Of the 5.38 million net account additions gained the top-four U.S. mobile service providers, about 1.79 million were of the postpaid smartphone type that are prized by carriers. In other words, about 66 percent of the net account gains were devices of other types, such as tablets, connected cars or machine-to-machine links. Included in that bucket are wholesale accounts, such as net adds by mobile virtual network operators.
One common feature of all those types of connections is lower average revenue per account than smartphones represent.
Note that connected car and IoT accounts represented about 57 percent of the total retail net additions in the third quarter of 2016, vastly more numerous than the 10 percent of tablet adds.
To the extent that MVNOs continue to exist, it is as niche specialists, many serving credit-challenged or language and culture minorities.
Verizon
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AT&T
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T-Mobile
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Sprint
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140,100,000
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130,400,000
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65,500,000
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58,800,000
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Operator Brands
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Cricket Wireless
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GoSmart Mobile
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Boost Mobile
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MetroPCS
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Virgin Mobile
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America Movil US MVNO Brands
25.7 million subs
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Tracfone
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Tracfone
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Tracfone
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Tracfone
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Net10
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Net10
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Net10
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Net10
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StraighTalk
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StraightTalk
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StraightTalk
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StraightTalk
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Page Plus Cellular
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Simple Mobile
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Total Wireless
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Telcel America
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Other MVNOs
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GreatCall
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Consumer Cellular
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Consumer Cellular
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Republic Wireless
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Red Pocket Mobile
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H2O Wireless
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Ultra Mobile
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Ting
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Selectel Wireless
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Airvoice Wireless
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Ting
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Credo Mobile
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ROK Mobile
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Red Pocket Mobile
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Lyca Mobile
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iWireless (Kroger)
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Red Pocket Mobile
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Red Pocket Mobile
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TPO Mobile
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TPO Mobile
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Univision Mobile (Ultra)
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Kajeet
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Family Mobile
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Text Now
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Project Fi
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Project Fi
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