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Record Wireless Gains, Double-Digit Growth in IP-Based Revenues, Strong Cash Flow Highlight AT&T's Third-Quarter Results
$0.54 diluted EPS compared with $0.55 for the year-earlier third quarter and $0.54 in the second quarter of 2009 2.0 million increase in total wireless subscribers highest third-quarter net gain in the company's history to reach 81.6 million, up 6.7 million over the past year; 1.4 million ...
Verizon Wireless and FiOS Growth Fuels Continued Strong Cash Flow at Verizon in 3Q
reuters.com — Verizon Wireless and FiOS Growth Fuels Continued Strong Cash Flow at Verizon in 3Q Gains Reported in... Customers and Revenues for Wireless, Fiber-Optic Services NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Q 2009 HIGHLIGHTS Consolidated Earnings -- 41 cents in ... (more) Verizon Wireless and FiOS Growth Fuels Continued Strong ...
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AT&T sees record iPhone activations in last quarter
Macworld — Posted on by Dan Moren , Macworld.com Apple’s U.S. carrier partner, AT&T, may not have had the blockbuster quarter that Apple had, but it’s certainly no slouch , according to its third quarter results. The wireless provider netted income of $3.2 billion on revenue of $30.9 billion in its most recent quarter. That’s flat for the company, which also made $3.2 billion in the same quarter last year, as well as in its second quarter this year. The highlight of the results, for us Apple watchers, is that the provider activated 3.2 million iPhones in its third quarter, a record number that beats the 2.4 million iPhone 3G units activated ...

AT&T Activates 3.2 Million iPhones This Quarter
EverythingiCafe — Apple aren’t the only ones with a record third quarter– AT&T activated 3.2 million iPhones over this period, their largest total to date. Overall, they  activated 4.3 million 3G devices, which means the iPhone accounted for almost 75% of their new smartphone customers. Given that Apple reported selling 7.4 million iPhones this quarter, we can assume that  the other 4.2 million iPhones went to overseas, or to those avoiding the AT&T monopoly within the United States. AT&T also reported an increase in wireless data revenue by $3.6 billion, double what it was two years ago. This is on the back of the ...

AT&T activates record 3.2M iPhones, says exclusivity could end
AppleInsider — ... Published: 04:10 PM EST AT reported its third-quarter results Thursday, recording 3.2 million iPhone activations and adding 4.3 million postpaid 3G devices, but the company's CEO also admitted that the iPhone won't be exclusive forever. AT reported a 2 million increase in total wireless subscribers, which was the highest third-quarter gain in company history. The nation's second-largest wireless carrier now has 81.6 million subscribers. Of the 3.2 million iPhone activations, nearly 40 percent were customers who were new to AT The Dallas, Tex., company reported $0.54 ...

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