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John Navas

2005-08-22, 2:48 am

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In <1124631599.506412.33560@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com> on 21 Aug 2005
07:01:11 -0700, "DoctorZ" <czervas@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>On the other hand why does Cingular have the highest churn and consumer
>complaints, if Cingular has better coverage?


Cingular is actually doing quite well, all things considered.

>Verizon has the lowest churn and complaints, which I believe explains
>how Verizon wireless added 1.9 Million new customers 2005Q5 and
>Cingular only 1.1million (same as their loss due to churn),


No, the 1.1m was *net* -- gross adds were 4.4m. Actual Cingular results:

Upside:

* Total revenue up 4.6% over prior quarter
* Profit of $147m for 2Q FY2005
* Monthly churn of 2.2% - down for the 3rd consecutive quarter.
* Added 1.1m net subscribers.
* Almost all of the 4.4m new subscribers were postpaid.
* 7% of subscriber base switched from TDMA to GSM in the quarter.
* GSM carried 9 out of every 10 minutes of calls on the combined network.
* ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) up 1.7% over prior quarter to $50.75.
* Data ARPU continues strong growth.
* OIBDA Margin improved over prior quarter.
* Integration on schedule.

Downside:

* Still a loss of $93m over the first six months of this year.
* 22 per cent of subscribers have yet to switch from TDMA to GSM.
* Integration still has far to go.

For more information, see:
<http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix...EventId=1075311>

>If you use GAIT, and in a nonCDMA area, better get a pre paid card for
>pay phones.


Not really.

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John Navas

2005-08-30, 5:48 am

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In <1124936080.593152.321830@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> on 24 Aug 2005
19:14:40 -0700, "DoctorZ" <czervas@bellsouth.net> wrote:

>.I recall Cingular keep registering the ESN and other things. During
>this 1hr to 2day wait my customers got a disconnect message instead of
>my voice mail. They fact I had to drive to another state to power cycle
>the phone, in order to set up voice mail was a real feature of SIMs.


Something else must have been going on, because that's *not* how phones work.

>Thanks for trying to offering a solution, but maybe you should train
>Cingular techs. They never could resolve my issues. ...


Maybe you have issues that have nothing to do with Cingular.

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