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AT&T's bundled 5G, fiber plans boost holiday-quarter subscriptions

Jan 27 (Reuters) - AT&T's (T.N) fourth-quarter wireless subscriber growth surpassed expectations on Monday, fueled by strong demand for its discounted premium plans combining 5G mobile with high-speed fiber data services. Shares of the company rose about 2% in premarket trading. The U.S. telecom giant added 482,000 net monthly bill-paying wireless phone subscribers in the holiday quarter, outpacing analysts' estimated gains of 424,550, according to Visible Alpha.