AT&T Expands Wireless Network for Syracuse Customers

SYRACUSE, N.Y., July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — AT&T Inc. is supporting its continued commitment to Syracuse area customers with the largest wireless network investment in the region since 2005. The company’s planned $80 million investment in the upstate/western New York area this year will bring the planned four-year territory investment total to more than $250 million.

AT&T has delivered dramatic change to the network experience for customers in the Syracuse area — a direct result of the company’s ongoing efforts to expand and enhance its network operations and the synergies that come from being part of the world’s largest communications company.

Part of the 2008 investment plan calls for more than 50 new cell sites in upstate. Locally, AT&T plans to double the size of its high speed mobile broadband footprint in the Syracuse area. AT&T’s high speed 3G wireless network currently brings mobile broadband capability to customers in Clay, Cicero, East Syracuse, Fayetteville, Liverpool, Manlius, Minoa, North Syracuse, Solvay and Syracuse in Onondaga County. Later this fall, AT&T will bring its 3G network to additional cities and towns in Onondaga County, and expand to parts of Oswego County as well.

“AT&T’s wireless network in Syracuse is better than ever. We aren’t the same AT&T that you might have known years ago. Our planned network investment this year underscores our dedication to consumers and businesses in upstate New York,” said Jay Summerson, vice president, External Affairs for AT&T in New York.

“We have not only enhanced voice quality and boosted our in-building coverage — but we’ve also enabled our customers to work faster without wires — and enjoy more robust speeds on their laptops and mobile phones,” added Bob Holliday, vice president and general manager of AT&T’s wireless operations in upstate New York.

The enhanced wireless network speed lets customers download a 5 MB file in 25 seconds, a three minute song (about 3MB) in 15 seconds and a ringtone that might take one minute and 45 seconds over slower mobile technologies — only takes an average of 25 seconds on AT&T’s 3G network. Equally as important as the network, which is now available in more than 280 U.S. major metropolitan areas, is the device through which a customer experiences it. AT&T’s handset portfolio in company-owned stores is more than 75 percent 3G-capable. By year-end, the company plans to offer 3G service in nearly 350 major metropolitan U.S. areas.

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