The company had estimated it would add 90,000 to 95,000 new customers in the first quarter, but instead added 114,000, said Ken Meyers, executive vice president and chief financial officer. While the higher sales commissions and marketing costs held down the company's earnings in the quarter, that's not bad, said Tom Friedberg, an analyst with Tucker Anthony Sutro, based in Denver. Excluding one-time items, TDS had earnings of 52 cents per share, up from 47 cents per share a year earlier. Get your MBizCentral news delivered by e-mail newsletters. Printer friendly version.
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