Posted on August 22, 2007, at 7:09 AM .
Handango has released their quarterly yardstick report, and sales for BlackBerry 8100 software has come in an impressive second. Playing second fiddle to the Motorola Q, maybe, but still nothing to sneeze at. BlackBerry 8800 sales have been climbing higher, and so are requests for GPS and mapping software. Without further ado, here are this quarter’s top 10 BlackBerry apps, some of which we’ve got in our own store.
1. VoiceControl
2. Ringtone Megaplex
3. Ringphonic Lite
4. Colour Your Trackball
5. WorldMate Professional Edition
6. IM+
7. Ringphonic
8. eSpell
9. Aces Texas Hold’em – No Limit
10. RepliGo Professional
Full press release behind the jump.
Posted on August 10, 2007, at 2:18 PM .
T-Mobile’s next up for quarterly results, and they’ve got a little something to brag about. 857,000 new customers this quarter puts them past double Sprint’s additions, which puts things nicely in contrast. Churn is down to 1.8% from 2.4% last year. Not much change in ARPU, landing at $53. It’s notable that 80% of T-Mobile’s new customers are on contract, which will do well to provide an optimistic long-term outlook. BlackBerry gets props, alongside the Dash and SideKick for solid sales.
Key points from the report behind the jump.
Posted on August 10, 2007, at 10:53 AM .
Sprint’s second quarter report is now up, with some slightly underwhelming growth numbers, but they’ve still got plenty of subscribers. Maybe their WiMAX efforts will pay off, but some think that Sprint will have to seriously kick it up a notch to compete with AT&T and Verizon. Sprint’s added 400,000 subscribers this quarter, which doesn’t seem like much compared to the 1.5 and 1.6 million marks that the competitors are hitting. Regardless, Sprint’s still holding a 54 million user base – nothing to sneeze at.
Big numbers behind the jump.
Posted on August 9, 2007, at 8:05 AM .
The numbers are in, and Rogers is hitting all-time low growth at a mere 0.7%, while Bell is up 1.1% and Telus clearly in the lead with 2.5% more customers. Rogers is still the king of the hill in terms of total customers, but slowing growth could point to a change on that front. Telus’ performance is attributed to low churn rates, which have been consistently better than Bell’s for more than two years. Bell, sandwiched between Rogers and and Telus’ growth, could have tipped the tide even more in Telus’ favor had that acquisition deal gone through. Even without the help Telus is doing well, and could be giving Rogers a run for its money if this pace is kept up.
Posted on August 7, 2007, at 7:45 AM .
It was looking uncertain that Telus would be completely dropping out of the bidding war for Bell, but after announcing its Q2 report, they’ve put the deal to bed. The Globe and Mail says that federal regulations from right here in Ottawa could have soured the deal; in order to avoid a monopoly situation, Telus would have had to sell off some of their assets to counterweight the acquisition of Bell.
As for the quarterly results themselves, which announced an profit drop from $253.1 million to $356.6 million, Telus’ CEO Darren Entwistle wasn’t exactly happy.
“I am less than satisfied with these quarterly results. While wireless revenue and subscriber growth of 11 per cent and wireline data revenue growth of eight per cent remained robust, earnings did not meet expectations. This was largely caused by excess costs associated with the implementation of the new wireline billing and client care system as well as from the introduction of wireless number portability and the commercial failure of the launch of AMP’d Mobile. We are dedicated to much better performance in coming quarters, as evidenced by the reiteration of our public guidance for 2007.”
Posted on July 19, 2007, at 9:45 AM .
Vodafone’s Q1 results are in, and revenue’s increased 7.5%, resting at a healthy GBP8.3 billion and 232 million subscribers. The flak from the Verizon joint venture doesn’t seem justified in light of Vodafone’s earnings at all – are the activist shareholders just out to lunch? Verizon‘s not doing great, but let’s take the long view. If Vodafone’s still doing well after handling financial burdens from Verizon, then it’s an investment they can afford, and could still pay off in the long run. Vodafone attributes most of their increase to the acquisition of a 67% stake in Hutch last February, who brought out the BlackBerry 8300 not too long ago in India.
