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The cell phone company AT&T is the leading provider of mobile services in the United States (U.S.) with a market share of about 44.8 percent of wireless subscriptions in the third quarter of 2022. Verizon and T-Mobile are the other major wireless carriers in the U.S.
The market share is based on subscription figures reported by the companies in quarterly earnings and financial statements. Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) subscriptions were not taken into account for the statistic.
More information on the financials of listed telecommunications companies is available in the Statista DossierPlus – Telco financial KPI benchmarks.
Seismic shift: T-Mobile and Sprint Merger
T-Mobile’s 26.5 billion U.S. dollar acquisition of Sprint Corp. became official on 1st April 2020, a merger that temporarily reduced the number of major wireless providers in the United States. Under the terms of the merger, T-Mobile acquired Sprint’s 33.84 million postpaid subscribers, joining the 47 million T-Mobile postpaid wireless subscribers. DISH Network Corporation acquired Sprint’s prepaid mobile business, Boost Mobile, raising that number to four, satisfying the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) that the market would remain competitive.AT&T a global market leader
AT&T is the largest telecommunications company in the world by most measures. AT&T generates more revenue than any of its counterparts worldwide, bringing in a whopping 161.5 billion euros in 2020, ahead of nearest-rival Verizon’s 117.5 billion euros.More information on the financials of listed telecommunications companies is available in the Statista DossierPlus – Telco financial KPI benchmarks.
