Verizon certain to add one million subscribers in its Q4

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Verizon Communications Inc. Chief Financial Officer John Killian said he is confident that the company will hit 1 million wireless contract subscribers in the fourth quarter.

The US based telco dominated the holiday season, known to be very critical for carriers’ and is looking forward to add more subscribers, with the help of its Android software along with the Motorola Inc. Droid and the HTC Corp. Droid Eris.

Another telecom company AT&T Inc has offered new devices such as Research in Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry Bold2 while its Apple Inc. iPhone is still enjoying the success.

According to Killian, the company is focusing on its own line up devices and there can be ample growth driven by new customers who sign up long-term contracts and more adoption of data services.

The company also said that 3,000 landline workforce will be reduced in the fourth quarter while 7,200 jobs have already been slashed in the first nine months of the year. Recently, Verizon Inc. shares increased by 0.6% to $33.44.