[1st-mile-nm] AT&T Invests $35 Million in New Mexico Wireless and Wireline Networks in First Half of 2013

[Richard Lowenberg]

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Albuquerque , New Mexico, August 08, 2013

AT&T Invests $35 Million in New Mexico Wireless and Wireline Networks 
in First Half of 2013

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=24641&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=36843

Investments Strengthen Nation's Fastest and Most Reliable 4G LTE 
Network, Largest 4G Network Project Velocity IP Investments Result in 
New Cell Sites, Small Cells and Distributed Antenna Systems to Enhance 
Network Performance Across New Mexico

Blazing speeds.  Great reliability.  Broad coverage.  Excellent overall 
performance.  That’s what New Mexico residents want from their mobile 
Internet, and it’s exactly what AT&T* is delivering with an array of 
network upgrades completed in the first half of 2013.

In the first half of 2013, AT&T invested more than $35 million in its 
wireless and wired networks in New Mexico.  The investments included 
deployment of new macro cell sites, small cells and Distributed Antenna 
Systems across the state as a part of AT&T’s Project Velocity IP, a 
three-year investment plan announced last fall to expand and enhance its 
IP broadband networks.  The company also expanded and enhanced its 4G 
LTE network, which provides ultra-fast mobile Internet speeds, and 
deployed new Wi-Fi hot spots.

These investments help to ensure that New Mexico residents continue to 
receive the best possible experience over the AT&T network, whether at 
home, at work or on the go.  The great performance of AT&T’s 4G LTE 
network, now the nation’s fastest and most reliable, continues to be 
validated:

AT&T now has the most reliable 4G LTE network.  According to 
independent third-party data, AT&T has the highest success rate for 
delivering mobile content across nationwide 4G LTE networks.

Meanwhile, our 4G LTE service was recognized as having faster average 
download and upload speeds than any of our competitors in 
PCWorld/TechHive’s most recent 20-market speed tests – the second 
consecutive year that AT&T has ranked 1st overall.  PCWorld/TechHive 
also ranked AT&T’s as the fastest combination of 3G and 4G services in 
the 20 cities it tested.

And AT&T was named America’s fastest 4G LTE network in PC Magazine’s 
2013 Fastest Mobile Networks 30-market study – sweeping the top rankings 
in all six U.S. regions from coast to coast: Northeast, Southeast, 
North-Central, South-Central, Northwest and Southwest.

“Fast, reliable connectivity is essential to both quality of life and 
competitiveness at work,” said Jerry Fuentes, president of AT&T Arizona 
and New Mexico.  “No one understands that better than we do, and no one 
is doing more than AT&T to mobilize a world that works for people in New 
Mexico. With initiatives like Project Velocity IP, we’re working to 
ensure that New Mexico consumers and businesses remain at the leading 
edge of broadband services.”

Highlights of network upgrades completed so far this year in New Mexico 
include launching 4G LTE in Farmington, Gallup and Las Cruces.

“AT&T’s network investment supports New Mexico’s economic health and 
our residents’ ability to thrive and expand,” said Alex Romero, 
President and CEO of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce.  “The 
expansion of mobile Internet service supports the way we live and work 
in the 21st century.”

The 2013 year-to-date network investment builds on the nearly $175 
million that AT&T has invested in its New Mexico wireless and wired 
networks from 2009 through 2012.

AT&T 4G LTE is now available in multiple areas of the state, including 
Albuquerque, Farmington, Gallup and Las Cruces. Nationwide, more than 
225 million Americans have access to AT&T 4G LTE service.  By year-end 
2013, AT&T expects to cover nearly 270 million people and 400 markets 
with its 4G LTE network.



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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Dir.
1st-Mile Institute, 505-603-5200
P.O.Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504
www.1st-mile.org  rl at 1st-mile.org
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