LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- At
AT&T1, we've invested more than $700 million in our Kentucky wireless and wired networks during
2015-2017. These investments boost reliability, coverage, speed and
overall performance for residents and businesses. They also improve
critical services that support public safety and first
responders.
In 2017, AT&T made more than 1100 wireless network upgrades
in Kentucky. Notable network
enhancements included 15 new cell sites across the Commonwealth and
8 new Distributed Antenna Systems in Anderson, Daviess, Fayette, Franklin, Henderson, Jefferson and Scott Counties.
These upgrades included boosting network capacity and expanding
LTE coverage.
"It is encouraging to see investment in the Commonwealth
following the pursuit of pro-business policies in the general
assembly," said Kentucky House Speaker Pro Tempore David Osborne. "As Kentuckians change how they
communicate, it is vital that we continue to pursue policies that
promote private investments in our networks to ensure our families
and businesses have access to the technologies required in our
21st century economy."
"Every day we hear of new communications technologies emerging,
and many of those innovative products rely on easy access to
high-speed Internet," said Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers. "That is why this continuing
effort by private industry to invest in Kentucky's communications network is so
important for businesses and families throughout the
Commonwealth."
"Access to fast communications infrastructure is a key
ingredient of business growth, education, and workforce
development," said Dave Adkisson,
president, Kentucky Chamber of
Commerce. "We are thankful for the increased investment and
connectivity and look to our policy makers to continue to be a
driving force for the spread of top performing internet access to
all of Kentucky's schools,
businesses, and families."
The AT&T LTE network now covers more than 400 million people
in North America. By building out
our 4G LTE network, we're laying the foundation for 5G, the next
advance in network technologies. We're boosting network speeds and
capacity, as we continue to expand the availability of our network
using the latest technology.
"We're now speeding our wireless build out plans in Kentucky with millions of dollars dedicated to
improving its mobile network," said Hood Harris, president of
AT&T Kentucky. "This investment will also pave the path to 5G
mobile services in the years ahead."
Since the formation of the FirstNet public-private partnership a
little over a year ago, governors from all 50 states, 5 territories
and D.C. recognized the value of FirstNet, joining in its mission
to strengthen and modernize public safety's communications
capabilities.
FirstNet is a new nationwide communications platform dedicated
to America's public safety community. As we build, deploy and
evolve FirstNet, we will build upon our current and planned
investments in Kentucky to help
ensure public safety's network delivers the coverage and
cutting-edge capabilities first responders expect – today and for
decades to come.
For the 4th year in a row, AT&T earned the top
spot in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE's Most Admired
Companies list in 2018. We also placed No. 49 among the 50
most admired companies across all industries.
We were ranked first or second in all 9 attributes used to
compile the list, including innovation, people management, quality
of management, long-term investment value, quality of
products/services and global competitiveness.
Our internet offerings
We continue to expand the scope
of our ultra-fast internet powered by AT&T Fiber. We now market
our ultra-fast internet service powered by AT&T Fiber more than
150,000 customer locations in the Kentucky area.
We have the largest fiber network within our 21-state wireline
footprint.2 And AT&T is the largest U.S.-based
provider of fiber for business services, creating an unparalleled
ability to serve businesses of all sizes.
We also now market a 1
gigabit connection3 on our 100%
fiber network to 9 million locations across 71 major
metro areas nationwide. We plan to reach at least 14 million
locations across at least 84 metro areas by mid-2019 for
consumers.
To learn more about our coverage in Kentucky, 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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2 Based on publicly available
data for the top fiber providers in the AT&T operating
footprint.
3 Actual customer speeds may
vary. Download speeds are typically up to 940Mbps due to overhead
capacity reserved to deliver the data.
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