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MetroPCS, a provider of wireless services to cost-conscious consumers, said it added 197,000 subscribers in the quarter on a net basis, compared with expectations ranging from 214,000 to 250,000 net additions from three analysts' research notes. However, churn, a measure of customer attrition, was 3.7 percent for the period. This was worse than 3.5 percent in the year-ago period but well ahead of expectations for 3.95 percent to 4.2 percent from three analysts. Mizuho analyst Michael Nelson said that despite expectations that were too high for MetroPCS, the company still managed to show decent growth compared with the year-ago quarter. "It looks like the consumer held up pretty well for wireless in the fourth quarter," Nelson said, referring to MetroPCS, Leap and their bigger rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T. The PCS numbers came a day after Leap, another low-cost peer, issued subscriber estimates for the quarter. 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