Analyst says that both Verizon and AT&T had 34% of the U.S. cell market in Q1 2014

Analyst says that both Verizon and AT&T had 34% of the U.S. cell market in Q1 2014: Analyst Chetan Sharma says that both Verizon and AT&T owned 34% of the U.S. cellular market in the first quarter of the year. While Verizon has been the number one carrier in the U.S. for some time, AT&T's purchase of Leap Wireless brought with it a number of Cricket subscribers, that helped it close the gap with Verizon. Sprint is a distant third with 16% of the stateside smartphone market, while T-Mobile is fourth with 14%.



Sharma has AT&T tied with Verizon because he includes AT&T's MVNOs and machine to machine hookups. As a result, the analyst says that in Q1 AT&T ...