AT&T: Expanding Fiber Network Helps Gain, Retain Mobile Phone Subscribers

AT&T is finding that by offering both mobility and broadband services, it’s gaining and retaining more customers.The company added 419,000 postpaid phone subscribers during the second quarter, up from 326,000 during the same quarter a year earlier, executives said Wednesday (July 24) during the company’s quarterly earnings call.“This put us modestly ahead of last year’s pace despite ongoing wireless market normalization,” John Stankey, president, CEO and director of AT&T, said during the call.The company’s ...