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to residential and business addresses in with symmetrical upload and download Fiber at att.com/fiber and can sign up to
the Town of Egg Harbor. The Town of Egg speeds. Consistently fast speeds2 and be notified when service will be available at
Harbor will invest $2.5 million and will increased bandwidth mean customers can their address at att.com/notifyme. AT&T is
be pursuing grants to help offset part of connect multiple devices, stream multiple committed to connecting more Americans
the Town’s portion of the cost. Extensive entertainment sources, quickly upload to reliable, high-speed internet in several
planning and engineering work for this content to social media and experience ways, including expanding and upgrading
project will begin in the first quarter of ultra-low lag for pro-level gaming – all at our network and participating in the federal
2024. The network buildout is expected to the same time. AT&T Fiber is also multi-gig Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP).
be complete within 2 years. “Our purpose is capable the day it is installed, which means it The ACP provides eligible households with
to create connections – to friends, family, can handle the demands of today, and those a benefit of up to $30 a month (up to $75
work, education, health, entertainment well into our hyperconnected future. AT&T a month on qualifying Tribal lands3) to
and more,” said Robyn Gruner, Director is working to roll out AT&T Fiber through reduce the cost of internet service and can
of External Affairs for AT&T Wisconsin. public-private partnerships in communities be applied to AT&T Fiber, where available.
“Working with the Town of Egg Harbor and across the country and to further help Or use it toward Access from AT&T, offering
the Broadband Task Force has shown how close the digital divide by encouraging speeds up to 100Mbps for $0 after the
strong public-private collaborations can adoption and offering affordable internet ACP benefit is applied. After confirming
help bring high-speed broadband and all solutions. AT&T has extensive experience ACP eligibility, those who qualify can go
its benefits to communities. We’re excited deploying fiber-optics across Wisconsin, to att.com/getacp, visit their local AT&T
to bring AT&T Fiber here soon to create with more than 1.2 million strand-miles store or call us at 866-986-0963 to sign up
those connections and help bridge the of fiber optics in the state. In fact, more for service. Have your ACP application ID
digital divide.” Plans call for residents and than 370,000 locations in the state have handy.
businesses to have access to superfast access to AT&T Fiber today. Residents and
internet – delivering up to 5-Gig speeds1 businesses can learn more about AT&T
AT&T to Accelerate Open and Interoperable Radio Access Networks (RAN)

in the United States Through New Collaboration with Ericsson

AT&T’s Open RAN plan is for 70% of its Dell Technologies, Ericsson, Fujitsu and for developers driving innovation through
wireless network traffic to flow across Intel. AT&T’s and Ericsson’s multiyear joint open and programmable networks and
open-capable platforms by late 2026. The commitment to Open RAN deployment bringing new suppliers into the industry. This
company expects to have fully integrated comes at a pivotal moment in the 5G will foster modernization and competition
open RAN sites operating in coordination innovation cycle. This move to an open, in the U.S. wireless equipment market.
with Ericsson and Fujitsu, starting in 2024. agile, programmable wireless network The company expects that increased
This move away from closed proprietary positions AT&T to quickly capitalize on the competition in the U.S. RAN market
interfaces will enable rapid scaling and next generation of wireless technology and will yield more innovation and greater
management of mixed supplier hardware spectrum when it becomes available. These efficiencies. Committing to Open RAN with
at each cell site. Beginning in 2025, innovative technologies will enable lower- its suppliers deploying open hardware,
the company will scale this Open RAN power, sustainable networks with higher migrating to cloud RAN, and introducing
environment throughout its wireless performance to deliver enhanced user 3rd party radios leads to more flexibility in
network in coordination with multiple experiences. Ericsson’s open architecture choosing equipment, lower network costs
suppliers such as Corning Incorporated, will provide a foundation and springboard and improved operational efficiencies. This
cutting-edge open management approach
to building the network will enable the
company to continue to invest in its fast-
growing broadband network. “AT&T is
taking the lead in open platform sourcing
in our wireless network,” said Chris Sambar,
Executive Vice President, AT&T Network.
“With this collaboration, we will open up
radio access networks, drive innovation,
spur competition and connect more
Americans with 5G and fiber. AT&T will
use this new collaboration with Ericsson
to enhance its wireless network in North
America and expand the most reliable 5G
network.

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