What’s new: In Nevada, we invested more than $650 million in our network infrastructure from 2020-2024 to connect more people to greater possibility.
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 Nevada: 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 the Las Vegas metro area. Through a joint venture with BlackRock, we are serving customers outside of AT&T’s traditional service areas through Gigapower.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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 Nevada. 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 ramping up performance in high traffic areas, like airports, stadiums and venues, including in Las Vegas at the Harry Reid International Airport, Allegiant Stadium and for major sporting events such as Formula 1.
- For less densely populated areas like White Pine, Lander, Humboldt, Elko and Nye, to name a few, 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.
- 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 Nevada, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in nearly 90 localities across the state and in all 17 counties.
- We’ve rolled out Band 14 on more than 600 sites across Nevada 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 divide in Nevada, AT&T teamed up with Human-I-T and Compudopt to distribute laptops throughout the state.
- In Summer 2024, AT&T worked with Human-I-T to provide youth from the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows Donald L. Carano Youth & Teen Facility in Reno, Nevada, with 150 refurbished laptops and backpacks stuffed with school supplies today to distribute to program youth in need.
- In Fall 2024, AT&T worked with Human-I-T to provide students enrolled in JAG Nevada programs statewide 150 laptops and backpacks with a focus on rural communities.
- Also in Fall 2024, AT&T supported a Compudopt Digital Life event at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada with the distribution of 150 laptops to youth that currently did not have connectivity.
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*About AT&T
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