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AT&T Revenues Reach USD181.2Bn in 2019; 850MHz 5G Now Covers 50m
People

US telecoms giant AT&T has reported AT&T’s ‘International’ segment reported announced by COO John Stankey on
operating revenues of USD181.2 billion 19.159 million mobile users in Mexico as the telco’s fourth quarter earnings call.
for the twelve months ended 31 December of end-December, alongside 13.331 million TeleGeography notes that the low band
2019, up from USD170.8 billion. Operating Latin American pay-TV customers. In other service went live in ten markets on 13
income for the year under review reached news, AT&T has confirmed that its low December 2019 and utilises former 3G
USD28.0 billion, up from USD26.1 billion in band 850MHz 5G network now covers 50 spectrum. AT&T’s 39GHz millimeter wave
2018, while annual net income attributable million people and is expected to support (mmWave) – which was launched in
to AT&T shrank to USD13.9 billion (2018: nationwide coverage – around 200 million December 2018 – continues to serve parts
USD19.4 billion). In operational terms, – by mid-2020. The rollout progress was of 35 US cities.
AT&T reported a total of 165.889 million
wireless accounts in its domestic market
as of 31 December 2019, broken down
as 75.207 million post-paid subscribers,
17.803 million pre-paid users, 6.893
million reseller customers and 65.986
million connected devices. In terms of
fixed broadband connections meanwhile,
AT&T claimed 14.119 million residential
users at end-2019, of which 3.887 million
were fiber-optic connections. Elsewhere,

Trading Update for the Nine Months to 31
December 2019

BT Group plc (BT.L) announced its trading update for the nine 2024
months to 31 December 2019. • On-shoring of BT brand sales and service calls completed;
Key strategic developments - continued delivery in line with nearly 500 retail stores now BT/EE dual Our Better Workplace
strategy: programme confirmed further long-term locations in
• Ofcom’s consultation on the Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Birmingham and Bristol
Review is an important step forward in incentivizing investment • Sale agreed of our domestic operations in Spain
in the UK’s digital infrastructure and toward enabling BT to • Important clarification on use of certain vendors in 5G and full
significantly increase its FTTP target fibre networks - estimated impact of c.£500m over 5 years
• Exclusive rights to UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa Operational:
League and UEFA Europa Conference League secured until • 5G now live in over 50 locations; EE found to have broadest 5G
network by RootMetrics
• Openreach accelerates FTTP build at c.26k premises passed
per week; 2.2m FTTP premises passed to date
• Openreach awarded two of three lots to provide superfast
speeds to Scotland; vast majority of build to be FTTP
• Consumer fixed ARPC £38.2, down 4% year on year due to
decline in voice revenue; postpaid mobile ARPC £20.3, down
5% due to impact of regulation and continued trend towards
SIM-only; RGUs per address 2.38
• Postpaid mobile churn remains low at 1.3% in Q3 despite
impact of auto switching; fixed churn at 1.3% in Q3 down from
1.4% in prior year following customer experience improvements
and new pricing strategy
Financial:
• Reported revenue £17,246m and adjusted2 revenue £17,192m,

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