AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- At
AT&T1, we've invested more than $575 million in our Austin 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 253 wireless network upgrades in the
Austin area that included a new cell site and boosting
network capacity.
"AT&T is working hard to invest in Austin to ensure area consumers and businesses
are able to benefit from the promise of the next wave of
communications technology to power growth and innovation," said
Leslie Ward, president, AT&T
Texas. "To date, we have invested more than $500 million in this community and we look
forward to working with city leaders to ensure future investment
and upgrades are deployed in Austin."
"Texas is one of the best
places for tech startups but this depends on a foundation laid by
the capital investments large corporations are making across our
region," said Joshua Baer, founder
& CEO of Capital Factory. "AT&T's investment in
Central Texas over the past three
years solidifies its long-running commitment to fueling innovation,
job creation and a strong economy across Austin, Round
Rock and San Marcos.
AT&T has never hesitated to invest what's needed in
Texas to bring fast, reliable
networks and technology to consumers and businesses all across our
state."
The AT&T LTE network now covers more than 400 million people
in North America. In 2017,
AT&T made 222 LTE network upgrades in the Austin area.
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.
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 Texas 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 to more
than 225,000 customer locations in the Austin 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 Austin or anywhere in the U.S., go to the
AT&T Coverage Viewer. For updates on the AT&T wireless
network, please go to the AT&T network news page.
1 AT&T products and services are
provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc.
under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T
Inc.
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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About AT&T Communications
We help family, friends and neighbors connect in meaningful ways
every day. From the first phone call 140+ years ago to mobile video
streaming, we innovate to improve lives. We have the best network
according to America's biggest test.* We're building FirstNet just
for first responders and creating next-generation mobile 5G. With
DIRECTV and DIRECTV NOW, we deliver entertainment people love to
talk about. Our smart, highly secure solutions serve over 3 million
global businesses – nearly all of the Fortune 1000. And worldwide,
our spirit of service drives employees to give back to their
communities.
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*Based on GWS OneScore Sept. 2018.
Excludes crowd sourced studies.
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