AT&T Provides Exclusive Wireless Coverage Along Entire Market-Frankford Line of SEPTA

AT&T Provides Exclusive Wireless Coverage Along Entire Market-Frankford Line
of SEPTA
New Underground Wireless System Provides Network Coverage for Riders on the
Blue Line

PHILADELPHIA, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today
announced it has deployed an exclusive, wireless system that provides network
coverage along the entire Market-Frankford subway line including the
underground section between 40th and 2nd Streets. Operated by the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the
Market-Frankford line is the busiest line in the system with an average
weekday ridership of 178,715.(1)
"Our customers want wireless coverage where they need it the most and
that's certainly true as they 'ride the rails' each day," said Dan Lafond,
vice president and general manager for AT&T's wireless unit in Philadelphia.
"AT&T customers can make a phone call, check e-mail on their BlackBerry or
send a text message anywhere on the Market-Frankford line."
The new underground wireless system is in addition to existing coverage
already available from AT&T for the elevated section of the Market-Frankford
line as well as Regional Rail stations at 30th Street, Suburban Street and
Market East.
Since 2004, AT&T has invested nearly $500 million, adding 200 new cell
sites throughout Philadelphia, eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and
Delaware. AT&T also expanded the blazing-fast third generation (3G) wireless
broadband network in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware
enabling customers to quickly access streaming video, games, pictures, news
and entertainment through MEdia Net, the company's mobile Internet portal.
To find out more details about AT&T's wireless coverage anywhere in the
United States, consumers can go online to the coverage viewer
(http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/) for up-to-date wireless coverage
information based on a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a
landmark.
(1) http://www.septa.org/inside/reports/ASP2007.pdf. SEPTA (May 2006)
Annual Service Plan 2007

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