Verizon Earnings Preview: Wireless Subscriber Adds, Margins In Focus

For the third quarter, the company's retail postpaid net additions are likely to increase by about 40% over the prior year quarter's count of 927,000, based on indications provided by Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam in an investor conference last month. McAdam also indicated that the percentage of subscribers opting for the company's Edge plan is likely to decline from about 18% in Q2 to about 12-13% in the third quarter.