UPDATED 16:22 PM EST, January 24, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — The launch of the iPhone 5 helped AT&T attract more new customers in the holiday quarter than it has in three years, but it posted a big loss because of an annual adjustment to its pension obligations.
AT&T Inc. says it added a net 780,000 new customers on contract-based plans from October to December, its best result in three years.
The Dallas-based company's quarterly loss was $3.86 billion, or 68 cents per share. That compares with a loss of $6.68 billion, or $1.12 per share, a year earlier.
