MetroPCS Narrows Gap Between Postpaid,Prepaid Offerings in Record-Setting Year

摘要

MetroPCS closed 2010 with some exceptional numbers. I The company's fourth-quarter earnings, which were admittedly hurt by charges related to debt repayment, also were lined with silver. Revenue was up, churn dropped to 3.5 percent, total subscribers reached 8.1 million and shares of the company have risen from $6 to just above $14 over the past 12 months. Aside from the numbers, the company also managed a few milestones of which any carrier, prepaid or otherwise, would be envious. MetroPCS now has roaming agreements that offer customers 3G coverage across 90 percent of the United States. It was the first carrier in the United States to roll out LTE, which it has successfully deployed across all of the 13 markets that comprise the company's original CDMA footprint. It also managed a pair of LTE-capable phones from Samsung, most recently the Android-based Indulge.