What’s new: In the Volunteer State, we invested nearly $2.2 billion in our network infrastructure from 2020-2024 to connect more people to greater possibility.
Why it matters: State and local elected officials have created an environment that welcomes private sector investment, and we’re committed to providing the connectivity needed to power economic growth and open the door to opportunity for our neighbors and friends.
How we’re making it happen in Tennessee: As a result of our investments, Tennesseans have greater access to fast, reliable connectivity when it matters most – whether it’s an important call to a family member or friend, the internet that powers work and online learning, or the connection that first responders rely on.
The modern, reliable connectivity delivered by AT&T spurs economic growth and supports job creation in communities across Tennessee.
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 4.5 million strand miles of fiber deployed in Tennessee AT&T Fiber® is now available to more than 1.04 million customer locations in more than 90 communities.
- 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 Tennessee.
- In 2024 alone, we completed more than 1,000 upgrades and enhancements to our wireless network in Tennessee, with new site builds, 5G enhancements, and capacity adds.
- And we’re also working with AST SpaceMobile to one day offer voice, data, text and video services in remote, off-grid locations.
- Building Networks for the Next Century: To reach our goal and better serve our customers with faster, more reliable services, we’re actively investing to modernize our networks that will power us for the next century, not the last one. We’re working to exit our legacy copper network operations across the large majority of our wireline footprint by the end of 2029. Throughout this transition, no customer will lose voice or 911 services. We developed products like AT&T Phone-Advanced, a digital phone service that uses our reliable wireless network and any broadband connection, as a reliable alternative to plain old telephone service (POTS).
- Today, AT&T Phone-Advanced is available in over 100 markets across 21 states, including Tennessee, and will continue to expand to other markets and states across the country.
- 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.
- Unprecedented Connectivity for First Responders: As public safety’s partner, we are bringing better connectivity to public safety when — and where — they need it. Now with more than 2.99M square miles of coverage, FirstNet has the largest network footprint in the country, covering more first responders than competing commercial networks, and we are only continuing to grow. As part of our 10-year, $8B+ investment initiative with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) to transform public safety’s communications, we’ve completed the buildout of 1,000 new FirstNet sites across the country – well ahead of schedule and almost twice as fast as we pledged – providing first responders with dedicated connectivity on public safety’s Band 14 spectrum. And we’re continuing to expand FirstNet with purpose-built FirstNet sites— based on public safety’s direct feedback and network considerations — focused on rural, tribal and remote areas of the country.
- In Tennessee, we’re connecting public safety agencies and organizations in more than 540 localities across the state, including communities like Alcoa, Antioch, Ardmore, Baxter, Bells, Bethpage, Buena Vista, Castalian Springs, Cleveland, Cosby, Culleoka, Dyersburg, Etowah, Goodlettsville, Halls, Humboldt, Jackson, Jasper, Kingsport, Lebanon, Lynchburg, Maryville, Milan, Monteagle, Oak Ridge, Paris, Portland, Pulaski, Rocky Top, Signal Mountain, South Pittsburg, Strawberry Plains, White Bluff, Winchester, Woodbury, and many more.
- We’ve rolled out Band 14 on nearly 1,500 sites across Tennessee to provide public safety with truly dedicated coverage and capacity.
Good news is always great to share. Here are a few highlights from the last year in Tennessee:
- September 4, 2024 | Celebrating Connectivity in Tennessee. Learn more.
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