- Along with its FQ2 results, Sprint (NYSE:S) announces it's cutting another 2K jobs, and is "targeting $1.5 billion of annualized cost reductions compared to 2014 spending levels." The carrier announced a month ago it's launching a new "workforce reduction plan;" its headcount is around 36K.
- Sprint has also slashed its full-year capex guidance by ~$1B to less than $6B; it announced a cut of similar size three months ago. The company was previously (at SoftBank's urging) spending aggressively in an attempt to narrow Verizon/AT&T's 4G coverage leads.
- Though its FQ2 numbers are generally downbeat, Sprint asserts the price cuts and promos launched since Marcelo Claure took over as CEO are bearing fruit. Postpaid phone gross adds rose Y/Y in September, the first time they did so in 2014 - the iPhone 6 launch likely helped. Sprint also claims its postpaid phone net losses fell by 60% during the month.
- S -6.5% AH. FQ2 results, guidance/details