AT&T U-verse TV subscribers top 5 million

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
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233,000 U-verse TV subscribers added, topping 5 million

DALLAS, Texas — AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today reported continued earnings gains for the second quarter with increasing revenue growth driven by strong mobile data growth, solid postpaid net adds and continued strong gains in wireline consumer and U-verse services.

U-verse Hits 9.4 million Subscribers

Total U-verse subscribers (TV and high speed Internet) reached 9.4 million in the second quarter. U-verse TV added 233,000 subscribers to top 5.0 million in service. U-verse high speed Internet had a net gain of 641,000 subscribers to reach a total of 9.1 million. Overall, the company had a net loss of 61,000 wireline broadband subscribers, an improvement over last year’s loss but still reflecting typical seasonal pressures. Total wireline broadband ARPU was up 9 percent year over year. Total U-verse high speed Internet subscribers now represent 55 percent of all wireline broadband subscribers compared with 40 percent in the year-earlier quarter.

Total U-verse Video Connections (thousands):

                       30/06/2013  30/06/2012  % Chg
                       ----------  ----------  -----
Total                       5,001       4,146  20.6%
Net Change        
  Three Months Ended          233         155  50.3%
  Six Months Ended            465         355  31.0%