Sizing up the Tier 1/Tier 2 telcos' Q3 2010 performance
The table below provides a summary of how the top U.S. wireline service providers performed in Q3 2010 according to access line loss, broadband and video growth.
Be sure to take a look at our Q3 earnings page.
Don't forget to see how these figures stack up against the performance of the Q2 2010, Q1 2010 and Q4 2009 results.
| 3Q 2010 Results - Tier 1-2 ILECs | |||||||
| Tier 1 ILECs | Revenues | Total Access Lines Q3 | Access Lines Q2 | Broadband Additions | Total Wireline Broadband | Video Additions | Mergers / Acquisitions |
| AT&T | $31.6 billion | 46 million | 47.8 million | 148,000 | 16.1 million | 236,000 U-verse | N/A |
| Qwest | $2.9 billion | 6.2 million | 7.0 million | Added 92,000 FTTN, lost 52,000 DSL subs | 2.9 million | 12,000 DirecTV satellite | Being acquired by CenturyLink |
| Verizon | $31.6 billion net | 26.5 million | 27.1 million | 61,000 | 8.3 million | 3.29 million | N/A |
| CenturyLink | $1.75 billion | 6.6 million | 6.7 million | 29,000 | 2.4 million | DISH customers | Integrating CenturyTel / EMBARQ / upcoming Qwest |
| Frontier | $1.4 billion | 5.8 million (including addition of Verizon lines) | 1.2 million | 5,000 | 1.6 million | 11,000 | Integrating Verizon's rural lines |
| Windstream | $966 million | 3.06 million | 3.09 million | 15,700 | 1.29 million | 8,000 DISH customers | Completed Iowa Networks deal; now integrating Q-Comm |
| TDS Telecom | $1.3 billion | 773,800 | 779,200 | 2,200 | 225,400 | ||
| Cincinnati Bell | $352 million | 686,900 | 699,900 | 2,300 | 251,300 | Acquired data center operator Cyrus One | |
| NTELOS | $10.8 million | 85,707 (including CLEC & RLEC lines) | 86,432 | 500 | 25,302 | 324 | Bought FiberNet assets from One Communications |
| SureWest | $61 million | 105,600 | 107,000 | 99,200 | 900 | ||
| Compiled from Q3 earnings releases. Click here for Q3 2010 summaries. | |||||||
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