MetroPCS (PCS $10.98 -5.20) reported second quarter earnings of $0.23
per share, $0.05 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.28.
Revenues rose 19.3% year/year to $1.21 billion versus the $1.23 billion
consensus.
The company currently expects to incur capital expenditures in the range of $0.9
billion to $1.0 billion on a consolidated basis for the full year ending
December 31, 2011. Additional metric include: Quarterly net subscriber additions
of ~200K, resulting in an ~19% increase in total subscribers over the prior
twelve month period; Quarterly ARPU of $40.49, an increase of $0.65 over second
quarter of 2010 and $0.07 sequential increase.






