Verizon Posts Best Q4 Postpaid Phone Net Adds in Five Years and Lays out Strategic Path for 2026 - NAM Carrier 360 Service
Overview: Verizon added 616,000 postpaid phone subscribers in Q4 2025, marking its strongest quarterly postpaid performance since 2019 and a decisive reversal from losses earlier in the year. Management framed Q4 results as the start of a multi‑year turnaround, with renewed focus on customer satisfaction, profitable growth, and convergence under CEO Dan Schulman.
This report outlines the key takeaways from the earnings call and provides an analysis of how Verizon performed in Q4 2025.
This report is a part of the North American Smartphone Carrier 360 service and comes as part of the overall service bundle, including carrier metrics tracking, forecasting, and qualitative reports.
Table of Contents:
- Key Takeaways
- Postpaid Performance
- Prepaid Performance
- Weekly Promotions
- Broadband and FWA
- Forward Looking Statements
Number of Pages: 36
Published Date: February 2026
Category
Industry
Telecom, Smartphone
Service
USA
Report Type
Report
Time Period
Quarterly
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Author
Maurice Klaehne
Maurice Klaehne is a Senior Analyst with Counterpoint Research, based out of Boston, USA. He has spent more than five years working as a market researcher and strategy consultant, heavily focused on emerging markets and uncovering new growth opportunities for his clients, which include business service, CPG, healthcare, and life science companies. Maurice holds a Master's degree in International Development and Management from Lund University in Sweden, and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Development from McGill University in Canada. He is a native German speaker and also speaks fluent French.