Sprint posts first net subscriber growth in three years
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Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that the company pulled off its first total net wireless subscriber growth in three years, and the best subscriber churn results ever on its wireless plans. All in all, more people are coming to Sprint, and fewer are leaving it. With a year-to-date free cash flow of $1.2bln Sprint is far behind the two biggest US carriers, and it still posted a diluted quarterly loss of 15 cents a share, but the inertia has picked up already to turn things around for the carrier.
Thanks to the introduction of innovative Android handsets like the HTC EVO 4G, and the upcoming Samsung Epic 4G, Sprint is now offering an enticing set of features that can be found only on its network, at one of the lowest industry prices. Hopefully for the carrier, this will sustain its momentum, and Sprint will continue to enlarge its customer base and introduce more outstanding handsets for us to drool over.
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12. JeffdaBeat posted on 28 Jul 2010, 12:27 0 0
Heck yeah! Dude, Sprint was a shitty company when Gary Foresee was over it. It's taken a great CEO 3 years to turn that around. Sprint deserves good thing in its future. If it took Hesse 3 years to turn Sprint around, how long would it take Obama?
13. omgoshphones305 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 12:42 0 0
hmmm, a polarized senate and congress vs no shareholders...yea hesse has the advantage
27. remixfa posted on 28 Jul 2010, 19:10 0 0
polarized senate? The democrats only need 1 republican at any given time to vote with them to pass a bill. They have a large majority.. Thats not polarized... thats going too far socialist for even some democrats. props to sprint. I actually didnt think theyd last this long the way they were going. Its good to see that just maybe u can steer the titanic away from the iceburg once and a while. First time in 3 years they saw positive growth.. next up.. profitability!!
2. joey18 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 09:59 0 0
sprint good plans verizon and att going down bad service and espenced
4. gambino37 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 10:08 0 0
Verizon and AT&T going down? Bad service? Bad espensed? ( whatever the hell that is ). Wow.
5. FerneyZan posted on 28 Jul 2010, 10:23 0 0
Hey JOEY,, we know what you mean.. LOL.. u do wanna try some spell check next time.. :) But yes, very glad to see how well SPRINT is been doing lately.. One thing I still dont like is that there are very few android handsets to choose from.. They should bring MOTOROLA Android Phones to SPRINT, not just the Nextel side.. With Samsung, HTC and hopefully soon, MOTOROLA Android Handsets,, Sprint will be able to continue the momentum for sure.. But at least for now, Congrats to Sprint for a Great Job so far...
6. markemark11 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 10:36 0 0
Hero, Moment, Intercept, Evo, and soon to be i1 and Epic? Thats plenty!
14. omgoshphones305 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 12:42 0 0
joey 18 going down for bad grammar and spelling
15. omgoshphones305 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 12:44 0 0
hero and moment are bad anroid devices...only the newer models will sustain as "good devices" which is why the moment and the hero will not get froyo
17. oddmanout posted on 28 Jul 2010, 13:27 0 0
omgoshphones305, i doubt your theory has any truth behind it. The phones getting 2.2 are probably getting them because the hardware can handle it. Older technology is always going to be harder to update and receive more advanced and software heavy features. Not saying that the moment and hero cant handle it but it would probably be harder to update them than newer tech.
19. Gowireless posted on 28 Jul 2010, 14:57 0 0
joey you need to rethink that sprint is number 3 att 2 Verizon 1 why do u think Verizon is number 1 because of are service why do you think sprint has better service your crazy sprint maybe cheaper but you get what you pay for Sprint can do 69 for everything because they don't put the money back into there service like Verizon does that's why this is the first time in 3 yrs sprint has seen growth let see how long they keep that 69 for everything plan now that there putting money back into there service
20. underwood2012 posted on 28 Jul 2010, 15:08 0 0
Gowireless, there are such things as periods.
23. Gowireless posted on 28 Jul 2010, 15:53 0 0
wow really -2 because i didnt use a period you guys are to much get a life stop triping on the lil stuff
24. Sellcell posted on 28 Jul 2010, 16:32 0 0
Gowireless, it's good to know that we have an "accountants" opinion who writes like a 5 yr old. The reason I say an accountant is because some how you know that VZW puts all there money into there service. Have you ever stopped and thought that maybe Sprint can actually charge what they charge and still make a profit, along with increasing service? Oh and who has the 1st 4g network. I wonder how Sprint is able to afford that? It seems to me that maybe at&t and VZW might just be over charging their customers for service. "Its all find and dandy though, because there are people like you who decide to deny the simple truths and choose not to believe they could ever be so dumb to get ripped off." It's easy to tell how this could happen to you, based on your spelling techniques. haha.
28. remixfa posted on 28 Jul 2010, 19:13 0 0
lol. they are not bad android devices. They just arent "superphones". This time last year the hero was the big timer. Now its the GalaxyS/Evo. Next year the current superphones will be "mid range" as the new tech comes to market. Its called.. "progress" :). Besides, not everyone needs to have the biggest best thing. Some people want a great set at a cheap price.. not an awesome handset at a premium price.
31. HockeyDood posted on 29 Jul 2010, 01:35 0 0
The Hero and Moment won't get their OS updates beyond 2.1 because they lack the processing power to properly support the capabilities that are included with updates beyond that. That was announced at or just after launch....
7. xtroid2k posted on 28 Jul 2010, 10:51 0 0
Ok, I have been saying this since sprint realligned its self at the end of 07. I knew sprint would make a come back; and personally I have nothing against sprint. I still feel Verizon is the best; they have made lots of improvements aswell. ATT on the other hand really needs to stop and has made a fatal mistake of only having one flagship device which is more played out then MC Hammer. So congrats sprint; now you just need to become agreessive with more handset offerings.
21. Gowireless posted on 28 Jul 2010, 15:12 0 0
why is endgaget saying sprint had a 760 million $ net loss lol sucks for sprint
