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Sprint’s device leasing has helped it to regain its financial position. The take rates of Sprint’s leasing plans have continued to surpass its installment plans in the last few quarters.

The take rate of Sprint’s (S) leasing plans continued to surpass its installment plans in fiscal 3Q16. Its take rate of leasing plans reached ~43.0% that quarter.

AT&T (T) is continuing to invest significantly in Mexico. The company expects this investment to start paying off in 2017, which should help its profitability going forward.

T-Mobile’s earnings in the last few quarters In the last few quarters, T-Mobile (TMUS) has managed to beat analysts’ EPS (earnings per share) estimates. T-Mobile delivered another solid quarter in 4Q16, with strong subscriber metrics and adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization) growth. T-Mobile added 1.2 million net postpaid customers, with 933,000 […]

A look at weekend holiday smartphone activations shows that Apple could have a reason to worry about its iPhone business.

In this part of the series, we’ll look at some value-centric measures for AT&T (T) compared to the other major companies in the US wireless space.

AT&T already spent $10.3 billion in capex in the first half of 2016 and expects to spend a total of $21 billion in 2016.

T-Mobile has been adding low-band spectrum holdings.

By offering different products like triple-play services, Comcast is catering to millennials, who want different content and can be heavy video viewers.

The IYZ ETF generated investor returns of 4.3% in the trailing-12-month period, 5.2% in the trailing-one-month period, and 7.9% in the trailing three years.

AT&T changed its segment reporting structure. Its new segments are Business Solutions, Entertainment and Internet Services, Consumer Mobility, and International.

Verizon’s wireline segment revenue decreased ~2.2% year-over-year to ~$9.4 billion during the quarter.

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According to Verizon, the AWS-3 spectrum acquisition helped it gain depth in its spectrum holdings.

Verizon (VZ) reported its 4Q14 results on January 22, 2015. We’ll analyze the company’s quarterly performance while focusing on Verizon’s wireless revenues.

AT&T completed the $2.5 billion acquisition of Iusacell in January 2015. Iusacell is a wireless provider with 70% coverage in Mexico.

Telecom is a defensive industry. Investors looking for high dividend yield in a low-interest rate environment may like the telecom industry.

The US telecom industry has matured. It reached saturation levels in core voice services. Telecom companies don’t have the opportunity to gain access to new untapped customers.

High fixed costs result in high operating leverage. Acquiring new customers significantly increases a telecom company’s profitability.

The wireless network is also called the cellular network. It makes your mobile and smartphones work over radio signals.

Telecom companies provide fixed and mobile voice, text, and data transmission to consumers, small businesses, enterprises, and government entities.

Despite the presence of a number of players, the sheer size of Verizon and AT&T gives the market structure a duopolistic character—smaller players like Sprint (S) and T-Mobile (TMUS) haven’t been able to match the larger players for size, resources, and scale.

Verizon continues to invest heavily in building its 4G LTE coverage and adding capacity for its existing coverage. Its capex spending increased from $3.6 billion in Q1 2013 to $4.2 billion in Q1 2014.