Investment Expands Access to Nation’s Strongest 4G LTE Signal, ATT U-verse Services
ST. LOUIS, MARCH 24, 2015— ATT* has invested more than $1.2 billion in its best-in-class wireless and wired networks in St. Louis during the 2012 through 2014 period, driving a wide range of upgrades to enhance reliability, coverage, speed and performance for residents and business customers.
As part of its Project Velocity IP (VIP), an investment plan focused on network enhancement and expansion, ATT in 2014 made 56 network upgrades in the St. Louis area, including new cell sites, addition of network capacity, and new wireless high-speed Internet connections. Additionally, ATT expanded the reach of its network, providing access to ATT U-verse®High Speed Internet, ATT U-verse video and ATT U-verse voice services to more than 38,500 new customer locations.
“Technology drives the speed of commerce,” ATT Missouri President John Sondag said. “We’re proud of this three-year investment that we’ve made, and which helps us serve our customers and our business customers every single day.”
Notable St. Louis network enhancements in 2014 included:
- Building more than 15 new cell sites in the bi-state area.
- Upgrading more than 30 wireless high-speed Internet connections.
- Expanding capacity to carry traffic on ATT’s Distributed Antenna System at Busch Stadium.
- Launching ATT Business Fiber Service in St. Louis.
- Expanding ATT U-verse High Speed Internet service offering to 75 mbps.
“Technology investments create jobs and new opportunities for Missourians,” said Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Daniel Mehan. “We’re encouraged by businesses like ATT who continue to invest in Missouri to deploy new and innovative technology.”
ATT provides the nation’s most reliable 4G LTE network today, covering more than 300 million Americans with 4G LTE service.** ATT’s network also has the nation’s strongest LTE signal.***
ATT* was recently recognized by FORTUNE magazine as the Most Admired Telecommunications Company in the world in 2015. Additionally, FORTUNE ranked ATT #47 among all companies in all industries in its list of the Top 50 Most Admired companies in the world. FORTUNE’s Most Admired Companies lists are among the most highly respected indicators of corporate performance and reputation.
ATT U-verse is delivered over ATT’s advanced IP network and includes ATT U-verse High Speed Internet, ATT U-verse TV, and ATT U-verse Voice.**** ATT U-verse TV customers enjoy Total Home DVR®, apps for entertainment on the go, and integrated features. ATT recently received three Women’s Choice Awards® as “America’s Most Recommended Brand Among Women for Broadband, Television and Phone Service Provider.” Frost Sullivan recognized ATT for its leadership in high-speed Internet services with the 2015 North American Competitive Strategy and Innovation Leadership of the Year Award for Broadband, ATT U-verse TV with the 2015 North American Company of the Year for Multichannel Video for its growth, innovation, and leadership, and the 2015 North American Company of the Year for Consumer Communication Services.
ATT announced a major initiative in 2014 to expand the availability of U-verse with ATT GigaPowerSM in up to 25 markets nationwide. Hundreds of thousands of customer locations across parts of Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Raleigh-Durham and Winston-Salem are able to sign-up for ultra-fast speeds up to 1 gigabit per second. ATT has since announced it will deliver the ATT GigaPower network to an additional 11 markets: Atlanta; Charlotte and Greensboro, N.C.; Chicago; Cupertino, Calif.; Houston; Jacksonville, Fla.; Nashville, Tenn.; St. Louis and San Antonio.
ATT operates an extensive Wi-Fi network including more than 34,000 ATT Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers, and provides access to more 1 million Hot Spots globally through roaming agreements. Most ATT smartphone customers and U-verse customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn’t count against customers’ monthly wireless data plans.*****
If the ATT-DirecTV merger is approved by regulators, the combined companies will have an opportunity to redefine the video entertainment industry by delivering content to consumers across multiple screens – mobile devices, TVs, laptops, the backseat displays of connected cars, and even airplanes. ATT has also committed to expand and enhance its deployment of both wireline and fixed wireless high-speed Internet to cover at least 15 million customer locations across 48 states – most of them in underserved rural areas.
For more information about ATT’s coverage in St. Louis or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit the ATT Coverage Viewer. For updates on the ATT wireless network, please visit the ATT network news page.
* ATT products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of ATT Inc. under the ATT brand and not by ATT Inc.
**Reliability claim based on analysis of independent third party data re nationwide carriers’ 4G LTE. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. 4G LTE not available everywhere.
***Claim based ONLY on avg LTE signal strength for national carriers
**** Geographic and service restrictions apply to ATT U-verse services. Call or go to www.att.com/u-verse to see if you qualify.
*****A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See attwifi.com for details and locations.
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About ATT
ATT Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions of people and businesses around the globe stay connected through leading wireless, high-speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. We’re helping people mobilize their worlds with state-of-the-art communications, entertainment services and amazing innovations like connected cars and devices for homes, offices and points in between. Our U.S. wireless network offers customers the nation’s strongest LTE signal and the nation’s most reliable 4G LTE network. We offer the best global wireless coverage*. We’re improving how our customers stay entertained and informed with ATT U-verse® TV and High Speed Internet services. And businesses worldwide are serving their customers better with ATT’s mobility and highly secure cloud solutions.
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*Global coverage claim based on offering voice and LTE data roaming in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier, and offering the most wireless smartphones and tablets that work in the most countries.
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