AT&T serviced approximately 117.9 million wireless subscribers as of the fourth quarter of 2024. This continued a period of considerable growth since the first quarter of 2022. AT&T's wireless services are reported under the operator's mobility business unit and, as of the first quarter 2024, no longer report both subscribers and connected devices within the total Mobility subscribers.

In 2023, AT&T had a total of 241.53 million wireless subscribers, a significant increase since the previous year. Over the last decade, the wireless subscriber count has been steadily growing and it has more than tripled since 2007.

AT&T’s wireless subscriber base and ARPU

AT&T’s wireless subscribers can be divided into three separate subscription type groups: postpaid, prepaid, and reseller. The largest group by far is the postpaid group which had about 84.7 million subscribers in 2022. The prepaid model has been steadily increasing over the last nine years, while reseller subscriptions have been losing traction since 2016.

Each of these subscribers generates a certain amount of revenue. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the company’s wireless ARPU (average revenue per user) exceeded 50 U.S. dollars for its postpaid service and 56 U.S. dollars for its phone-only postpaid service. AT&T also has one of the lowest monthly churn rates on the U.S. market. This means that the average percentage of people that ended their subscription with the company is low.

Wireless carriers in the United States

Of the three major wireless carriers in the United States - AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile - out of which AT&T holds the largest share of the wireless subscription market. In the first quarter of 2018, AT&T surpassed Verizon in number of wireless subscriptions and now AT&T have the highest number of subscribers in the United States. In 2020, T-Mobile and Sprint merged and in the second quarter of 2020 the surviving brand T-Mobile USA, had more wireless subscribers than Verizon.

In 2023, AT&T had over 22 million wireless subscribers in Mexico. The company's revenue in Mexico amounted to nearly four billion U.S. dollars.

In 2024, U.S. telecommunications operator AT&T had over 89.2 million postpaid subscribers. Postpaid subscriptions remain the backbone of the operator's wireless business, while reseller subscriptions have played a reduced role.

In 2023, AT&T had over 16.6 million prepaid AT&T branded subscribers in Mexico. Figures exclude AT&T subscriptions operated by resellers. The company's revenue generated in Mexico amounted to nearly four billion U.S. dollars.

AT&T serviced approximately 19 million wireless prepaid subscribers as of the fourth quarter of 2024, with a marginal decrease from the previous quarter. Postpaid subscribers account for a greater share of the operator's wireless business, with a reported over 89 million as of the same period. AT&T's wireless services are reported under the operator's mobility business unit.

AT&T serviced approximately 89.2 million wireless postpaid subscribers as of the fourth quarter of 2024. This was a slight increase on the previous quarter, in continuation of a period of steady growth. AT&T's wireless services are reported under the operator's mobility business unit.

In fiscal year 2023, AT&T's revenue by segment (products & services) are as follows: Communications - Business Wireline: $20.88B, Communications - Consumer Wireline: $13.17B, Communications - Mobility: $83.98B, Corporate: $458.00M, Latin America: $3.93B.

The statistic depicts the churn rate of AT&T in regards to wireless subscribers from 2007 to 2017. In 2017, the churn rate was at 2.36 percent.

AT&T - additional information

AT&T is an American multinational telecommunications company based in Dallas, Texas. The company was recently ranked as being the most valuable telecom brand in the world and the company naturally enjoys the lead in the market in the United States as well. The company’s operating revenue has been strong and consistent over the past years and has consistently sat at more than 100 billion US dollars annually for some time. AT&T’s net profit however has fluctuated somewhat in recent times but has also been as high as almost 20 billion US in the past.

Employee numbers at AT&T have been declining annually since 2007, due to a number of various cuts across the business. Despite the cuts, AT&T was still the telecommunications company with the greatest number of employees as of 2012. In the United States AT&T’s greatest competitor is Verizon Communications, who also enjoys a significant share of the wireless market across the country. Verizon was also among the most valuable telecommunications brands worldwide with a value of more than 53 billion as of 2013.

AT&T's 5G and fiber bundles drive significant subscriber growth, exceeding market forecasts, and strengthening its position in the telecom sector.

The U.S. telecommunications operator AT&T reported a postpaid wireless churn rate of 0.92 percent in 2024, a decrease on the rate of 0.98 percent reported the previous year. The churn rate for wireless postpaid phone customers only dropped to 0.76 percent.

When it comes to share of Americans using AT&T as mobile phone carrier, 23 percent of 18 - 29 year olds do so in the U.S. This is according to exclusive insights from the Consumer Insights Global survey which shows that 24 percent of 30 - 49 year old consumers also fall into this category.Statista Consumer Insights offer you all results of our exclusive Statista surveys, based on more than 2,000,000 interviews.

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The telecommunications firm Verizon is the leading provider of mobile services in the United States, with a market share of nearly 37 percent of wireless subscriptions as of the last quarter of 2024. T-Mobile and AT&T are the other major wireless carriers in the U.S. market.  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 considered 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 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.  T-Mobile is the largest U.S. telco by market cap As of 2024, T-Mobile had a market capitalization of over 214 billion U.S. dollars, the highest of any U.S. telecommunications company. Beijing-based China Mobile and U.S. giant Verizon trailed, with a market cap of 213 and 178 billion U.S. dollars, respectively. Comcast and AT&T were valued at 160 and 134 billion U.S. dollars, respectively.

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