US mobile market update 1Q09

• Verizon acquired Alltel, a regional operator, with US$28.1 billion and became No. 1.
• Sprint remained in financial trouble and churn.
• T-Mobile reported the lowest ARPU of the big four.

Operator	Connections	Market Share	Annual Growth	Revenues (US$M	EBITDA (US$M	ARPU (US$)
Verizon	86.6M	31.56%	28.84%	15,122	6,020	50.74
AT&T	78.2M	28.52%	9.62%	12,860	4,775	50.11
Sprint	49.1M	17.89%	-6.97%	7,035	1,449	53.91
T-Mobile	33.2M	12.10%	7.80%	5,395	1,384	47.00
(Other)	8.9M	3.26%	5.25%	-	-	-
US Cellular	6.2M	2.27%	0.35%	1,053	252	52.54
MetroPCS	6.1M	2.21%	37.06%	795	199	40.40
Leap Wireless	4.3M	1.58%	40.21%	587	97	42.21
Centennial Wireless	0.7M	0.24%	0.23%	147	58	67.00
Cincinnati Bell Wireless	0.5M	0.20%	-5.29%	76	18	43.21
nTelos	0.4M	0.16 %	5.51%	109	43	54.58
Total	274.3M		5.84%

USA Mobile Connections, 1Q09
Source: Wireless Intelligence

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