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Verizon’s quarter holds up; Metrics mixed; Mum on Storm units
Between the Lines — ... Verizon on Tuesday delivered a mixed bag for the quarter. FiOS TV additions were stronger-than-expected and wireless subscriber additions were on the light side. Meanwhile, the company didn’t break out how many BlackBerry Storms it moved in the quarter. The telecom giant reported fourth quarter earnings of 43 cents a share and 61 cents excluding items ( statement ). Revenue was $24.6 billion in the fourth quarter, up 3.4 percent from a year ago. That tally just missed estimates, which have been falling rapidly in the last month or so. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 62 ...

Earnings: Verizon Earnings Up 15 Percent, Boosted By Wireless And Broadband Units
paidContent — ... revenue up: Wireline total operating revenues were $11.9 billion, 2.7 percent down compared with the fourth quarter 2007. Consumer revenues totaled $3.8 billion, a 2.9 percent growth from Q407. Broadband and video are driving the growth, where revenues surges 42 percent year on year to $1.2 billion and now accounts for 31 percent of all consumer revenues. —Consumer ARPU up: Consumer ARPU was up 14.3 percent to $68.46, with FiOS ARPU coming in at $133+. Release | Presentation | Webcast ...

Earnings: Verizon Earnings Up 15 Percent, Boosted By Wireless And Broadband Units
paidContent — ... revenue up: Wireline total operating revenues were $11.9 billion, 2.7 percent down compared with the fourth quarter 2007. Consumer revenues totaled $3.8 billion, a 2.9 percent growth from Q407. Broadband and video are driving the growth, where revenues surges 42 percent year on year to $1.2 billion and now accounts for 31 percent of all consumer revenues. —Consumer ARPU up: Consumer ARPU was up 14.3 percent to $68.46, with FiOS ARPU coming in at $133+. Release | Presentation | Transcript (via Seeking Alpha) ...

Verizon Call: "No Evidence Of Slowing" In Wireless; DTV Delay Won't Affect 4G Trials
mocoNews — ... said that last year presented a difficult economic environment and that there is more uncertainty going forward into 2009, but President and COO Denny Strigl said during the company's Q4 conference call today that the wireless unit, partially owned by Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), is particularly strong and that "we have no evidence of slowing or customers trading down either on plans or features." Here's some highlights from the call via the Seeking Alpha transcript: Release | Presentation —Downturn in wireless?: Strigl: ...

The Bottom Line for 2008
dailywireless.org — I’ve still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. - 2001: A Space Odyssey The annual results Verizon Communications, announced this week, show that broadband data traffic is booming, notes Light Reading. Verizon Wireless’s data revenues were $10.7 billion in 2008, up 44 percent over 2007. During 2008, data accounted for fully 27 percent of total wireless service revenues. Two in every three of Verizon Wireless’s ...