COLUMBIA, S.C., May 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- At
AT&T1, we've invested more than $800 million in our South Carolina wireless and wired networks
during 2014-2016. These investments drive a wide range of upgrades
to reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for
residents and responders.
During 2014-2016, AT&T made the following investments in its
wireless and wired networks:
- More than
$120 million in the Charleston area;
- More than
$175 million in the Columbia area; and
- More than
$120 million in the Greenville area.
"The future economic prosperity of South Carolina depends on thoughtful
innovation and a fast, reliable network," said Gov. Henry McMaster. "Sustained capital investment in
our state's infrastructure ensures that residents and businesses
have the tools necessary to compete on a global level, grow here,
and create opportunities for our people - which means an improved
quality of life for all South Carolinians."
In 2016, AT&T made more than 2,500 wireless network upgrades
in South Carolina.
"For individuals and businesses, life is moving faster than ever
before," said Pamela Lackey,
president of AT&T South Carolina. "We are investing in the
advanced communications networks which not only help our customers
and communities keep up, but lead and succeed in the race to the
future."
The AT&T LTE network covers nearly 400 million people in
North America.
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) recently chose
AT&T to build a nationwide public safety broadband network. The
network will be dedicated to America's police, firefighters, EMS
personnel and other first responders when they need it. Should
South Carolina opt-in to the
FirstNet network, we will build upon our current and planned
investments with a dedicated focus on the state's first
responders.
And we would expect to make a significant investment to upgrade
and maintain South Carolina's
FirstNet network over the next 25 years, bringing your first
responders the coverage, value and experience they expect.
For the third year in a row, FORTUNE magazine recognized
AT&T as the Most Admired Telecommunications Company in the
world in 2017. We are also No. 37 among the Top 50 World's
Most Admired companies.
AT&T is the only telecommunications company on the list. We
ranked No. 1 in all 9 attributes. This included innovation,
financial soundness and quality of products/services.
We continue to expand the scope of our ultra-fast internet
powered by AT&T Fiber.
We have the largest fiber network within our 21-state wireline
footprint.2 We also now market a 1 gigabit
connection3 on our 100% fiber network to 4.6 million
locations across 52 major metro areas. We plan to reach at least 75
major metros overall. We expect to add 2 million locations in 2017,
and we plan to reach at least 12.5 million locations by
mid-2019.
We have an extensive Wi-Fi network with more than 40,000
AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores
and retailers. And we provide access to Wi-Fi at more than 1
million locations around the world. Most AT&T smartphone and
home internet customers get access to the entire national AT&T
Wi-Fi Hot Spot network.4 at no additional cost. Wi-Fi
usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data
plans.
To learn more about our coverage in South 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.
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.
4 Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other
restrictions apply. See www.attwifi.com for details
and locations
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About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) helps millions around the globe connect
with leading entertainment, business, mobile and high speed
internet services. We offer the nation's best data network* and the
best global coverage of any U.S. wireless provider.** We're one of
the world's largest providers of pay TV. We have TV customers in
the U.S. and 11 Latin American countries. Nearly 3.5 million
companies, from small to large businesses around the globe, turn to
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*Claim based on the Nielsen Certified Data Network Score. Score
includes data reported by wireless consumers in the Nielsen Mobile
Insights survey, network measurements from Nielsen Mobile
Performance and Nielsen Drive Test Benchmarks for Q3+Q4 2016 across
121 markets.
**Global coverage claim based on offering discounted voice and
data roaming; LTE roaming; and voice roaming in more countries than
any other U.S. based carrier. International service required.
Coverage not available in all areas. Coverage may vary per country
and be limited/restricted in some countries.
From FORTUNE Magazine, March 1,
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