What’s new: In Indiana, we invested nearly $1.9 billion in our network infrastructure from 2020-2024 to connect more people to greater possibility.
Cities and communities throughout Indiana are seeing the impacts of this investment, including:
- More than $750 million in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson
- Nearly $130 million in Evansville
- More than $35 million in Fort Wayne
- Nearly $35 million in Bloomington
- Nearly $25 million in Lafayette-West Lafayette
- Nearly $20 million in Terre Haute
- More than $15 million in Muncie
- More than $10 million in Bedford
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 Indiana: 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: To help meet the demands for reliable, high-speed connections today – and in the future – we’re investing in our fiber network.
- With more than 1.9 million fiber miles in Indiana, AT&T Fiber® is now available to more than 650,000 customer locations in more than 80 communities, including Bloomington, Crawfordsville, Danville, Evansville, Gary, Indianapolis, Lawrence, New Albany, and South Bend, among other communities.
- With nearly 91 million strand miles of fiber in 21 states, AT&T Fiber® now passes nearly 29 million consumer and business locations.
- When public entities team up with trusted providers, more Americans are connected to greater opportunity. In Indiana, we’ve collaborated with localities to bring AT&T Fiber to more corners of the state.
- AT&T has completed public-private fiber builds in Vanderburgh County, the City of Boonville, the City of Martinsville and Delaware County.
- AT&T is currently working with Lawrence County to build AT&T Fiber in rural areas of the county, including four different public-private projects.
- Finally, AT&T is collaborating with the State of Indiana through the state’s Next Level Connections (NLC) Broadband Grant Program to build fiber networks in communities across the state.
- Building Networks for the Next Century: To reach our goal and better serve our customers with faster, more reliable services, we’re actively investing to modernize our networks that will power us for the next century, not the last one. We’re working to exit our legacy copper network operations across the large majority of our wireline footprint by the end of 2029. Throughout this transition, no customer will lose voice or 911 services. We developed products like AT&T Phone-Advanced, a digital phone service that uses our reliable wireless network and any broadband connection, as a reliable alternative to plain old telephone service (POTS).
- Today, AT&T Phone-Advanced is available in over 100 markets across 21 states, including Indiana, and will continue to expand to other markets and states across the country.
- 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 Indiana. 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 Lucas Oil Stadium and Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
- For less densely populated areas like Rensselaer, North Judson, Montpelier, Greentown, Brookville, and French Lick, we’re expanding our 5G network so people there can have access to reliable connectivity.
- And we’re also working with AST SpaceMobile to one day offer voice, data, text and video services in remote, off-grid locations.
- We also launched AT&T Internet Air, our fixed wireless home internet service delivered over our 5G network, an all-in-one device that powers strong Wi-Fi coverage in your home.
- 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 Indiana, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in more than 620 localities across the state, including Indianapolis, South Bend, Gary, Evansville, Fishers, Noblesville, Elkhart, Marion, Brownsburg, Bloomington, Crown Point, LaPorte, Frankfort, and Martinsville.
- We’ve rolled out Band 14 on nearly 1,300 sites across Indiana 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.
- To help bridge the digital divide in Indianapolis, AT&T has opened an AT&T Connected Learning Center in the city at the Indianapolis Urban League. The center provides students and families with access to resources like high-speed AT&T Fiber internet, Wi-Fi, computers, and free education resources. Read more.
Good news is always great to share. Here are the highlights from the last year in Indiana:
- April 10, 2025 | SWIRCA Receives AT&T Funds for Digital Literacy Classes at Senior Center. Learn more.
- March 31, 2025 | AT&T Completes $2.5 Million Public-Private Project to Expand Fiber to More Than 1,300 New Customer Locations in Rural Delaware County. Learn more.
- February 9, 2025 | AT&T Indiana Working to Expand Rural Broadband. Learn more.
- November 23, 2024 | AT&T Donates 100 Laptops to Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center for Indianapolis Families. Learn more.
- October 15, 2024 | AT&T Donates 250 Laptops to Families in Need in Indianapolis. Learn more. Learn more.
- September 5, 2024 | AT&T Donates $25K to Shelby Senior Services for Digital Literacy Programs. Learn more.
- August 28, 2024 | AT&T Helps Close Digital Divide in Martinsville with Completion of Fiber Project & Donation of 100 Laptops to Local Families. Learn more.
- July 22, 2024 | AT&T Narrows Digital Divide with Donation of Laptops in Lawrence County, Announces Fiber Projects Have Begun in County. Learn more.
- April 19, 2024 | 300 Students Receive Free Laptops from AT&T at Arsenal Tech Event in Indianapolis. Learn more.
- April 15, 2024 | FirstNet is Up to the Task During Eclipse. Learn more.
- March 2024 | AT&T Delivers on High-Speed Rural Internet. Learn more.
- March 28, 2024 | AT&T to Deliver Fiber-Powered Broadband to more than 530 Customers in Rural Lawrence County. Learn more.
- March 26, 2024 | AT&T Fiber Broadband Now Available to More People in Indiana. Learn more.
- March 4, 2024 | Indiana Making Waves on Bridging Broadband Gap. Learn more.
- February 13, 2024 | Boonville, AT&T Partnership Brings 5-Gig Broadband to Entire City. Learn more.
- February 7, 2024 | AT&T and City of Boonville Light Up Small Communi3ty with Fiber Connectivity. Learn more.
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