DALLAS, Oct. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
What's the news? AT&T* will work with Frontier
Communications to bring fiber-optic connectivity to large
enterprise customers outside AT&T's current footprint. The two
companies signed multi-year strategic agreements that will also
support deployment of AT&T's 5G mobility network.
Why is this important? As the demand for edge computing
and 5G networks grows, so too does the need for resilient fiber
pathways for a connected society. Enterprises need more bandwidth
to keep data moving fast. By collaborating with Frontier, AT&T
will be able to offer large enterprise customers high-speed,
low-latency and highly secure connectivity in markets where it does
not own a fiber network or currently plan to build one.
What are AT&T and Frontier providing? AT&T
is building out additional fiber across its wired footprint and
plans to reach about 2.5 million incremental customer locations
passed by the end of 2021 and 30 million locations by the end of
2025. AT&T's business fiber network enables high-speed
connections to over 2.5 million U.S. business customer locations as
of September 30, 2021. Nationwide,
more than 9 million business customer locations are within 1,000
feet of AT&T fiber.1 This year, Frontier announced a
new strategy to Build Gigabit America. An aggressive fiber
expansion plan that will pass 10 million locations by the end of
2025 is central to this strategy. The company expects to make fiber
available to 600,000 new locations in 2021, resulting in
approximately 4 million fiber locations passed by the end of the
year. This agreement will enable AT&T to quickly reach
additional locations by utilizing Frontier's complementary fiber
network. Together, the two companies will enable high-speed
connectivity to large enterprise customers within Frontier's
25-state footprint.
Who can use this? AT&T will be able to utilize
Frontier's fiber network to help reach enterprise customers in
Frontier's service territories reaching 25 states. AT&T will
also use Frontier's network to strengthen nationwide deployment of
the Nation's Best 5G Network2 and, for the fourth
straight year, America's Best Wireless Network.3 In
addition, AT&T will tap Frontier's Ethernet network to boost
connectivity between cell towers and the core network.
What are people saying?
"With Frontier building out
its own fiber network where we are not building, we'll be able to
work together to provide large business customers with the
high-speed, low-latency data connectivity they need to grow and
thrive," said Scott Mair, President,
Network Engineering and Operations, AT&T. "As demand for
broadband connectivity grows, we will be able to plug and play into
Frontier's network to support businesses and help grow our 5G
mobility network for consumers."
"We're bringing together two complementary networks to benefit
business customers that require fiber-optic connectivity," said
Mike Shippey, Frontier's Executive
Vice President of Business and Wholesale. "As part of this deal,
we'll use our expanding fiber network to provide AT&T
high-speed connections for large enterprise customers and the
expansion of its 5G mobile network across our markets."
About Frontier Communications
Frontier Communications offers a variety of services to
residential and business customers over its fiber-optic and copper
networks in 25 states, including high-speed Internet, video,
advanced voice, and Frontier Secure® digital protection solutions.
Frontier Business™ offers communications solutions to small,
medium, and enterprise businesses. More information about Frontier
is available at www.frontier.com
*About AT&T Communications
We help family, friends and neighbors connect in meaningful ways
every day. From the first phone call 140+ years ago to mobile video
streaming, we @ATT innovate to improve lives. AT&T
Communications is part of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T). For more
information, please visit us at att.com.
Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking
Statements
Information set forth in this news release contains financial
estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to
risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ
materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results
is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update and revise
statements contained in this news release based on new information
or otherwise.
This news release may contain certain non-GAAP financial
measures. Reconciliations between the non-GAAP financial measures
and the GAAP financial measures are available on the company's
website at https://investors.att.com
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1 The over
2.5 million U.S. business customer locations, which AT&T
provides high-speed fiber connections, is included within the
>9M U.S. business customer locations on or within 1,000 feet of
our fiber.
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2 AT&T
awarded Best 5G Network by GWS OneScore 2021. GWS conducts paid
drive tests for AT&T and uses the data in its OneScore
analysis. AT&T 5G requires compatible plan and device. 5G not
available everywhere. Go to att.com/5Gforyou for
details.
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3 AT&T
awarded Best Network by GWS OneScore 2021. GWS conducts paid drive
tests for AT&T and uses the data in its OneScore analysis.
AT&T 5G requires compatible plan and device. 5G not available
everywhere. Go to att.com/5Gforyou for details.
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