The first-quarter 2017 earnings reporting season has ended, and FierceTelecom is tracking how the top carriers in the wireline telecom industry performed.
You can also look at our first quarter earnings page that chronicles all of the major providers, vendors and integrators in this segment.
In this report you will find a ranking of the top 12 U.S. wireline carriers in the first quarter of 2017 by revenue.
Take a look at the chart below to see the service provider metrics. You can also check out our fourth, third and second quarter reports from 2016.
Furthermore, our sister publication FierceWireless is tracking the fourth-quarter results of the major players in the wireless industry, as is FierceCable for the cable industry.
| Rank | Total Revenue | Broadband Adds/Drops | Total Wireline Broadband Subs | Video Adds/Drops |
| 1. AT&T | $39.4B | 242,000 K U-verse | 14.5M | 20,000 DirecTV, 4K U-verse IPTV |
| 2. Verizon | $29.8B | 35,000 Fios* | 5.7M | lost 13,000 Fios video subs |
| 3. CenturyLink | $4.21B | 0* | 5.95M | not reported |
| 4. Frontier | $2.36B | lost 102,000 subs | 4.16M | lost 80,000 subs |
| 5. Windstream | $1.37B | lost 3,500 subs | 1.05M | lost 11,000 subs |
| 6. TDS Telecom | $299M | lost 1,000 | 229,000 | lost 100 IPTV subs |
| 7. Cincinnati Bell | $278M | added 9,700 Fioptics** | 307,000 | added 3,500 Fioptics |
| 8. FairPoint | $201.9M | lost 1,271 | 305,000 | not reported |
| 9. Consolidated | $169.9M | added 3,777 | 477,000 | lost 3,437 |
| 10. Shentel | $153.9M | lost 300 DSL subs | 13,300 | lost 3,084 cable |
| 11. Hawaiian Telcom | $94.5M | lost 2,217 | 90,600 | added 5,663 |
| 12. Lumos Networks | $54.9M | added 358 FTTP | 9,300 | added 128 IPTV |
| *remained flat | ||||
| ** lost 5,500 DSL subs |