Verizon Begins LTE User Trials In Five Cities

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AT&T* today unveiled its Alabama region wireless network investment plans for 2010, which include the addition of more than 75 new cell sites and the upgrade of more than 250 additional cell sites to 3G throughout the state.

The planned wireless network enhancement strategy is part of AT&T’s 2010 wireline and wireless capital investment, which is expected to be in the $18 billion to $19 billion range companywide, an increase of between 5 and 10 percent over 2009. This planned amount includes an increase of about $2 billion in capital expenditures for wireless and backhaul related to AT&T’s wireless network. This planned level of investment is framed by the expectation that regulatory and legislative decisions relating to the telecom sector will continue to be sensitive to investment.

“Investment in the state's broadband networks is critical to keeping Alabama competitive and providing our citizens with the best technology,” said Sen. Rodger Smitherman, President Pro Tempore Alabama State Senate. “Expanding and enhancing the mobile broadband network extends the benefits of broadband access to many consumers who are relying more and more on wireless technology to access the Internet."

Today’s announcement builds on AT&T’s 2009 wireless investment, during which it added nearly 30 new cell sites in Alabama and upgraded more than 60 existing sites to 3G. From 2007 through 2009, AT&T’s total capital investment in its Alabama wireless and wireline networks was nearly $1.2 billion. From 2007 through 2009, AT&T’s wireless network investment in Alabama was more than $150 million.

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