What’s new: In Colorado, we invested nearly $800 million in our network infrastructure from 2020-2024 to connect more people to greater possibility.
Cities and communities throughout Colorado are seeing the impacts of this investment, including:
- Nearly $35 million in Boulder
- Nearly $40 million in Colorado Springs
- Nearly $525 million in Denver-Aurora-Lakewood
- More than $25 million in Fort Collins
Why it matters: Every American deserves access to fast, reliable connectivity when it matters most – whether it’s an important call to a family member or friend, the internet that powers work or online learning, or the connection that first responders rely on. It’s this connectivity that’s powering economic growth and supporting job creation across America.
Our mission: We’re investing across the country not only to boost network reliability and capacity, but also to expand broadband nationwide to help bridge the digital divide.
How we’re making it happen in Colorado: Committed to expanding connectivity, our investment focuses on all facets of the network — including fiber, 5G and FirstNet,® Built with AT&T.
- Expanding Access to Fiber: We’re bringing AT&T Fiber to Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Greeley! AT&T has reached an agreement to acquire parts of Lumen’s Mass Markets fiber business for $5.75 billion, subject to purchase price adjustments. This transaction will enable us to significantly expand access to AT&T Fiber outside of AT&T’s traditional wireline operating region. Learn more.
- Unlocking the Power of 5G: From rural communities to urban areas, our overall wireless voice and data network covers more than 99% of all Americans, including Colorado. Our 5G network using low-band spectrum reaches more than 310 million people in more than 26,100 cities and towns in the U.S.
- We’re working with businesses from manufacturing to healthcare to create new innovations and increase efficiencies with AT&T 5G.
- We’re ramping up performance in high traffic areas, like airports, stadiums and venues, including Ball Arena.
- And we’re also working with AST SpaceMobile to one day offer voice, data, text and video services in remote, off-grid locations.
- Unprecedented Connectivity for First Responders: As public safety’s partner, we are bringing better connectivity to public safety when — and where — they need it. Now with more than 2.99M square miles of coverage, FirstNet has the largest network footprint in the country, covering more first responders than competing commercial networks, and we are only continuing to grow. As part of our 10-year, $8B+ investment initiative with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) to transform public safety’s communications, we’ve completed the buildout of 1,000 new FirstNet sites across the country – well ahead of schedule and almost twice as fast as we pledged – providing first responders with dedicated connectivity on public safety’s Band 14 spectrum. And we’re continuing to expand FirstNet with purpose-built FirstNet sites — based on public safety’s direct feedback and network considerations — focused on rural, tribal and remote areas of the country.
- In Colorado, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in more than 380 localities across the state, including Colorado Springs, Denver, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and others.
- We’ve rolled out Band 14 on nearly 950 sites across Colorado to provide public safety with truly dedicated coverage and capacity.
And we’re not just investing in our network, we’re also investing in our communities. AT&T announced last year it’s committing an additional $3 billion by 2030 to help close the digital divide, bringing the company’s total commitment to $5 billion since 2021.
- In collaboration with the City of Denver and the Denver Office of Economic Development (DEDO), AT&T helped support Work Ready Denver’s digital literacy program to provide access to education, training and employment opportunities. Read more.
- To help bridge the divide in Denver, AT&T teamed up with Human-I-T to provide 700 free laptops for families and students served by the Work Ready Denver Program.
Good news is always great to share. Here are a few highlights from the last year in Colorado:
- 11/2024 | AT&T celebrated its fifth year collaborating with Denver Police Department Thanksgiving event as AT&T volunteers joined police officers to provide over 1,000 meals to families in need. Read more.
- 02/2025 | AT&T added a new cellular site near Voyager and InterQuest parkways to accommodate the area’s population growth and increase in entertainment options. This new site also adds Band 14 spectrum connectivity to the area. Band 14 is a nationwide frequency spectrum set aside by the government specifically for AT&T’s FirstNet, a nationwide communications network created with and for public safety. Learn more.
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*About AT&T
We help more than 100 million U.S. families, friends and neighbors, plus nearly 2.5 million businesses, connect to greater possibility. From the first phone call 140+ years ago to our 5G wireless and multi-gig internet offerings today, we @ATT innovate to improve lives. For more information about AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), please visit us at about.att.com. Investors can learn more at investors.att.com.
