What’s new: In Pennsylvania, we invested nearly $1.7 billion in our network from 2021-2025 to build more infrastructure and power more opportunity.

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

• More than $25 million in the Erie area
• Nearly $200 million in the Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York area
• Nearly $65 million in the Johnstown-Altoona-State College area
• Nearly $310 million in the Pittsburgh area
• More than $90 million in the Lehigh Valley (Allentown-Bethlehem-Eaton, PA-NJ)
• Nearly $975 million in the Philadelphia area (including parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland)
• More than $110 million in the Wilkes Barre-Scranton-Hazelton, PA area

But there’s more: With the current national 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.

How we’re making it happen in Pennsylvania: 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 in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area. Check availability here.
• 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 Pennsylvania. 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 the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia; Beaver Stadium in University Park; and PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
  • For less densely populated areas, 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 Pennsylvania, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in more than 1,840 localities across the state.
  • We’ve rolled out Band 14 on nearly 2,500 sites across Pennsylvania 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 divide in Pennsylvania, AT&T has teamed up with organizations across the state to provide financial support, distribute laptops and much more, to help connect more Pennsylvanians to greater possibility, including: YMCA of Reading & Berks County; Best of the Batch Foundation in Pittsburgh; the Police Athletic League of Philadelphia (Philly PAL); the Harrisburg Area YMCA; the Literacy Center in Allentown; and Wilkes University’s SHINE program in Wilkes-Barre.

Good news is always great to share. Here are a few highlights from the last year in Pennsylvania:

• April 20, 2026 | AT&T Preps Pittsburgh Network in Advance of the Draft
• March 26, 2026 | AT&T Enhances Wireless Network, Helps Keep BeST Moving Through the Endless Mountains
• December 17, 2025 | New Sites in Beaver County Support Public Safety
• October 9, 2025 | We’re Boosting Coverage for First Responders and Residents in Rural Pennsylvania
• September 9, 2025 | AT&T Connected Learning Having an Impact in Pennsylvania

To keep up with all the latest updates from AT&T Pennsylvania, follow us on X @ATTPublicPolicy and and on LinkedIn.