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AT&T Invests Nearly $425 Million Over 3-Year Period to Boost Local Networks in OrlandoORLANDO, Fla., June 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At AT&T1, we've invested nearly $425 million in our Orlando area wireless and wired networks during 2016-2018. These investments boost reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and businesses. We've also improved critical services that support Public Safety and first responders using the FirstNet communications platform. This investment has helped AT&T become the fastest wireless network in the nation, according to the first quarter 2019 results from tests taken with Speedtest® and analyzed by Ookla®. 2 In 2018, AT&T made nearly 400 wireless network upgrades in Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties. Some of the notable local network enhancements included:
"We're always looking for new opportunities to enhance coverage for our customers and FirstNet subscribers," said Dan Pollock, regional director, AT&T Florida. "This investment will help keep customers connected when and where they need it most. It will also pave the path to 5G mobile services in the years ahead." AT&T launched mobile 5G in parts of Orlando in April of this year. Our investment also supports our plans to expand 5G Evolution and LTE-LAA. These technologies serve as a step in the path to 5G by boosting the existing LTE network and priming it for the future of connectivity. The AT&T LTE network covers more than 400 million people in North America. By building out our 4G LTE network, we're boosting network speeds and capacity, as we continue to expand the availability of our network and upgrade our technology. Additionally, for the 5th consecutive year we've landed on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired" companies. It's also the 6th year in a row we've appeared on the Global Top 50 list – no other telecom company made the Top 50. Transforming Public Safety Communications Building upon our current and planned investments in the Orlando area, we continue to extend the reach and increase the capacity of the FirstNet communications platform:
Our internet offerings We plan to reach about 14 million locations across at least 85 metro areas by mid-2019 for consumers. We are the largest U.S.-based provider of fiber for business services. There are over 500,000 U.S. business buildings lit with AT&T fiber, and we're adding thousands more each month. Within those buildings, AT&T now enables high-speed fiber connections to over 2.2 million U.S. business customer locations. And if you count businesses near our fiber network, that number quadruples. Nationwide, more than 8 million business customer locations are on or within 1,000 feet of our fiber.5 To learn more about our wireless coverage in Orlando 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. Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements *About AT&T Communications AT&T Communications is part of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T). Learn more at att.com/CommunicationsNews. 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. Additional information about AT&T products and services is available at about.att.com. Follow our news on Twitter at @ATT, on Facebook at facebook.com/att and on YouTube at youtube.com/att. © 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. AT&T, the Globe logo and other marks are trademarks and service marks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. **Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data average download speeds for Q1 2019. FirstNet® and the FirstNet logo are registered trademarks of the First Responder Network Authority. 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. 2019 Time Inc. FORTUNE© and The World's Most Admired Companies® are registered trademarks of Time Inc. and are used under License. FORTUNE and Time Inc. are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of, AT&T.
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