Verizon Communications Inc. reported third-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations, weighed down by lackluster sales of hardware such as mobile phones.

Verizon reports customer additions, or retail postpaid phone net additions, of 239,000. Wall Street was expecting 221,000.

Its total revenue of $33.3 billion came in slightly below analysts' expectations of $33.43 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. However, Verizon added 239,000 net monthly bill-paying wireless phone subscribers in the September quarter,

AT&T Inc. reported virtually flat sales and fewer new broadband customers than analysts expected in a quarter that was challenged by a worker strike.