Powering Connection in Michigan Through Infrastructure Investment

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 3.2 million fiber miles in Michigan, AT&T Fiber® is now available to more than 860,000 customer locations in more than 120 communities, including Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Dearborn, Detroit, Farmington, Grand Rapids, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kentwood, Lansing, Midland, Port Huron, Saginaw, Southfield, and Troy, among other communities. 
  • With over 97 million fiber strand miles in 21 states, AT&T Fiber® now passes more than 32 million consumer and business locations. 
• Building networks for the next century: To reach our goal and help our customers upgrade to faster, more reliable services, we’re actively investing in modern networks that will power us for the next century. We’re working to exit copper-based services in the majority of our wireline footprint by the end of 2029. Throughout this transition, no customer will lose access to voice or 911 services. We’re here to make the transition from copper to new technology like wireless and AT&T Phone-Advanced, a digital phone service that uses our reliable wireless network and any broadband connection as a backup, as easy as possible for our customers. 
  • Today, AT&T Phone-Advanced is available throughout our footprint markets across 21 states, including Michigan.  
• 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 320 million people in more than 27,700 cities and towns in the U.S. 
  • We’re ramping up performance in high traffic areas, like airports, stadiums and venues, including at 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 offer a full suite of broadband connectivity: voice, data, and text in remote, off-grid locations. One day it may also support video services.   
  • 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. 
• 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 Michigan, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in nearly 930 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, among others.   
  • We’ve rolled out Band 14 on more than 2,000 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 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 bridge the digital divide in Grand Rapids, last September we opened a new AT&T Connected Learning Center at the Baxter Community Center. We also have AT&T CLCs in Detroit at SER-Metro Detroit and Jefferson East, Inc. The centers provide students and families with access to resources like high-speed AT&T Fiber internet, Wi-Fi, computers, and free education resources. 
• Later this year, we plan to open a fourth AT&T CLC in Michigan at the Berston Field House in Flint.