AT&T Inc. invested more than $1 billion in its Wisconsin wireless and wireline networks from 2008 through 2011 with a focus on improving the company's mobile broadband coverage and overall performance of its networks, the firm reported today.
During 2011, AT&T made more than 775 wireless network upgrades in four key categories in Wisconsin: activating 15 new cell sites or towers to improve network coverage; deploying faster fiber-optic connections to more than 250 cell sites; adding capacity or an extra layer of frequency to cell sites; and upgrading 175 cell sites to provide fast mobile broadband speeds.
"A more advanced mobile broadband experience drives economic growth, stimulates jobs and equips Wisconsin businesses to meet the network demands of today and tomorrow," said Scott Vander Sanden, AT&T Wisconsin president. "We've significantly ramped up our wireless investments to enable an experience that offers Wisconsin consumers better speed, better reliability and better availability."
Last year, AT&T completed 150,000 network enhancements across the country, more than triple the year before.
"In today's world, specifically rural communities in northern Wisconsin, broadband is the new infrastructure that is creating jobs and economic opportunity. By connecting people, broadband is accelerating commerce and growing economies," said State Rep. Erik Severson (R-Osceola). "I applaud AT&T's continued investment in its wireless networks to ensure Wisconsin residents and businesses can communicate and perform at optimal levels."
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