Tracfone adds 780,000 subscribers in the first quarter
May 4, 2011/
MetroPCS did well, and now it’s Tracfone‘s turn. The carrier — including sister brands Net10 and Straight Talk — added 780,000 subscribers in the first quarter. That puts them slightly ahead of MetroPCS and slightly behind Sprint. It also puts them below their Q1 2010, when they added a million subscribers. Nevertheless, that’s still a strong showing, especially amid increased competition. Via FierceWireless.]]>
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780 000 new subscribers…I’m going to take a rough guess, and say that at least 500 000 of those new subscribers are now affiliated to AT&T’s GSM network. With the potential merger of AT&T, and TMO coming up, it wouldn’t surprise me to see Verizon starting to push harder for additions to their resellers column. If they don’t, AT&T are going to carry on covertly getting that section of the market as well, and then we’re really in for a duopoly turn monopoly.
@ Innings – assuming you speaking about tracfone’s contribution to the major carrier’s congestion?
My guess is that Tracfone’s numbers are down due to the addition of the iphone to Verizon’s line up. There was talk some time ago of Apple releasing a contract free iphone. Let TF’s StraightTalk get that on their books, and together with their $45 unlimited everything plan, I reckon Tracfone’s numbers will climb rapidly.
Personally, I prefer Straight Talk. I thought Tracfone was the parent company and Net10/ Straight Talk were just branches off Tracfone. They are all good plans, but Straight Talk is ideal if you use a lot of minutes or texts. Paying a flat rate of $30 gives 1000 texts AND 1000 minutes of talk time. They also offer an unlimited everything plan which also includes data. That plan is $45.