CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- At
AT&T1, we've invested more than $1.65 billion in our North Carolina wireless and wired networks
during 2013 -2015. These investments drive a wide range of upgrades
to reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for
residents and businesses. They also enhance critical services that
support public safety and first responders.
Across the state, we invested:
- Nearly $225 million in
Raleigh/Cary
- More than $90 million in
Durham/Chapel Hill
- More than $275 million in the
Charlotte region (Charlotte and Gastonia);
- More than $120 million in
Greensboro/High Point; and
- More than $60 million in
Winston-Salem
"We're committed to providing our customers fast, reliable,
highly secure connectivity. We want them to be able to access the
Internet at any moment, from almost any device and anywhere," said
Venessa Harrison, president of
AT&T North Carolina. "Our continued investment in North Carolina brings a host of new,
innovative opportunities for residents and businesses."
In 2015, a major network initiative was launching AT&T
GigaPowerSM service in North
Carolina cities, including Charlotte, Durham and Greensboro.
U-verse with AT&T GigaPower also is available in parts of
Apex, Carrboro, Cary, Chapel
Hill, Clemmons,
Garner, Gastonia, Holly
Springs, Huntersville,
Morrisville, Raleigh, Salisbury, Winston-Salem and surrounding communities.
AT&T GigaPower offers our fastest Internet speeds, up to
1Gbps2 over a 100% fiber network to more than 1.6
million locations across 22 major metro areas. We've
announced plans to expand the availability of Internet speeds up to
1Gbps to homes, apartments and small businesses in parts of 34
additional cities across the U.S., including Asheville – which will total at least 56
metros served.
We plan to continue to roll out our fastest Internet services
over a 100% fiber network to reach more than 14 million additional
residential and commercial locations.
The AT&T LTE network covers 365 million people in
North America. In 2015, we
enhanced our wireless network across North Carolina by:
- Upgrading more than 115 cell sites LTE,
- Adding LTE network capacity to nearly 325 cell sites, and
- Building 5 new cell sites.
Looking ahead, we have big plans for 2016. We'll be giving you
the ability to access and stream DIRECTV video services over a
wired or wireless Internet connection from any provider and from
virtually any device – smartphone, tablet, Smart TV, streaming
media hardware or PC. We plan for each service to come with a set
number of simultaneous sessions. These services will not require
annual contracts, satellite dishes or set-top boxes.
We have an extensive Wi-Fi network with more than 40,000
AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores
and retailers. We provide access to Wi-Fi at more than 1 million
Hot Spots around the world. Most AT&T smartphone and home
Internet customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network
at no additional cost. Wi-Fi usage doesn't count towards customers'
monthly wireless data plans.3
In 2016, for the second year in a row, FORTUNE magazine
recognized AT&T as the Most Admired Telecommunications Company
in the world. We also placed #48 among the Top 50 World's Most
Admired companies. This is our third year in a row on the Top 50
list – AT&T is the only communications company on the list. We
ranked #1 in all 9 attributes. This included innovation, financial
soundness and quality of products/services. FORTUNE's Most Admired
Companies lists are among the most highly respected indicators of
corporate performance and reputation.
To learn more about our coverage in North Carolina, or anywhere in the
U.S., visit the AT&T Coverage Viewer. For updates on the
AT&T wireless network, please visit the AT&T network news
page.
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Statements
Information set forth in this news release
contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements
that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may
differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future
results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update or
revise statements contained in this news release based on new
information or otherwise.
About AT&T
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around the globe connect with leading entertainment, mobile, high
speed Internet and voice services. We're the world's largest
provider of pay TV. We have TV customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin
American countries. We offer the best global coverage of any U.S.
wireless provider.* And we help businesses worldwide serve their
customers better with our mobility and highly secure cloud
solutions.
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2 Internet speed claims represent maximum network
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factors including site traffic, content provider server capacity,
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3 A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other
restrictions apply. See attwifi.com for details and
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