2019
2018
% CHANGE
Wireless subscribers [1][2]
9,957,962
9,610,482
3.6%
Postpaid [1][2]
9,159,940
8,830,216
3.7%
Prepaid [1]
798,022
780,266
2.3%
Retail high-speed Internet subscribers [1][3]
3,555,601
3,410,374
4.3%
Retail TV subscribers [3]
2,772,464
2,766,411
0.2%
IPTV
1,767,182
1,675,706
5.5%
Satellite
1,005,282
1,090,705
(7.8%)
Total growth services subscribers
16,286,027
15,787,267
3.2%
Wireline retail residential NAS lines [3]
2,697,483
2,960,808
(8.9%)
Total services subscribers
18,983,510
18,748,075
1.3%
total bce customer connections .
-1 at the beginning of q1 2019 we adjusted our wireless subscriber base to remove 167929 subscribers -72231 postpaid and 95698 prepaid as follows : -a 65798 subscribers -19195 postpaid and 46603 prepaid due to the completion of the shutdown of the cdma network on april 30 2019 -b 49095 prepaid subscribers as a result of a change to our deactivation policy mainly from 120 days for bell / virgin mobile and 150 days for lucky mobile to 90 days -c 43670 postpaid subscribers relating to iot due to the further refinement of our subscriber definition as a result of technology evolution and -d 9366 postpaid fixed wireless internet subscribers which were transferred to our retail high-speed internet subscriber base .
-2 at the beginning of q4 2018 we adjusted our postpaid wireless subscriber base to remove 20000 subscribers that we divested to xplornet as a result of bce ’ s acquisition of mts in 2017 .
-3 as of january 1 2019 we are no longer reporting wholesale subscribers in our internet tv and residential nas subscriber bases reflecting our focus on the retail market .
consequently we restated previously reported 2018 subscribers for comparability .
bce added 657323 net new retail customer connections to its retail growth services in 2019 representing a 6 .
4 % increase over 2018 .
this consisted of : • 401955 postpaid wireless customers and 113454 prepaid wireless customers • 135861 retail high-speed internet customers • 6053 retail tv customers comprised of 91476 retail iptv net customer additions and 85423 retail satellite tv net customer losses .
retail residential nas net losses were 263325 in 2019 increasing by 1 .
7 % over 2018 .
total bce retail customer connections across all retail services grew by 1 .
3 % in 2019 compared to last year driven by an increase in our retail growth services customer base offset in part by continued erosion in traditional retail residential nas lines .
at the end of 2019 bce retail customer connections totaled 18983510 and were comprised of the following : • 9957962 wireless subscribers up 3 .
6 % compared to 2018 comprised of 9159940 postpaid subscribers an increase of 3 .
7 % over last year and 798022 prepaid subscribers up 2 .
3 % year over year • 3555601 retail high-speed internet subscribers 4 .
3 % higher than last year • 2772464 total retail tv subscribers up 0 .
2 % compared to 2018 comprised of 1767182 retail iptv customers up 5 .
5 % year over year and 1005282 retail satellite tv subscribers down 7 .
8 % year over year • 2697483 retail residential nas lines a decline of 8 .
9 % compared to 2018 .

Question: How many subscribers were removed upon adjusting the wireless subscriber base in 2019?
Answer: 167,929