Loading ...AT&T Spending Billions to Improve Its Wireless Service
With the success of smartphones like the Apple iPhone 3GS, customers sending more data over AT&T’s wireless network than ever before. This carrier says it is spending billions to keep up with this growing demand.
According to an official statement from AT&T:
* We are nearly doubling the wireless spectrum serving 3G customers in hundreds of markets across the country, using high-quality 850 MHz spectrum. This additional spectrum expands overall network capacity and improves in-building reception.
* We are adding about 2,000 new cell sites to our network in 2009, expanding service to new cities and improving coverage in other areas.
* We’re adding about 100,000 new backhaul connections, which add critical capacity between cell sites and the global IP backbone network.
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