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AT&T Opens New Authorized Dealer Location in Birmingham

The AT&T store provides mobile lifestyle options in new convenient location on Woodward Avenue.

AT&T has opened a new authorized dealer location in Birmingham to meet the growing needs of its customers in the region. The store will provide customers with options for the latest devices, accessories, and services like Digital Life and U-verse from AT&T. The new store, owned and operated by Matthew Sharrak, has a 1,600-square-feet showroom is located at 33729 Woodward Ave.

“Our goal is to become America’s premier retailer by providing an exceptional experience in every interaction and that begins with having stores conveniently located for our customers,” said Brian Ducharme, vice president/general manager, AT&T in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. “AT&T customers looking for the latest wireless applications and services, smartphones, tablets and accessories to mirror their mobile lifestyles now have another great location to find the right solution to fit their mobile lifestyle.”

AT&T invested $1.7 billion in its Michigan wireless and wireline networks from 2011 through 2013, and continues to expand its networks in 2014. Over the past six years (2008 to 2013), AT&T invested more than $140 billion into its wireless and wireline networks, when you combine capital investment and acquisitions of spectrum and wireless operations. Since 2008, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a September 2013 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. “Investment Heroes.”

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AT&T has 58 company owned stores in Michigan and also sells its products and services in authorized dealer locations and select national retail stores. AT&T’s current retail expansion comes amid the company’s Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year investment plan announced fall 2012 to expand and enhance its IP broadband networks. Through this investment, AT&T is supporting its customers’ growing desire for high-speed Internet access and new mobile, app and cloud-based services. As part of Project VIP, AT&T is deploying small cell technology, macro cells and additional DAS, which will increase the density of our wireless network. The wireless network densification will further improve network quality and increase spectrum efficiency.

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The Birmingham/Woodward Ave. store hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. To find the nearest AT&T store or Device Support Center near you, visit www.att.com/find-a-store or www.att.com/dsc. Don’t forget you can also make an appointment before visiting your local AT&T store -https://www.att.com/storeappointment/.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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