What’s new: In Michigan, we invested nearly $2.4 billion in our network infrastructure from 2020-2024 to connect more people to greater possibility.
Cities and communities throughout Michigan are seeing the impacts of this investment, including:
- Nearly $1 billion in metro Detroit
- Nearly $275 million in Grand Rapids
- Nearly $110 million in Lansing
- More than $80 million in Ann Arbor
- Nearly $80 million in Kalamazoo
- More than $40 million in Flint
- Nearly $25 million in Saginaw
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 Michigan: 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 3.1 million strand miles of fiber in Michigan, AT&T Fiber® is now available to more than 760,000 customer locations in more than 115 communities, including Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Dearborn, Detroit, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Midland, Port Huron, Saginaw, Southfield, and Troy, among other communities.
- With nearly 91 million fiber strand miles in 21 states, AT&T Fiber® now passes nearly 29.5 million consumer and business locations.
- 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 Michigan, 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 Michigan. 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 the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
- For less densely populated areas like Grand Marais and Mackinac Island, 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 Michigan, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in nearly 920 localities across the state, including Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Detroit, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Holland, Iron Mountain, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Marquette, Portage, Saint Clair, Troy and Traverse City.
- We’ve rolled out Band 14 on more than 1,800 sites across Michigan 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 Detroit, AT&T has opened two AT&T Connected Learning Centers (CLC) in the city inside SER-Metro Detroit and Jefferson East, Inc. This year, we plan to open a third CLC in Michigan at Baxter Community Center in Grand Rapids. The centers provide students and families with access to resources like high-speed AT&T Fiber internet, Wi-Fi, computers, and free education resources.
- Device Distributions: Last year, AT&T Michigan also distributed 1,280 free devices to nonprofit organizations across the state to provide to students, individuals and families affected by the digital divide.
Good news is always great to share. Here are a few highlights from the last year in Michigan:
- April 29, 2025 | AT&T Awards a Connected Learning Center to the Baxter Community Center in Grand Rapids to Help Bridge the Digital Divide. Learn more.
- January 22, 2025 | Why AT&T is giving Calvin University $50,000 for laptops. Learn more.
- November 21, 2024 | Alger Middle School Students Receive Free Laptops to Help Close the Digital Divide. Learn more.
- November 17, 2024 | Donation to Macomb Community College Students Will Help to Close the Digital Divide. Learn more.
- October 18, 2024 | AT&T and Human-I-T Provide 330 Laptops to Individuals with Disabilities Across Michigan to Help Close the Digital Divide. Learn more.
- October 8, 2024 | ‘A Blessing’ – AT&T Provides 500 Free Laptops to Detroiters. Learn more.
- October 1, 2024 | With First Stop in Detroit, AT&T and Roadtrip Nation Join Forces to Bolster Digital Learning through National Event Tour. Learn more.
- May 7, 2024 | Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, Road Commission Transform First Responder Communications with FirstNet. Learn more.
- May 6, 2024 | AT&T Improves Connectivity with $2.4B Investment Upgrade to its Michigan Network. Learn more.
- May 2, 2024 | ‘Making Life Accessible to People’: Grand Rapids’ Sonja Forte is Helping Bridge the Digital Divide. Learn more.
- March 27, 2024 | AT&T Helping Kalamazoo Organizations Bridge the Digital Divide for Families and Students. Learn more.
- March 26, 2024 | AT&T Fiber Broadband Now Available to More People in Michigan. Learn more.
- February 8, 2024 | Connecting Students to Greater Possibilities Through Tech Showcase. Learn more.
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