Regional operators continue to struggle with customer retention, but stabilize ARPU.(News)

RCR Wireless News, May, 2006

Byline: KELLY HILL

Small and mid-size carriers posted mixed results last week, with most losing customers but improving their revenues and bucking the industry trend of sliding average revenue per user. However, some carriers managed to beat analysts' expectations.

UbiquiTel Inc. reported a steep drop in new customers but bolstered its revenues. The Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate is in the process of being acquired by Sprint Nextel, and the $1.3 billion transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.

UbiquiTel added just 3,800 net new subscribers during the first quarter, far fewer than the 10,000 to 12,000 subscribers that analysts had expected and way down from the 14,400 customers it gained in the same period last year....

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