What’s new: In Tennessee, we invested nearly $2.3 billion in our network from 2021-2025 to build more infrastructure and to connect more Tennesseans.

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

• More than $800 million in Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin
• More than $400 million in Nashville/Davidson County
• More than $500 million in Memphis and the surrounding areas
• Nearly $275 million in Knoxville
• More than $110 million in Clarksville

But there’s more: As a result of smart public policies that open the door to investment, and in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone call, we recently announced an investment and spend of more than $250 billion nationwide over the next five years, 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 Tennessee: 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 4.7 million miles of fiber-optic strand covering Tennessee, AT&T Fiber® is now available to more than 1.14 million customer locations across parts of more than 100 communities. 
• 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 Tennessee.

• 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 right here in the Volunteer State. 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.
  • Our teams completed more than 1,400 enhancements to our wireless network in Tennessee in 2025 alone – including nearly 30 new sites built across the state.
  • 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.
  • 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.  
• 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. 
  • In Tennessee, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in nearly 550 localities across the state.   
  • We’ve rolled out Band 14 on more than 1,600 sites across Tennessee 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.

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