AT&T continues to see great success with the iPhone. And the same week the telco’s partner Apple (News - Alert) unveiled the iPad, which can serve as an e-book, AT&T reports it also doing quite well offering connectivity to existing devices in this category.

 

The service provider this week revealed it added 2.7 million wireless customers in the last quarter, making it close to a record quarter for additions. And its success on this front, according to reports, is due heavily to its deals with Amazon.com for the Kindle, Barnes & Noble with its Nook and Sony Corp. for its Reader. Indeed, AT&T (News - Alert) today reported it added 1 million such devices in the fourth quarter.

 

As reported in the November issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, a TMC (News - Alert) publication, AT&T is keen on machine-to-machine, aka M2M, technology, which uses wireless networks to connect a wide variety of devices such as books, digital picture frames and more.

 

“It’s a significant type of application for our enterprise customers today and a whole emerging sector of consumer electronics,” Hamish Caldwell, executive director of product marketing management at AT&T Business Solutions, said about M2M in the November issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY.

 

As for the iPhone (News - Alert), AT&T turned on service to 3.1 million of those. That’s the second best quarter for iPhone turn ups thus far.