AT&T: Smartphone trumps laptop connections - Dayton Business Journal:

AT&T Inc. has achieved a new milestone in its wireless segment. The Dallas-based telecommunications company reported Friday that the company had the most Wi-Fi connections made on its network in a single quarter. AT&T said the new connections record shows more consumers are using smartphones and Wi-Fi enabled devices.

AT&T (NYSE: T), which has 1,500 employees in Dayton, said customers made 25.4 million connections on its Wi-Fi network in the third quarter, which is more than the 20 million connections made in all of 2008, AT&T said. The connection record brings total AT&T Wi-Fi connections to more than 51 million since the beginning of 2009...