AT&T Invests More Than $3.0 Billion Over 3-Year Period to Boost Local Networks in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

DALLAS, Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- At AT&T(1), we've invested more than 3.0 billion in our Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 554 wireless network upgrades in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area. The AT&T LTE network now covers more than 400 million people in North America. Notable Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington network enhancements in 2017 included in-building Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), DAS modifications, carrier adds, LTE overlays, tenant adds, LTE bandwidth expansions, and new site builds

"The Dallas-Fort Worth area is blazing new trails when it comes to welcoming wireless innovation and investment," said Mike Peterson, AT&T Regional Vice President. "AT&T is pleased to work with local leaders as we invest in Texas to ensure employers and residents in the Metroplex and beyond are able to harness the promise and power of wireless connectivity and the next generation of communications technology."

This investment will also support our plans to launch mobile 5G in Dallas.

"More and more businesses - from innovative start-ups to Fortune 500 companies - are calling Dallas and our region home," said Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. "AT&T sets the standard by continuing to prove its strong commitment to its customers and our community with their substantial investments in the city of Dallas and the surrounding region. AT&T is ensuring the Metroplex and its businesses stay connected and competitive."

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.

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 4(th) 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 nearly 775,000 customer locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 connection(3) 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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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