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April 20 (Bloomberg)--AT & T Inc., the second carrier acquired, American wireless subscribers of contract last quarter as promotions and new devices has contributed to the loss of its exclusivity for the iPhone .at & T best selling Apple Inc. said today he won to 62,000 customers in contract wireless of the last quarter of the offset. Tim Horan, an Oppenheimer & Co. analyst, provides contract users would be unchanged and Philip Cusick of JPMorgan Chase & Co. predicts a loss of 100 000. AT & T based in Dallas has also posted an increase of 39% in favour of the first quarter.Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, began offering iPhone in February. AT & T prepared for the loss of its exclusivity by cutting the price of the old model of 3GS in January by half for contract customers and adding devices such as mobility Holdings Inc. Atrix of Motorola. Last month, AT & T agreed to buy T-Mobile USA for $ 39 billion to add subscribers. "" The iPhone is still a very important product for the growth of the AT & T customer ", said Todd Rethemeier, New York Hudson Square research analyst. "They added some devices, but the iPhone is still persuasive, a product very attractive for consumers." Rates of AT & T shares to "hold".AT & T activated iPhone for $ 3.6 million during the quarter, compared to 2.7 million a year earlier. Verizon Wireless wins the iPhone ended four years of exclusivity of the AT & T for the device, in the United States competition between carriers of heating. IPhone 4 was the mobile phone more purchased by U.S. consumers in the fourth quarter, according to a study of farm NPD Group .t-Mobile CombinationAT & T fell 1 cent to 30.30 $ before the start of regular U.S. trading. It closed at $30.31 in the New York Stock Exchange yesterday and had won 3.2% this year before today.Net profit for the first quarter advanced to $ 3.41 billion, or 57 cents a share from $ 2.45 billion, or 41 cents a year earlier. Analysts projected 57 cents, the average of estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Sales increased by 2.3% to $ 31.2 billion, also corresponding the average analyst estimate.Departures of client, known as the rate of churn, increased from the previous quarter. Overall, the churn rate was 1.36%, compared to 1.32% in the fourth quarter, according to the Declaration. The carrier has lost some users as it integrated active, he acquired the acquisition of Verizon Wireless.The T - Mobile USA, announced on March 20, combine AT & T with the fourth U.S. wireless provider. The agreement needs the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission and is to confront the hearings in Congress.(AT & T will be a conference call at 10 a.m.). Time to New York to discuss the results. (To access the call, go to LIVE-Editors: Ville Heiskanen, Peter Elstrom
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