AKRON, Ohio, June 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- At AT&T*, we've
invested nearly $225 million in our
Akron wireless and wired networks
during 2014-2016. These investments enhance reliability, coverage,
speed and overall performance for residents and businesses. They
also improve critical services that support public safety and first
responders.
In 2016, AT&T made more than 580 wireless network upgrades
in Summit and surrounding counties. The completed improvements
include adding greater capacity and speeds to cell towers within
the area.
"For the Akron area to
continue to thrive and serve residents, it's crucial companies
invest through thoughtful innovation," said Mayor Dan Horrigan, City of
Akron. "By investing in our area, AT&T is making
business growth possible. And our residents have the tools to stay
connected and entertained."
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
Ohio 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 Ohio's FirstNet
network over the next 25 years, bringing your first responders the
coverage, value and experience they expect.
"We're investing to provide faster, more reliable, highly secure
connectivity. We want customers to have internet access at any
moment, from almost any device—anywhere," said Steve Kristan, external affairs director,
AT&T Ohio. "These continued investments bring Akron residents and businesses a host of new
opportunities."
For the third year in a row, FORTUNE magazine recognized
AT&T as the Most Admired Telecommunications Company in the
world in 2017. We also placed 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 have the largest fiber network within our 21-state wireline
footprint.1 We also now market a 1 gigabit
connection2 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.3 at no additional cost. Wi-Fi
usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data
plans.
To learn more about our coverage in Akron 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 Based on publicly available data for
the top fiber providers in the AT&T operating
footprint.
2 Actual customer speeds may
vary. Download speeds are typically up to 940Mbps due to overhead
capacity reserved to deliver the data.
3
Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See
www.attwifi.com for details and locations
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*About AT&T
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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
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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 Q4 2016 + Q1 2017
across 121 markets.
To define a market, we rely on the Core Based Statistical Areas
(CBSA), as established by the United States Office of Management
and Budget. Minor differences, if any, between annual totals
reflect annual updating of market boundaries in our record
systems.
From FORTUNE Magazine, March 1,
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