AT&T: 2.4 million 3G iPhones activated from July to September

Earlier this week, Apple executives shared the company's fourth quarter financial results. It was a great quarter for Apple, including 6.8 million iPhones sold in June, July and August. During the call, Apple declined to report carrier-specific numbers.

Now, AT&T is reporting that 2.4 million 3G iPhones were activated during that time (that's global sales vs. US activations). It's noteworthy that 1.7 million of those were new subscription customers, representing the largest quarterly increase ever for AT&T.

What's also noteworthy is that US sales account for just 34.8 percent of the total iPhone market, a number likely to shrink even further when the African and Middle Eastern markets are expanded in the coming months.