AT&T Investing Nearly $1.25 Billion in Texas in 2007

The investment will support a wide variety of wireless, voice, data, video and broadband infrastructure and services, including:

* Wireless network enhancements, such as new cell sites and enhanced coverage and services.
* The expansion of AT&T's new AT&T U-verseSM TV and Internet services.
* The maintenance, upgrade and installation of fiber-optic lines, central offices and other network facilities to provide wired services.

Wireless
On the wireless front, AT&T announced the addition of 115 new and acquired cell sites in Texas this year. Additional network enhancements in 2007 include:

* Enhanced wireless network coverage to customers living and working in Austin, Boerne, Cedar Park, Cleveland, Corpus Christi, El Paso-Las Cruces, Houston, Kerrville, Taylor Lake Village, Marble Falls, McAllen, Missouri City, Paris, Refugio, San Angelo, San Antonio and The Woodlands.
* New cell sites to improve coverage along Interstate Highways (I-10, I-35 and I-45), U.S. Highways (59, 77, 87, 90, 183, 281 and 290), and state Highways (5, 6, 71 and 150).
* &T has also delivered dramatic change in Texas through the introduction and deployment of third-generation (3G) wireless broadband service, which offers customers access to DSL-type speeds for their laptops, with the ability to access the Internet and work with e-mail from anywhere within the 3G network. Customers with 3G handsets have access to the latest entertainment, news and weather programming through Cellular Video and AT&T Music1 .

Last year, AT&T launched 3G service in Arlington, Austin, Beaumont, Carrollton, Dallas-Fort Worth, Garland, Grand Prairie, Houston, Irving, Mesquite, Pasadena, Plano, Richardson and San Antonio. Already this year, AT&T has deployed 3G service in Corpus Christi and McAllen. Later this year, 3G service will be expanded to include Brenham, Bryan-College Station, Fort Hood, Longview, Marshall, Tyler and Victoria.

Video
AT&T U-verse TV is the company's 100 percent Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service and one of the most advanced television offerings available anywhere. Since last year, AT&T has rolled out AT&T U-verse services in parts of the San Antonio, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth areas. AT&T continues to expand the service in both new and existing areas.

Broadband
AT&T last year completed its project to provide DSL capability to all of its central offices in the state and to offer broadband to many more rural customers. The company also announced the expansion of its satellite Internet service for rural customers beyond the reach of its central offices.

"It is great to see a company live up to its promise to invest in Texas," said Phil Wilson, Texas secretary of state. "Our state leadership strives to create policies that encourage companies to invest here. When companies invest, everyone wins. Texas is primed for business and open for investment."

In 2005, the Texas Legislature updated telecommunications policies and set the stage for increased investment in the state.

"The leadership of Texas has ensured that this state remains open for business," said Jim Epperson, president of AT&T Texas. "As a Texas-based company, we could not be happier about ensuring that as many Texans as possible remain connected in every way. We are committed to delivering a high-tech network and service to all Texans."-AT&T