spent millions developing and have patents on? Please tell me more.. I love story time...
36. (unregistered) posted on 10 Nov 2008, 10:01 0 0
I'd like to see that Article. Because despite the Launch of the all encompasing, world ending I-phone, Verizon still put on 1.5 million gross adds in Q3 and had less than 1% churn. ATT only put on 200,000 more and had a 1.2% churn... Yeah, ATT is killing Verizon
38. (unregistered) posted on 10 Nov 2008, 11:06 0 0
Apparently you don't know much about the cell phone industry if you think Verizon is behind both groups on the phone market......
44. (unregistered) posted on 10 Nov 2008, 16:33 0 0
How many carriers will VZW have to keep buying to remain their status as the largest carrier? What ever happened to good pricing and nice devices to gain customers???? I guess they haven't thought about it like that. Instead they'll just buy everyone and overcharge their customers...
46. (unregistered) posted on 10 Nov 2008, 18:46 0 0
Considering that is exactly how AT&T became the largest cell phone company. If you look over the past 2 years VZW has had more net adds than AT&T and seeing how sprint keeps losing customers... hmmm, I think verizon will stay in number one for a very very long time. Seems to me they must be doing something right.
54. (unregistered) posted on 11 Nov 2008, 15:54 0 0
You do realize that in order to buy a company, you must have the revenue to do so. I am assuming they didn't pull the money out their a$$es, but rather, earn the money through great customer service, a stellar network, and as of lately, excellent devices. Perhaps if Sprint wasn't too busy losing money, they could have purchased a cellular company as well (which may not be too good for them because we all know what happened to them as a result of the merger with Nextel).
60. (unregistered) posted on 12 Nov 2008, 12:38 0 0
At&T charges the same, if not more than VZW does. People need to get their facts straight before they post on these boards.
9. seanb017 (unregistered) posted on 09 Nov 2008, 11:11 0 0
I think that verizon should by Sprint and become the largest carrier in the world
10. (unregistered) posted on 09 Nov 2008, 11:16 0 0
And the service price would go to the roof!
12. vzw fanboy (unregistered) posted on 09 Nov 2008, 11:52 0 0
ppl dont want vz to buy sprint bc vz will raise prices and ppl will get mad
22. (unregistered) posted on 09 Nov 2008, 18:20 0 0
Witch the acquisition of Alltel, Verizon already IS the largest carrier in the world...
35. (unregistered) posted on 10 Nov 2008, 08:20 0 0
Yeah that's incorrect my fellow verizon user. Its China Phone(sp?) then Vodafone and then probably a few others.
11. NASCAR20FAN (unregistered) posted on 09 Nov 2008, 11:26 0 0
I'm a Sprint customer, and I think that we might be ripe for a takeover. I'd say Verizon, but I don't see the FCC or the DOJ approving it. If they did though, I's be able to get my Blackberry Storm...
20. (unregistered) posted on 09 Nov 2008, 17:50 0 0
"Those actions helped out Sprint which was awarded for having the best customer service ratings" Wow. As someone pointed out already this means nothing cuz the test was just in relation to how long people sit in hold when calling customer service. It has nothing th do with actual CUSTOMER service. Good job doing your homework again iphonearena.
