What’s new: In Wisconsin, we invested more than $1.4 billion in our network from 2021-2025 to build more infrastructure and power more opportunity.

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

• More than $475 million in the Greater Milwaukee Metro Area
• More than $120 million in Madison 
• More than $90 million in Green Bay 
• More than $60 million in Appleton 
• More than $45 million in Oshkosh-Neenah 
• Nearly $40 million in Racine 
• More than $35 million in Janesville-Beloit 
• Nearly $30 million in Eau Claire 
• More than $20 million in Wausau-Weston 
• Nearly $20 million in Fond du Lac 

But there’s more: 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 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 Wisconsin: 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 1.6 million fiber miles in Wisconsin, AT&T Fiber® is now available to more than 500,000 customer locations in more than 100 communities across the state, including Appleton, Beloit, Cedarburg, Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Janesville, Johnson Creek, Kenosha, Lake Geneva, Madison, Milwaukee, Marinette, Oshkosh, Racine, Sheboygan, Sturgeon Bay, Watertown, and Wisconsin Rapids, among other 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 Wisconsin, we’ve collaborated with localities to bring AT&T Fiber to more corners of the state.
    • Town of Egg Harbor: AT&T is working with the Town on a $8.5 million project to build fiber to more than 2,100 customer locations. 
    • Town of Sevastopol: AT&T is working with the Town on a $7.4 million project to expand AT&T Fiber to more than 2,000 customer locations. 
    • Town of Sturgeon Bay: AT&T is working with the Town on a $5 million project to expand AT&T Fiber to more than 670 customer locations. 
    • Village of Egg Harbor: AT&T is working with the Village on a nearly $3.7 million project to expand AT&T Fiber to 618 customer locations.
      
      The three projects with the Towns are also supported in part by federal award number CPFFN0201, awarded to the Town of Sturgeon Bay through $552,299 of funds, the Town of Egg Harbor through $960,000 of funds, and the Town of Sevastopol through $816,693 of funds, from the U.S. Department of the Treasury through the American Rescue Plan Act and the State of Wisconsin, acting by and through the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin.

• 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 Wisconsin.

• 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 Wisconsin. 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 American Family Field, Fiserv Forum, and the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. 
  • For less densely populated areas like Ashland, Milton, and Tomahawk, 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 Wisconsin, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in nearly 730 localities across the state, including Green Bay, Madison, Milwaukee, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Beloit, Oshkosh, Sheboygan, Ashland, Hudson, Wausau, Waukesha, Fond du Lac, Tomah, Rhinelander, Kenosha, Racine, Wisconsin Dells, and Superior, among many others.
  • We’ve rolled out Band 14 on more than 1,400 sites across Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, we’re teaming up with local non-profits in our communities to connect more students, families, and neighbors to the digital tools and resources they need. Read more here about our efforts so far this year. 

And last year, we opened our first AT&T Connected Learning Center in Wisconsin at the Greater Milwaukee Urban League. The center provides students and families with access to resources like high-speed AT&T Fiber internet, Wi-Fi, computers, and free education resources. Read more. 

Good news is always great to share. Below are highlights from the last year in Wisconsin. 

• March 9, 2026 | AT&T, Compudopt donate 50 laptops to Door County families affected by the digital divide. Learn more. 
• February 17, 2026 | Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski’s FirstNet Story: ‘Reliable Communication is the Difference Between Life and Death.” Learn more. 
• February 11, 2026 | Boys & Girls Club of Dane County receives $30,000 AT&T donation to expand digital literacy programs. Learn more. 
• January 14, 2026 | AT&T teams up with Compudopt to help narrow ‘digital divide’ in Milwaukee. Learn more. 
• December 17, 2025 | AT&T and Human-I-T give 100 Milwaukee Boys & Girls Club students refurbished laptops. Learn more. 
• December 1, 2025 | 150 laptops gifted by AT&T to Dane County Boys & Girls Club teens in need. Learn more. 
• October 31, 2025 | AT&T donates 150 laptops, $25,000 to Greater Green Bay Boys & Girls Club. Learn more.
• September 26, 2025 | AT&T opens Wisconsin’s First Connected Learning Center at the Greater Milwaukee Urban League. Learn more. 
• August 27, 2025 | Milwaukee joins AT&T initiative to help restricted communities get free internet access. Learn more.  
• June 5, 2025 | AT&T Fiber Delivers High-Speed Internet to Thousands of Door County Homes. Learn more.
• June 5, 2025 | Governor Evers Joins AT&T in Door County to Celebrate Rural Broadband Expansion. Learn more.

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