AT&T and Comcast are among the top six winners of broadband funding from the state of South Carolina announced yesterday. Thirteen other companies also won funding. In total $132.8 million was awarded. The funding will cover 52% of construction costs,…
The disaggregated network approach that AT&T has adopted has helped the company roll out 5G and fiber more quickly than before, said AT&T Vice President of Network Core Infrastructure Service Mike Satterlee in a blog post. More than half of…
AT&T expects to see BEAD funding flow from the federal government to the states and expects the “more aggressive” states to award some of that funding to broadband projects before year-end, said AT&T CEO John Stankey on the company’s fourth…
The news last week about AT&T’s Gigapower joint venture with investment firm BlackRock was not a total surprise to anyone who heard or read comments from one AT&T executive earlier this month. Addressing investors at a conference, AT&T COO Jeff…
AT&T is looking to expand fiber beyond its traditional local exchange carrier service territory, said AT&T Chief Operating Officer Jeff McElfresh today. He showed considerable passion toward the out-of-region fiber opportunity in a question-and-answer session at an investor conference. AT&T…
AT&T and Delaware County, Indiana are planning a public-private partnership to build a symmetrical 5 Gbps-capable fiber network passing approximately 1,250 locations in the county. The project is contingent on a final contract between the two parties. Indiana has been…
AT&T plans to have 12 edge zones operational by year-end, said Jeremy Legg, the company’s chief technology officer, in a blog post yesterday. The goal is to work in combination with the company’s 5G network to support new applications requiring…
AT&T Illinois has agreed to pay a $23 million fine in connection with a criminal investigation. The company admitted to paying $22,500 to a friend of former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan to influence the passage of legislation…
C-band spectrum is proving to be a powerful weapon – and potentially an important weapon — for AT&T and Verizon as they attempt to meet T-Mobile data speed, according to Opensignal. The C-band includes spectrum at 3.7 GHz. AT&T and…
AT&T partnered with Vanderburgh County, Indiana for a broadband public-private partnership (PPP), which will eventually bring fiber to 20K locations throughout largely rural Vanderburgh County. The total cost of the project is $39 million, with AT&T pitching in close to…
October 03, 2022 – A teen writing their college essay on a mobile phone in a fast-food parking lot because they don’t have internet at home. A cancer patient forgoing their follow-up telehealth appointment due to a lack of internet…
OAKTON, Va., Sept. 26, 2022 — PRNewswire — What’s the news? AT&T was awarded a task order to modernize the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) voice and data networks to help ensure reliable, high-speed wireline and wireless connectivity among CBP’s Federal Law…
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