Boost Unlimited has another strong quarter

I had a hard time believing that Boost Unlimited added 124,000 customers in the third quarter. Though it proved to be 100 percent true. So I guess I’m less shocked now that they’ve had another successful quarter. They added 256,000 customers from October through December. Even my limited math skills can tell you that’s a growth of over 100 percent. Surely, it was fueled by the expansion it underwent in mid-October. Previously Boost Unlimited was only available in Los Angeles and parts of Texas. The traditional Boost service, though, didn’t fare too well. They lost 202,000 customers over the quarter, though some of them could have moved laterally from the traditional Boost service to Boost Unlimited. Still, that only dampens the gains of the unlimited service. The good news is that they did gain 500,000 subscribers through their MVNOs — and they have many of them. I saw a mention of these including Virgin Mobile. While it’s true that Virgin is an MVNO of the Sprint network, I’m wondering if they’re continuing to be counted like that, since they are now a public company. In any case, though, this gain helped offset losses in other areas. All told, Sprint lost 109,000 customers in the fourth quarter. Their financial results are scheduled to be disclosed on February 28. [RCR Wireless News]]]>