AT&T anounces investments

AT&T invested more than $50 million in its North Dakota wireless and wired networks from 2010 through 2012, with a focus on expanding 4G mobile Internet coverage and enhancing the overall performance of its networks.

AT&T has made nearly 100 wireless network upgrades in six key categories in North Dakota during 2012, including activating new cell sites, adding capacity, upgrading cell sites to provide fast 4G mobile Internet speeds, deploying high-capacity Ethernet connections to cell sites, and adding or upgrading distributed antenna systems, which boost wireless coverage and capacity in buildings and at major venues like convention halls or sports arenas.

AT&T recently launched Project Velocity IP, a three-year investment initiative to expand and enhance its wireless and wired IP broadband networks. As part of Project VIP, AT&T plans to increase the density of its wireless network by deploying more than 10,000 macro sites, more than 1,000 distributed antenna systems, and more than 40,000 small cells. Through this initiative, it plans to:

* Expand 4G LTE to cover more than 300 million people by year-end 2014.

* Expand the AT&T wired IP broadband network to cover approximately 75 percent of customer locations in its wired service area by year-end 2015.

* Expand the AT&T fiber network to reach 1 million additional business locations by year-end 2015

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