AT&T Invests Nearly $20 Million Over 3-Year Period to Boost Local Networks in Abilene
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ABILENE, Texas, Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- At AT&T¹, we've invested nearly $20 million in our Abilene 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 5 wireless network upgrades in the Abilene area. The AT&T LTE network now covers more than 400 million people in North America. Notable Abilene network enhancements in 2017 included in-building distributed antenna systems (DAS) and LTE capacity adds.
"AT&T is committed to Texas, to Abilene and to providing our customers with robust, reliable and secure wireless connections," said Deborah Keel, AT&T External Affairs Regional Director. "Our continued investment in Abilene will ensure local residents and employers benefit from the power of wireless communications technology at home, at work and at play."
This investment also supports expanding 5G Evolution and LTE-LAA technologies in Abilene, which we launched in April. These technologies serve as the runway to 5G by boosting the existing LTE network and priming it for the future of connectivity.
"Here in Abilene, we welcome the investment and innovation that will enable us to harness the power of the next wave of communications technology," said State Representative Stan Lambert. "We appreciate AT&T for their commitment to our community and believe their ongoing investments here will spur economic development, job creation and innovation in our area."
This investment is part of the nearly $7.0 billion we invested in our wireless and wired networks across the state of Texas during 2015-2017.
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 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 Abilene 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.
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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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