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Verizon CFO: Pleased with holiday sales even beyond the DROID

Verizon CFO: Pleased with holiday sales even beyond the DROID

Posted: 08 Dec 2009, 16:57, by Alan F.

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Verizon CFO: Pleased with holiday sales even beyond the DROID

Verizon Communications CFO John Killian says that beyond the continued success and popularity of the Motorola DROID, he is very pleased with the sales of Verizon's current lineup. During an investor's conference webcast, Killian repeated the carrier's goal of adding 1 million bill-paying customers per quarter for the largest U.S. carrier. Helping drive revenue is the fact that many customers buying Big Red's first two Android devices-the DROID and HTC's DROID ERIS-are upgrading from having no internet service to adding a data plan so that they can surf the internet and take advantage of the powerful services on the new phones. "The good news there is a lot of the upgrades have come from customers who didn't have a data plan," said Killian, who said that the key driver for Verizon in the future will be wireless data. The wireless operator has put aside big bucks for its largest marketing campaign ever on the DROID. Other notable devices offered by Verizon over the holiday season is the much improved BlackBerry Storm2, the LG Chocolate Touch and the Samsung Omnia II.

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1. Trevsx1000 posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:44 0 0

Golly gee whiz phonearena I sure can't wait for the Omnia 2 to come out in all of negative one week!!!

2. hawk62 posted on 08 Dec 2009, 18:59 0 0

I second that I guess that phone we played with last week to c if the wife liked that new swype typing must have been the omnia 1.99 Cant wait to c the omnia 2

5. Trevsx1000 posted on 08 Dec 2009, 21:29 0 0

Aw phone arena good job cleaning up (if only after some people readyour article)! If you ever need a pre-publishing editor feel free to drop me a line!!!

3. pdub73 posted on 08 Dec 2009, 20:53 0 0

either I'm late and Phone Arena made a correction, or you guys mis-read the article...

6. rjt185 posted on 09 Dec 2009, 08:37 0 0

you were late, haha, it was pretty blatant.

4. hawk62 posted on 08 Dec 2009, 21:01 0 0

It said upcoming omnia 2 They must have changed the story

7. rjt185 posted on 09 Dec 2009, 08:37 0 0

Yes they did, lol.

8. dandirk (unregistered) posted on 09 Dec 2009, 14:57 0 0

I love the fact they say the boost is due to people getting data packages so customers can take advantage of the web... Forcing/mandetory data packages on smart phones didn't have anything to do with that I am sure!

9. tonyc_42 posted on 09 Dec 2009, 16:24 0 0

why would you even want a pda/droid/bb without a data plan anyways??? it's like building a sand castle with a bull dozer. you just don't need that much power!

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6. rjt185 posted on 09 Dec 2009, 08:37 0 0

4. hawk62 posted on 08 Dec 2009, 21:01 0 0

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