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AT&T Invests More Than $1.1 Billion Over 3-Year Period to Enhance Local Networks in AlabamaBIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- At AT&T1, we've invested more than $1.1 billion in our Alabama wireless and wired networks during 2014 – 2016. These investments drive a wide range of upgrades to reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and businesses. They also improve critical services that support public safety and first responders. "Our continued investment in Alabama allows our over 5,400 AT&T Alabama employees to expand our fiber network and bring a host of new, innovative opportunities to our residents and businesses," said AT&T Alabama President Fred McCallum. "I am continually working to attract and support companies which are committed to investing in Alabama by improving the quality of life for our people through innovation and expansion," Governor Kay Ivey said. "AT&T's continued investment in our state makes business growth possible and offers our residents tools to stay seamlessly connected. Announcements like AT&T's confirm we are indeed steadying the ship of state and that Alabama is open for business." The AT&T LTE network covers nearly 400 million people in North America. For the third year in a row, FORTUNE magazine recognized AT&T as the Most Admired Telecommunications Company in the world in 2017. We also rank No. 37 among the Top 50 World's Most Admired companies. AT&T is the only telecommunications company on the list. We ranked No. 1 in all 9 attributes. This included innovation, financial soundness and quality of products/services. We have the largest fiber network within our 21-state wireline footprint.2 We also now market a 1 gigabit connection3 on our 100% fiber network to 4.6 million locations across 52 major metro areas. And, in Alabama, we continue to expand the scope of our ultra-fast internet powered by AT&T Fiber and are currently marketing in parts of 16 rural towns and urban cities across the state. We plan to reach at least 75 major metros overall. We expect to add 2 million locations in 2017, an we plan to reach at least 12.5 million locations by mid-2019. We have an extensive Wi-Fi network with more than 40,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers. And we provide access to Wi-Fi at more than 1 million locations around the world. Most AT&T smartphone and home internet customers get access to the entire national AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot network4 at no additional cost. Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans. To learn more about our coverage in Alabama, or anywhere in the U.S., visit the AT&T Coverage Viewer. For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit 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 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 YouTube at youtube.com/att. © 2017 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. *Claim based on the Nielsen Certified Data Network Score. Score includes data reported by wireless consumers in the Nielsen Mobile Insights survey, network measurements from Nielsen Mobile Performance and Nielsen Drive Test Benchmarks for Q3+Q4 2016 across 121 markets. **Global coverage claim based on offering discounted voice and data roaming; LTE roaming; and voice roaming in more countries than any other U.S. based carrier. International service required. Coverage not available in all areas. Coverage may vary per country and be limited/restricted in some countries. From FORTUNE Magazine, March 1, 2017. 2017 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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