AT&T: We are selling 100,000 smartphones per day

AT&T Mobility sold more than 6 million smartphones in the first two months of the fourth quarter and is selling new smartphones at a rate of 100,000 per day. According to John Stephens, AT&T's senior executive vice president and CFO, the company will easily surpass its previous quarterly smartphone sales record of 6.1 million, which occurred in the third quarter of 2010.

Speaking at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, Stephens declined to provide further guidance on AT&T's expected fourth-quarter smartphone sales. But he said that December sales will likely be as strong, if not stronger, than the previous two months, indicating that AT&T may be on track to sell as many as 9 million smartphones in the fourth quarter.

Stephens said that the reason for the strong smartphone sales is the company's diverse device lineup, the fact that many customers are on schedule to upgrade in the fourth quarter, and that customers