On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:26:31 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
wrote in <4559ee35$0$88670$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>:

>Following up on my own post, I saw a report on the non-voice revenue for
>the various carriers, which drives home the point about why the Cingular
>ARPU is lagging.
>
>Verizon has an ARPU of $50.59, with non-voice revenue representing $7.16
>of the total.
>
>Cingular has an ARPU of $49.76, with non-voice revenue representing
>$6.32 per user.
>
>If Cingular raises it's non-voice revenue to the same level as Verizon,
>they would have an ARPU of $50.60, one cent more than Verizon. Cingular
>has been slow to roll out their high speed data network, which is why
>they lag Verizon in non-voice revenue, but that will change in the next
>six months to one year.

Cingular has actually been pretty aggressive in rolling out data -- its
EGPRS(EDGE) network coverage predated Verizon's 1xRTT. The difference
is almost certainly due to marketing, not technology. Not that it
matters.

--
Best regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS:
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>