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Category: Cell Phones

AT&T Profits Mean We Must Be In A Recession

AT&T this morning reports an increase in quarterly profit.  From the Reuters story:
AT&T’s first-quarter profit rose to $3.46 billion, or 57 cents per share, from $2.85 billion, or 45 cents a share in the same quarter a year earlier.
The positive report results mostly from strong growth in AT&T’s wireless business.  Traditional phone subscriptions were down.
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Wireless Phones Outpace Landlines In Iowa

David Elbert, the Business Editor at the Des Moines Register reported on the state of telephone service in Iowa in this morning’s paper:
A new study by the Iowa Utilities Board shows that as of last June 30, there were 1,943,334 wireless phone connections in Iowa, compared with 1,483,814 wired connections.
This was bound to happen once [...]