Interesting facts about US cellphone carriers

1. AT&T (formally Cingular)

62,217,000 subscribers (net customer additions of 1.2 million in Q1)

2. Verizon

58,500,000 subscribers (added 1,600,000 net new wireless customers Q1)

3. Sprint / Nextel

53.6 Total subscribers includes MVNOs and prepaid; 45.9 direct subscribers (55,000 net new subscribers for Q1, 2007 – much lower than Q1, 2006); 4.3 million prepaid subs; Sprint MVNOs incl 7.8 million subs on Embarq, Modiva, Helio, Qwest, The Walt Disney Company and Virgin Mobile USA

4. T-mobile USA

26,000,000 subscribers (980k new customers in Q1); 726k are postpay

5. ALLTEL

12,000,000 subscribers (109k net new postpay subs and 128k net prepaid subs in Q1; provides service in 35 states)

6. U.S. Cellular

5,973,000 subscribers (596k are prepaid; 152k net new in Q1; in 26 States)

7. Virgin Mobile

4,600,000 subscribers (Sprint MVNO)

8. Boost

4,300,000 subscribers (Sprint’s prepaid brand)

9. Cricket / Leap

2,548,172 subscribers (318,346 net new additions)

10. Cellular One (formally Dobson)

1,676,800 subscribers (service in 17 states and is the largest carrier in Alaska)

11. SunCom

1,120,838 subscribers (services North Carolina, South Carolina, parts of eastern Georgia and Eastern Tennessee)

12. Centennial Wireless

686,100 subscribers (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

13. Cincinnati Bell

551,000 subscribers (376,000 postpay; 175,000 prepay)

14. Midwest Wireless

450,000 subscribers (Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin)