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ATT takes a hit on iPhone subsidies but looks good to recover...
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One in nine AT&T subscribers has an iPhone... impressive.
Does AT&T account for phone subsidies according to a subscription model (like the whole thing Apple makes a stink about in terms of how they amortize the profits from the iPhone) or do they take an up-front hit each period?
Does AT&T account for phone subsidies according to a subscription model (like the whole thing Apple makes a stink about in terms of how they amortize the profits from the iPhone) or do they take an up-front hit each period?
Also impressive is the fact that 1/3 of their 2.4 million iPhone activations were "new business customers" and that's where new contracts, data plans, and voice plans = new money.....