AT&T Invests More than $70 Million in NH Cellular Coverage

AT&T invested more than $70 million in its New Hampshire wireless and wireline networks from 2009 through 2011 with a focus on improving the company’s mobile broadband coverage and overall performance of its networks.

During 2011, AT&T made more than 525 wireless network upgrades in four key categories in New Hampshire Chestnut Road, near Route 101. These enhancements include:

• Activating nearly 25 new cell sites or towers to improve network coverage.
• Deploying faster fiber-optic connections to nearly 225 cell sites. Combined with HSPA+ technology. These deployments enable 4G speeds.
• Adding capacity or an extra layer of frequency to cell sites – like adding lanes to a highway – with the addition of more than 225 of these layers, or “carriers”.
• Upgrading nearly 60 cell sites to provide fast mobile broadband speeds.

“More than ever, we use wireless communications to stay connected with family, friends and business colleagues," said Patricia Jacobs, president of AT&T New England. "The investments that we continue to make for our customers in New Hampshire are enabling the innovation of today and tomorrow while enhancingeconomic growth and stimulating jobs.”

CNN Money recently recognized AT&T for enhancing its wireless network. Last year, AT&T completed 150,000 network enhancements across the country, more than triple the year before, giving customers more capacity and faster speeds, as well as improving 3G dropped-call performance by 25 percent.

“Our goal is to deliver a network experience that mobilizes everything for customers,” said Steve Krom, vice president and general manager, AT&T New England. “The ongoing investment we’re making in New Hampshire is designed to increase coverage and reliability, and to provide advanced services to our customers.”

AT&T plans to support the build or upgrade of thousands of cell sites nationwide to increase network speed, coverage and reliability for both mobile voice and broadband services. In addition, AT&T plans to install additional radio “carriers” at thousands of cell sites nationally, enabling new layers of spectrum capacity to carry larger volumes of mobile broadband traffic. Additional capacity helps support rising mobile data traffic volumes, whichcontinue to increase at a rapid pace.

AT&T operates the nation’s largest Wi-Fi network*** with nearly 30,000 hotspots in the U.S. and provides access to nearly 190,000 hotspots globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn’t count against customers’ monthly wireless data plans.

For more information about AT&T’s coverage in New Hampshire or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit the AT&T Coverage Viewer. Using the online tool, AT&T customers can measure coverage quality of coverage from a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark. 

For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit the AT&T network news page.