AT&T Expands Wireless Network for Buffalo Customers

Network Upgrade is Part of $80 Million Planned Investment in Upstate/Western
New York

BUFFALO, N.Y., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is
supporting its continued commitment to Buffalo 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 Buffalo 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. In the Buffalo area, new cell sites are expected to go live in the
Gates Circle area as well as in Derby, Elma Tonawanda and West Seneca by the
end of summer. The company also added new sites recently in Orchard Park and
East Aurora.
AT&T plans to triple the size of its high speed mobile broadband footprint
in the Buffalo area by expanding to Niagara County and further south into Erie
County later this summer. AT&T's high speed 3G network currently brings
mobile broadband capability and enhanced in-building coverage to customers in
the greater Buffalo area including the entire city of Buffalo as well as in
Amherst, Blasdell, Cheektowaga, Clarence, Williamsville, Depew, Kenmore,
Lackawanna, Tonawanda, West Seneca, Orchard Park and Lancaster.
"AT&T's network in the Buffalo area 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 western
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."
HSPA is the most advanced GSM data technology, providing average downlink
speeds between 700-1700 kilobits per second (Kbps) for advanced devices. These
enhanced speeds allow AT&T customers to 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.
With the new addition of HSUPA technology, AT&T customers can enjoy uplink
speeds between 500 and 800 Kbps. The new upload speeds complement AT&T's 3G
download capabilities, which currently offer up to 1.4 Mbps across all markets
for customers who have capable devices, such as AT&T's LaptopConnect wireless
modems.
Equally as important as the network 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 -- and will be even more enticing with the addition of
more 3G-enabled smartphones in the summer and fall of 2008.
AT&T's 3G network is now available in more than 275 U.S. major
metropolitan areas. The company will deliver 3G service to nearly 350 leading
U.S. markets by the end of 2008.
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Kate MacKinnon of AT&T, +1-508-271-8442, Kate.mackinnon@att.com