Verizon Doing Just Fine Without iPhone, Thanks
by John Paczkowski
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 5:01 AM PT
Verizon posted a decent third quarter this morning, besting consensus estimates.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had been expecting earnings of 59 cents on revenue of $27.17 billion at Verizon (VZ). Excluding one-time costs, the company reported a profit of 60 cents a share on revenue of $27.3 billion. That’s a 10 percent decline year-over-year, but still better than expected. (See chart below; click to enlarge.)
Wireless subscription gains, though they trailed AT&T’s (T) iPhone-bolstered numbers, were impressive nonetheless. Verizon added 1.2 million wireless customers during the quarter, raising its total count to 89 million. That’s not the two million AT&T added, but it certainly demonstrates that the absence of the Apple (AAPL) iPhone from Verizon’s handset lineup isn’t holding the carrier back all that much.
Verizon also added 198,000 net new customers for FiOS Internet and 191,000 for FiOS TV service.
“Verizon continues to generate strong cash flow, which we have used in building the foundation for sustainable, long-term shareowner value,” Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said in a statement. “Even through the worst of the recession, we have continued to raise our dividend and to add new customers, expand markets and grow revenues based on the power and innovation of Verizon’s wireless, broadband and global networks.”
Comments
apple’s iphone user base would be 5x – 10x what it is now if other carriers had it
att is not the best
apple was dumb to limit itself to one carrier
i thought steve jobs was smarter than that
Posted by Sam Harrison at October 26th, 2009 at 12:41 pm