With the fourth quarter 2013 earnings season now complete, FierceTelecom is taking a look at the results of the top U.S. incumbent local exchange carriers.
In this report, we break down the numbers in our quarterly chart, which summarizes how the top 13 ILECs performed in terms of revenue, access line losses and subscriber additions.
And don't forget to see how these figures stack up against the third quarter of 2013, second quarter of 2013, first quarter of 2013, fourth quarter of 2012, third quarter 2012 and second quarter 2012.
Also, take a few minutes to review our earnings summary for the wireline industry in the fourth quarter. It's an opportunity to scan the results of 35 of the most influential wireline service providers and vendors in this segment, with links to complete coverage of each company.
When the first-quarter season begins, tune in again for coverage of all of the earnings action here at FierceTelecom.
Take a look at the metrics to see which of the top 13 ILEC service providers slipped and which managed to rise.
Roundup: Top ILECs' performance in Q4 2013 |
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Carrier |
Total revenue |
Access lines Q4 |
Access lines Q3 |
Broadband adds / drops |
Total broadband subs |
Video adds / drops |
M&A activity |
AT&T |
$33.2B |
28.5M |
29.2M |
630,000 U-verse |
16,425M |
194,000 U-verse |
N/A |
Verizon |
$31.1B |
21.1M |
21.5M |
126,000 FiOS |
2.94M |
92,000 FiOS |
N/A |
CenturyLink |
$4.54B |
13M |
13.2M |
49,000 |
6M |
26,000 Prism |
N/A |
Windstream |
$1.5B |
1.72M |
1.75M |
(30,000) |
1.72M |
(7,200) DTS** |
N/A |
Frontier |
$1.18B |
NR* |
NR |
28,000 |
1.87M |
7,438 DTS |
Acquiring AT&T Conn. assets |
FairPoint |
$233.4M |
878,285 |
895,490 |
lost 932 |
329,766 |
NR |
N/A |
TDS Telecom |
$1.18M |
352,100 |
358,200 |
(2,500) since Q3 2013 |
227,000 |
1,600 IPTV |
Integrating Baja Broadband assets |
Cincinnati Bell |
$308M |
476,000 |
541,200 |
5,600 Fioptics |
268,400 DSL & Fioptics |
4,500 Fioptics |
N/A |
Consolidated |
$148M |
256,805 |
259,605 |
7,606 |
255,239 |
4,476 IPTV |
Converting SureWest billing systems |
Hawaiian Telcom |
$101M |
383,597 |
388,882 |
8,600 |
111,720*** |
2,593 |
Integrating Wavecom & SystemMetrics assets |
Shentel |
$75M |
22,100 |
22, 200 |
1,193 cable |
12,600 DSL; 45,823 cable |
120,275 cable |
N/A |
Lumos Networks |
$51M |
28,886 RLEC |
29,518 RLEC |
(333) |
46,857 |
59 |
N/A |
HickoryTech |
$46.2M |
39,719 |
40,466 |
998 DSL |
20,983 |
1,031 |
Integrated IdeaOne; rebranding as Enventis |
Source: Carrier earnings reports, Q4 2013 |