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ARPU: Sprint's 2013 still less than Nextel's 2004

cellphonesaretools

Jul 30, 2013, 10:18 AM
I'm glad Sprint is making progress, but for a bit of perspective, Sprint's 2013-Q2 ARPU is given as $64, whereas Nextel's ARPU during 2004-Q3 was $69...that's almost NINE YEARS AGO and Sprint's current ARPU is still a whopping $5 per month per subscriber less than the original Nextel. Amazing.


2013-Q2:
"Best-ever Sprint platform postpaid ARPU of $64.20 and 11th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth."
SOURCE:
http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-repo ... »


2009-Q3:
What's the big deal about ARPU?
This figure represents how much customers spend with their wireless service providers, and Nextel always has led the pack. In the third quarter, Nextel reported that its ARPU was $69. Spri...
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Tofuchong

Jul 30, 2013, 10:38 AM
That is very, very interesting. I bet if you account for inflation, the numbers would be even more interesting.
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T Bone

Jul 30, 2013, 2:32 PM
Overall.....it doesn't appear that Sprint is seeing much improvement.....I'm well known as not exactly being favorable to Sprint but I was really hoping that they would finally turn the corner and make a profit this quarter.....

Does anyone know when was the last time Sprint posted a profit for a fiscal year? Or even a fiscal quarter?
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cellphonesaretools

Jul 30, 2013, 11:27 PM
T Bone said:
Overall.....it doesn't appear that Sprint is seeing much improvement.....I'm well known as not exactly being favorable to Sprint but I was really hoping that they would finally turn the corner and make a profit this quarter.....

Does anyone know when was the last time Sprint posted a profit for a fiscal year? Or even a fiscal quarter?


According to this article, 23 straight quarters of loss:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sprint-reports-ugly-s ... »
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