Phone giants fight to keep subscribers

Posted: Thursday, Jul 24, 2008 at 2251 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, Jul 24, 2008 at 2251 hrs IST

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: first quarter. Both numbers are down, though, from the fourth quarter in 2007, which was 2 million new subscribers. Verizon Wireless, which is a partnership between Verizon and Vodafone, has 68.7 million subscribers. “It’s still very strong,” said Roger Entner, a senior vice-president for Nielsen IAG, a market research firm. But compared with earlier figures, he said, it “is indicative of a slowdown.”

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