AT&T Invests Nearly $15 Million Over 3-Year Period to Boost Local Networks in Lafayette Area

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Sep 06, 2018, 08:00 ET

LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- At AT&T¹, we've invested nearly $15 million in our Lafayette area wireless and wired networks during 2015-2017. These investments boost reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and businesses. They also improve critical services that support public safety and first responders.

In 2017, AT&T made nearly 50 wireless network upgrades in the Lafayette area. These include boosting network capacity, and enhancements at the university football stadium.

"For our city to continue to thrive and attract new jobs and innovation, investment like this by the private sector is crucial," said City of Lafayette Director of Economic Development Dennis Carson. "AT&T has been a longtime supporter of our efforts to boost our economy and we are grateful."

"By building state-of-the-art infrastructure in our community, AT&T is making business growth possible and assuring that our residents have the tools to stay connected and entertained," said Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Economic and Workforce Development Jody Hamilton. "We're excited to celebrate their continued investment here."

The AT&T LTE network now covers more than 400 million people in North America. By building out our 4G LTE network, we're laying the foundation for 5G, the next advance in network technologies. We're boosting network speeds and capacity, as we continue to expand the availability of our network using the latest technology.

"Our customers expect to have access at any moment, from almost any device – almost anywhere," said Bill Soards, president of AT&T Indiana. "And we're investing heavily to deliver faster, more reliable, highly secure connectivity in order to meet - and exceed - those expectations for Lafayette area residents."

Since the formation of the FirstNet public-private partnership a little over a year ago, governors from all 50 states, 5 territories and D.C. recognized the value of FirstNet, joining in its mission to strengthen and modernize public safety's communications capabilities.

FirstNet is a new nationwide communications platform dedicated to America's public safety community. As we build, deploy and evolve FirstNet, we will build upon our current and planned investments in Indiana to help ensure public safety's network delivers the coverage and cutting-edge capabilities first responders expect – today and for decades to come.

For the 4^th year in a row, AT&T earned the top spot in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE's Most Admired Companies list in 2018. We also placed No. 49 among the 50 most admired companies across all industries.

We were ranked first or second in all 9 attributes used to compile the list, including innovation, people management, quality of management, long-term investment value, quality of products/services and global competitiveness.

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