Expanding and investing in broadband
Investing in Connection and Community Across New York
How AT&T is Investing in New York
Expanding and investing in broadband
How AT&T is Investing in New York
May 29, 2025
What’s new: In New York, we invested more than $2.4 billion in our network infrastructure from 2020-2024 to connect more people to greater possibility.
Cities and communities throughout New York are seeing the impacts of this investment, including:
- Nearly $775 million New York City
- Nearly $100 million Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
- More than $90 million Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
- More than $3.2 billion New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
- Nearly $80 million Rochester, NY
- Nearly $100 million Syracuse, NY
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.
How we’re making it happen in New York: Committed to expanding connectivity, our investment focuses on all facets of the network — including 5G and FirstNet,® Built with AT&T.
- 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 New York. 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:
- Yankee Stadium – Bronx
- Barclays Center – Brooklyn
- Highmark Stadium – Buffalo
- USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center – Queens
- Herb Brooks Arena – Lake Placid
- And we’re also working with AST SpaceMobile to one day offer voice, data, text and video services in remote, off-grid locations.
- Last Fall, we joined the MTA and Boldyn Networks to announce the launch of a new 5G wireless network throughout the 42nd Street Shuttle Line. This groundbreaking move ensures that customers will now have full cell service in one of the most traveled tunnels in the system. Read more.
- 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 New York, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in more than 1,650 localities across New York.
- We’ve rolled out Band 14 on nearly 3,000 sites across New York 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. Our efforts in New York include:
- Invested more than $2.1 million in organizations and initiatives focused on closing the digital divide in New York.
- In the last year, we’ve opened 10 new AT&T Connected Learning Centers across the state of New York. Learn more.
- Provided more than 6,500 laptops to students and families across the state.
- Supported more than 340 digital literacy workshops, and much more.
Good news is always great to share. Here are a few highlights from the last year in New York:
- February 11, 2025 | Addressing the Digital Divide Across the Empire State. Learn more.
- December 12, 2024 | Preparing for Future Climate Hazards in Upstate New York. Learn more.
- October 23, 2024 | Bringing a Career Exploration Tour to Teens in the Northeast with Roadtrip Nation. Learn more.
To keep up with all the latest updates from AT&T New York, follow us on X @ATTPublicPolicy and on LinkedIn.
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