Sprint - Nextel 2012 Annual Report Download - page 45

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The following table shows (a) net additions (losses) of wireless subscribers, (b) our total subscribers as of the end of each quarterly period for the past
twelve quarters, and (c) end of period connected device subscribers.
________
Quarter Ended
March 31,
2010
June 30,
2010
September 30,
2010
December 31,
2010
March 31,
2011
June 30,
2011
September 30,
2011
December 31,
2011
March 31,
2012
June 30,
2012
September 30,
2012
December 31,
2012
Net additions
(losses) (in
thousands)(1)
Sprint platform:
Postpaid
(131
)
136
276
453
253
226
265
539
263
442
410
401
Prepaid
392
638
1,171
1,414
1,406
1,149
839
899
870
451
459
525
Wholesale and
affiliates
155
166
280
393
389
519
835
954
785
388
14
(243
)
Total Sprint
platform
416
940
1,727
2,260
2,048
1,894
1,939
2,392
1,918
1,281
883
683
Nextel platform:
Postpaid
(447
)
(364
)
(383
)
(395
)
(367
)
(327
)
(309
)
(378
)
(455
)
(688
)
(866
)
(644
)
Prepaid
(44
)
(465
)
(700
)
(768
)
(560
)
(475
)
(354
)
(392
)
(381
)
(310
)
(440
)
(376
)
Total Nextel
platform
(491
)
(829
)
(1,083
)
(1,163
)
(927
)
(802
)
(663
)
(770
)
(836
)
(998
)
(1,306
)
(1,020
)
Total retail postpaid
(578
)
(228
)
(107
)
58
(114
)
(101
)
(44
)
161
(192
)
(246
)
(456
)
(243
)
Total retail prepaid
348
173
471
646
846
674
485
507
489
141
19
149
Total wholesale and
affiliate
155
166
280
393
389
519
835
954
785
388
14
(243
)
Total
Wireless
(75
)
111
644
1,097
1,121
1,092
1,276
1,622
1,082
283
(423
)
(337
)
End of period
subscribers (in
thousands)(1)
Sprint platform(2):
Postpaid(4)
26,581
26,717
26,993
27,446
27,699
27,925
28,190
28,729
28,992
29,434
29,844
30,245
Prepaid
5,361
5,999
7,121
8,535
9,941
11,090
11,929
12,828
13,698
14,149
14,608
15,133
Wholesale and
affiliates(3)(4)
3,633
3,799
4,128
4,521
4,910
5,429
6,264
7,218
8,003
8,391
8,405
8,162
Total Sprint
platform
35,575
36,515
38,242
40,502
42,550
44,444
46,383
48,775
50,693
51,974
52,857
53,540
Nextel platform:
Postpaid
6,808
6,444
6,061
5,666
5,299
4,972
4,663
4,285
3,830
3,142
2,276
1,632
Prepaid
5,675
5,210
4,510
3,742
3,182
2,707
2,353
1,961
1,580
1,270
830
454
Total Nextel
platform
12,483
11,654
10,571
9,408
8,481
7,679
7,016
6,246
5,410
4,412
3,106
2,086
Total retail postpaid(4)
33,389
33,161
33,054
33,112
32,998
32,897
32,853
33,014
32,822
32,576
32,120
31,877
Total retail prepaid
11,036
11,209
11,631
12,277
13,123
13,797
14,282
14,789
15,278
15,419
15,438
15,587
Total wholesale and
affiliates(3)(4)
3,633
3,799
4,128
4,521
4,910
5,429
6,264
7,218
8,003
8,391
8,405
8,162
Total
Wireless
48,058
48,169
48,813
49,910
51,031
52,123
53,399
55,021
56,103
56,386
55,963
55,626
Supplemental data -
connected devices
End of period
subscribers (in
thousands)(4)
Retail
postpaid
612
630
660
702
715
727
762
783
791
809
817
813
Wholesale and
affiliates
1,730
1,765
1,824
1,860
1,883
1,920
1,956
2,077
2,217
2,361
2,542
2,670
Total
2,342
2,395
2,484
2,562
2,598
2,647
2,718
2,860
3,008
3,170
3,359
3,483
(1)
Subscribers that transfer from their original service category classification to another platform, or another service line within the same platform, are reflected as a net
loss to the original service category and a net addition to their new service category. There is no net effect for such subscriber changes to the total wireless net additions