Cingular increases subscribers, revenue

Apr 20 2004 - 02:40 PM ET | Cingular
Cingular had a much better first quarter than AT&T Wireless: * 554,000 net new customers making for a total of 24.6 million * Cingular's nationwide GSM/GPRS network overlay on track to achieve 100 percent network coverage in next 90 days * 66 percent of Cingular's minutes now on its GSM/GPRS network * Revenues were up 8.4% to $3.9 billion; data revenues up 53 percent