AT&T Beats Estimates On Strong Subscriber Growth, Next Adoption

The country?s second largest wireless carrier added 854,000 postpaid subscribers and about 1.3 million connected devices during the fourth quarter, more than double the figure from a year ago. The carrier?s strategy to combat the innovative initiatives of rivals with equipment financing plans of its own worked well, as Next accounted for about 58% of its postpaid smartphone gross adds and upgrades in Q4, compared to a 50% take rate in the previous quarter. AT&T?s overall revenues grew by about 4...