New Cell Sites Activated as Part of Ongoing AT&T Investment in Local Wireless Network

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of its continuing network investment to support growing demand for advanced mobile devices and applications, AT&T* today announced that its third generation (3G) wireless network has been added to 27 cell sites in western Massachusetts, enhancing coverage for area residents, visitors and businesses.

"The economic wellbeing of the Commonwealth depends upon the expansion of broadband access across the state and wireless broadband is an important component of that process," said Massachusetts State Senator, Stan Rosenberg. "AT&T's investment in western Massachusetts is a positive step in the right direction."

The newly enhanced cell sites, located in Amherst, Belchertown, Brimfield, East Longmeadow, Granby, Hampden, Holland, Ludlow, Monson, Pelham, South Hadley, Wales and Ware are one part of AT&T's ongoing efforts to drive innovation and extend its 3G wireless network - the fastest in the nation, according to independent testing. This expansion is also part of AT&T's ongoing investment to build the broadband networks that will fuel economic growth and create jobs, and enable its customers to quickly access the content, applications and services that matter most to them.

"Demand for wireless bandwidth is growing," said William Leahy, vice president, AT&T Atlantic Region legislative and regulatory affairs. "As part of the western Mass community, we're always looking for new opportunities to provide enhanced coverage and our investment in the local wireless network is just one way to accomplish this."

"Our goal is pretty simple: we want you to have an extraordinary experience when you make a call, check e-mail, download a song or video, or surf the Internet on your AT&T device," said Steve Krom, vice president and general manager for AT&T New England. "With this expansion, our customers can continue to ride the leading edge of mobile broadband with emerging devices and thousands of mobile applications."

The AT&T 3G network opens the door to a new era of advanced mobile services, devices and feature-rich content. With 3G speeds, you can surf the Web, download files faster than ever, and enjoy the very latest interactive mobile applications.

AT&T's 3G mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most open and widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T offers 3G data roaming in more than 100 countries, as well as voice calling in more than 215 countries.

AT&T offers unsurpassed choice in the range of devices, services and applications compatible with its 3G network. AT&T offers a wide variety of devices from more than a dozen manufacturers, including handsets that are compatible with six different operating systems and five different e-mail applications. AT&T's Media Mall 2.0 offers more than 90,000 content options, and customers can download virtually any application over the Internet. Additionally, AT&T supports a community of more than 20,000 application developers via its devCentral portal.

For more information about AT&T's coverage in western Massachusetts or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/. The online tool can measure the quality of coverage based on a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.

For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit www.att.com/networknews.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

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