What’s new: In Alaska, we invested more than $200 million in our network from 2021-2025 to build more infrastructure and power more opportunity.

Communities throughout Alaska are seeing the impacts of this investment, including:

• Nearly $90 million in Anchorage

But there’s more: With the current tax and regulatory environment the most conducive to investment in decades, and in celebration of the 150^th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone call, we recently announced an investment and spend of more than $250 billion in the future of U.S. advanced connectivity, building the high-speed networks and resilience required for the next era of innovation and economic growth.

Why it matters: Connectivity is the backbone of America’s innovation economy, shaping our daily life and supporting the safety and resilience of communities nationwide. By investing in communities across the country, we’re helping expand access, strengthen infrastructure, and unlock greater economic opportunity for Americans—fueling business growth, creating jobs, and helping more people participate in the modern economy.

Connectivity when it matters the most: As public safety’s partner, more first responders choose FirstNet to reliably communicate than any other network. The largest network for public safety with nearly 3M square miles of coverage, we are building a network with and for public safety—giving them the reliable, dedicated connectivity they need when and where they need it. We’re continuing to expand FirstNet with purpose-built FirstNet sites—based on direct public safety feedback and network considerations—focused on rural, tribal and remote areas of the country. We are also launching the first mission-critical push-to-talk platform (PTT), FirstNet Fusion, that can connect teams across virtually any radio system or wireless carrier. A secure, one-stop shop for emergency response coordination, Fusion will eliminate complexities around group communication and bring together critical communications capabilities.

• In Alaska, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in nearly 130 localities across the state, including Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, Skagway, Valdez, and Talkeetna.
• We’ve rolled out Band 14 on nearly 290 sites across Alaska 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 has committed $5 billion by 2030 to narrow the digital divide and help 25 million people get and stay connected to affordable, high-speed internet access and digital resources

• To help close the digital divide in Alaska, AT&T recently teamed up with Human-I-T to provide 100 free laptops for youth experiencing digital inequities through Alaska Children’s Trust and Camp Fire Alaska.

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