Fixed Wireless Dominates U.S. Home Broadband Additions in 1Q 2023

Though observers disagree about how long the trend can last, fixed wireless supplied by Verizon and T-Mobile is far and away the biggest market share gainer in the U.S. market in the first quarter of 2023, according to Leichtman Research Group. 

While the top cable operators added 67,400 net new accounts, while the top fixed network telcos lost 21,000 accounts, the top fixed wireless providers added 916,000 net new accounts in the quarter. 

Cable still holds about 68 percent of the installed base. But it is noteworthy that, for the first time, fixed wireless supplied over the mobile networks of Verizon and T-Mobile have reached more than four percent of the installed base. 

Broadband Providers

Subscribers at end of 1Q 2023

Net Adds in 1Q 2023

Cable Companies
Comcast	32,324,000	5,000
Charter	30,509,000	76,000
Altice*	4,612,700	(19,300)
Cable One	1,063,000	2,600
Breezeline	689,903	(3,878)
Other major private companies	7,035,000	7,000

Total Top Cable

76,233,603

67,422

Wireline Phone Companies
AT&T	15,345,000	(41,000)
Verizon	7,528,000	44,000
Lumen	2,981,000	(56,000)
Frontier	2,863,000	24,000
Windstream	1,175,000	0
TDS	515,400	5,400
Consolidated	369,862	2,404

Total Top Wireline Phone

30,777,262

(21,196)

Fixed Wireless Services
T-Mobile	3,169,000	523,000
Verizon	1,866,000	393,000

Total Top Fixed Wireless

5,035,000

916,000

Total Top Broadband

112,045,865

962,226

source: Leichtman Research Group