Wireless carrier/operator subscriber share in the U.S. 2011-2020

AT&T is the leading provider of mobile services in the United States with a share of 44.5 percent of wireless subscriptions in the fourth quarter of 2020. Verizon, and T-Mobile are the other major wireless operators in the United States.  The market share is based on subscription figures reported by the companies in earnings and financial statements. MVNO subscriptions were not taken into account for the statistic.

 

Seismic shift: T-Mobile and Sprint Merger

  T-Mobile’s 26.5 billion U.S. dollar acquisition of Sprint Corp. became official on April 1st 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 around the world, bringing in a whopping 161.5 billion U.S. dollars  in 2020, ahead of nearest-rival Verizon’s 117.5 billion U.S. dollars. AT&T is responsible for assets 525.76 billion U.S. dollars, more than most telecommunications companies, but a long way behind the around 984.38 billion U.S. dollar asset portfolio of China Telecom Corporation. 

  More information on the financials of listed telecommunications companies is available in the Statista DossierPlus – Telco financial KPI benchmarks