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AT&T to Add 75 New Cell Sites in North Carolina This Year

Posted on: Monday, 16 February 2009, 10:00 CST

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As people's lives become increasingly mobile and fast-paced, AT&T* is expanding its North Carolina network to help customers keep up with the speed of life. AT&T announced today it plans to add some 75 new cell sites throughout North Carolina in 2009, and nearly 600 throughout the Southeast Region. The planned sites are part of AT&T's ongoing expansion of its 3G network, the nation's fastest 3G network, according to recent data compiled by leading independent wireless research firms.

AT&T invested more than $200 million in its North Carolina wireless network from 2006 to 2008. As part of the its 2009 investment, AT&T plans to launch 3G service in Wilmington, Asheville, Hickory, Greenville and Havelock and expand its 3G footprint in Charlotte, Concord, Raleigh and Greensboro, totaling more than 220 cell site activations.

"North Carolinians have known for generations that they can depend on AT&T to continually deliver the most advanced communications services and technologies," said Cynthia Marshall, president, AT&T North Carolina. "Today's announcement illustrates that even though our industry and technologies have changed over the years, our commitment remains strong. Continuing to grow and enhance our networks enables us to fulfill our mission of connecting customers with their world, everywhere they live and work, and doing it better than anyone else."

Some of the counties that will benefit from the 2009 network build-out plan include:

"AT&T's 3G wireless network gives our customers the ability to stay connected to the information and content that is most important to them," said Alison Hall, vice president and general manager, (Carolinas) AT&T Mobility and Consumer Services. "We will continue to bring the world of converged wireline and wireless services to our customers in North Carolina."

In addition to AT&T's recent wireless network enhancements, customers have access to the wireless network with the best global coverage, as well as the nation's premier lineup of innovative wireless and wireline products and services, including iPhone 3G, an AT&T exclusive. With the expansion of AT&T's retail services in North Carolina, customers have a new way to shop and experience AT&T's extensive portfolio of wireless, broadband, wireline and video products and services.

AT&T added nearly 200 new cell sites in North Carolina last year and launched its high speed 3G network in Jacksonville and Fayetteville.

AT&T's 3G network is now available in nearly 350 U.S. major metropolitan areas including Charlotte, N.C., Raleigh, N.C., Greensboro, N.C., Jacksonville, N.C., Fayetteville, N.C., Columbia, S.C., Greenville, S.C., Charleston, S.C., Spartanburg, S.C., and Clemson, S.C., and Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The AT&T 3G wireless network delivers LaptopConnect users typical downlink speeds ranging between 700 kilobits per second (Kbps) and 1.7 megabits per second (Mbps), and faster uplink speeds ranging between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps. The super-charged network opens the door to a new era of advanced mobile services, devices and feature-rich audio and video content, such as AT&T Video Share(SM), a first-of-its-kind technology that allows users to share live video during a wireless call.

AT&T's wireless network is built on the GSM standard -- the most open and widely used technology in the world. AT&T's wireless devices work in more than 200 countries and regions.

For more information about AT&T's coverage in North Carolina or anywhere in the United States, consumers can go to http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/. The online tool can measure the quality of coverage based on a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services, the nation's fastest 3G network and the best wireless coverage worldwide, and the nation's leading high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of their three-screen integration strategy, AT&T operating companies are expanding their TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE(R) magazine's lists of the World's Most Admired Companies and America's Most Admired Companies. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.

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