What’s new: In Texas, we invested nearly $13.7 billion in our network from 2021-2025 to build more infrastructure and power more opportunity.

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

• More than $120 million in Amarillo, TX
• More than $1.1 billion in Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
• More than $70 million in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
• Nearly $35 million in College Station-Bryan, TX
• Nearly $130 million in Corpus Christi, TX
• Nearly $6.5 billion in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
• More than $5.0 million in Del Rio, TX
• More than $10 million in Eagle Pass, TX
• Nearly $250 million in El Paso, TX
• More than $7.5 million in Fredericksburg, TX
• More than $2.3 billion in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
• Nearly $70 million in Laredo, TX
• More than $150 million in Lubbock, TX
• Nearly $175 million in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
• Nearly $150 million in Midland, TX
• More than $25 million in Nacogdoches, TX
• More than $4.4 million in Pampa, TX
• More than $4.7 million in Pearsall, TX
• More than $3.7 million in Pecos, TX
• More than $2.2 million in Raymondville, TX
• More than $6.6 million in Rio Grande City-Roma, TX
• More than $10 million in San Angelo, TX
• More than $1.0 billion in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
• Nearly $40 million in Sherman, TX – Ada, OK (DMA)
• More than $6.3 million in Uvalde, TX
• Nearly $35 million in Victoria, TX
• Nearly $70 million in Waco, TX
• Nearly $50 million in Wichita Falls, TX – Lawton, OK
• More than $3.4 million in Zapata, TX
• More than $1 billion in the Central Texas Region
• Nearly $275 million in the Panhandle Region
• Nearly $900 million in Bexar County
• Nearly $4.1 billion in Dallas County
• More than $850 million in Collin County
• More than $1.6 billion in Harris County
• More than $120 million in Brazoria County
• More than $175 million in Fort Bend County
• Nearly $45 million in Gregg County
• Nearly $40 million in Waller County
• More than $1.9 billion in the City of Dallas
• Nearly $150 million in the City of Arlington
• Nearly $525 million in the City of Fort Worth
• More than $200 million in the City of Plano
• Nearly $40 million in the City of Beaumont
• More than $20 million City of Galveston
• Nearly $70 million in the City of Katy
• More than $1.2 billion in the City of Houston
• More than $7.5 million in the City of Missouri City
• More than $6.7 million in the City of Sugar Land 

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.

How we’re making it happen in Texas: 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 nearly 20 million fiber miles in Texas, AT&T Fiber^® is now available to more than 5.75 million consumers in more than 365 cities.
  • With over 97 million fiber strand miles in 21 states, AT&T Fiber^® now passes nearly 32 million consumer and business locations.
  • When public entities team up with trusted providers, more Americans are connected to greater opportunity. In Texas, we’ve collaborated with localities to bring AT&T Fiber to more corners of the state.

• 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 Texas.

• 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 Texas. 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&T Stadium – Arlington
    • Bryant-College Station
    • American Airlines Center – Dallas
    • Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center – Dallas
    • Toyota Center – Houston
    • Minute Maid Park – Houston
    • AT&T Center – San Antonio
    • Jones AT&T Stadium – Lubbock
    • NRG Stadium – Houston
  • For less densely populated areas like Alpine and Plainview, Texas, 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 Texas we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in nearly 1,590 localities across the state, including Bandera, Van Horn, Harlingen and Longview.
  • We’ve rolled out Band 14 on nearly 6,100 sites across Texas 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.

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

• March 11, 2026 | Texas Governor Greg Abbott joined AT&T to distribute 150 laptops to mark the 150^th anniversary of the first telephone call. https://www.attconnects.com/stories/150-laptops-for-150-years/
• March 30, 2026 | Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows distributes laptops with AT&T. Broadcast: AT&T teams up with Speaker Dustin Burrows to give students laptops

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