Thu, 10/22/2009 - 06:05 by Greg Sterling
US carrier AT&T reported Q3 revenues this morning. A few days ago Apple said that it had sold 7.4 million iPhones in the quarter; AT&T activated 3.2 million of them. AT&T now claims 81.6 million wireless subscribers. Traditional wirelines continue to decline.
Some highlights from the earnings release:
- Third-quarter revenues totaled $30.9 billion, net income attributable to AT&T was $3.2 billion
- 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 retail postpaid wireless net adds in the quarter
- 53% of postpaid subs now have data plans
- Postpaid wireless subscriber churn of 1.17 percent and record-low total subscriber churn of 1.43 percent
- 4.3 million postpaid 3G integrated wireless devices added to AT&T's network, the largest quarterly increase in the company's history; integrated device growth included 3.2 million iPhone activations, also the company's largest quarterly total to date (integrated devices are handsets with QWERTY or virtual keyboards in addition to voice functionality)

