Shenandoah Telecommunications Company Announces 2013 Year End Customer Results; Company Adds Record Postpaid Wireless Customers in Q4
Wireless Segment
The Company announced that net postpaid subscriber additions increased 50.4% to a record 6,054 for the fourth quarter primarily due to an aggressive customer acquisition campaign and reduced churn as a result of the Company's recently completed 4G LTE upgrade. Net postpaid subscriber additions for fiscal year 2013 were 10,829. Shentel's postpaid churn rate in the fourth quarter was 1.69% compared to 1.87% in the same quarter last year. Year-end postpaid customers increased 4.1% to 273,721. The Company's 2013 annual postpaid churn rate was 1.75%.
The Company recorded prepaid net additions of 4,378 in the fourth quarter and 8,870 in fiscal 2013. Ending prepaid customers increased 6.9% to 137,047 in 2013. Shentel had prepaid customer churn of 3.65% for the fourth quarter and 4.24% for the year.
Cable Segment
Shentel's cable net Revenue Generating Units (RGUs) additions were 1,470 in the fourth quarter of 2013. For fiscal year 2013, cable net additions increased 79.0% to 5,384. Year-end cable RGUs increased 4.7% to 120,275.
Capital Expenditure
With the completion of its 4G LTE Network and cable upgrades, the Company anticipates that its fiscal year 2014 capital expenditure will total approximately
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The 2013 earnings call is scheduled to take place on Friday, February 28th at
About
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of unforeseen factors. A discussion of factors that may cause actual results to differ from management's projections, forecasts, estimates and expectations is available in the Company filings with the
CONTACT:Source:Shenandoah Telecommunications, Inc. Adele Skolits CFO and VP of Finance 540-984-5161 Adele.skolits@emp.shentel.com OrJohn Nesbett /Jennifer Belodeau Institutional Marketing Services (IMS) 203-972-9200 jnesbett@institutionalms.com
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