AT&T ’s revenue was down slightly in the third quarter of 2011 , compared to a twelvemonth to begin with , but final income rose by about $ 400 million , on a comparable basis , take by strong growth in its roving and broadband divisions .
AT&T on Thursday report receipts of $ 31.5 billion , down $ 103 million , or 0.3 percent , from the third quarter of 2010 . final income was $ 3.6 billion , while net income excluding one - sentence detail in the third stern of 2010 was $ 3.2 billion .
The company reported net income , include one - prison term items of $ 12.3 billion in the third quarter of 2010 , let in income from a taxation settlement and the sale of business - to - occupation commerce house Sterling Commerce to IBM .
wage per share were $ 0.61 , encounter analyst expectations , with AT&T reporting $ 0.54 per ploughshare in the third one-fourth of 2010 , on a comparable basis .
The company report a final gain of 2.1 million mobile client in the quarter , bring its full customer pedestal to 100.7 million .
“ peregrine broadband growth continues to be racy , carrying out was strong across the business , and we delivered another solid quarter , ” Randall Stephenson , AT&T chair and CEO , said in a program line .
AT&T sell 4.8 million smartphones during the poop , and sales of Android gadget more than doubled year over year , the company said in a press dismission . The fellowship touch off 2.7 million Apple iPhones during the third fourth part , the lowest number of iPhone activation since the first quarter of 2010 , remark Kate Price , a senior analyst for networking and mobility at Technology Business Research ( TBR ) .
AT&T is seeing rivalry from other carrier for the iPhone , Price order . Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel now both offer iPhones .
AT&T should see more iPhone additions in the next quarter , with the iPhone 4S announce this month , Price enounce . AT&T annunciate earlier Thursday that iPhone 4S activation have already topped one million on its connection . AT&T ’s bosom of Android , which go on about the same time it lost its iPhone exclusivity , should aid the society going forward , she enunciate . The move to Android “ will facilitate AT&T increase smartphone penetration and provide more sort in the smartphone gadget lineup , ” she said .
AT&T ’s mobile receipts was up 2.8 per centum twelvemonth over year to $ 15.6 billion . Mobile data revenue increased by $ 857 million , or 18 pct , to $ 5.6 billion .
The company ’s wireline division revenue was down 2.2 pct , from $ 15.3 billion to $ 15 billion . Wireline last income was down from $ 2 billion to $ 1.8 billion .
