AT&T announces network expansion, mobile browsing parental controls

March 2, 2009

AT&T will invest approximately $1 billion in 2009 to continue building out its global network, the company announced this week.

Spurred by continued demand for business applications made possible by expanded access to high speed communication networks and mobile devices worldwide, the program includes closer integration with IBM global network operations, expanded on demand application offerings to businesses and continued build out of the global network to deliver services.

Ron Spears, president and CEO of AT&T business solutions, said the investment plan takes into account the transfer of network traffic from voice to data and video. "Regardless of size, the companies that seize the power of IP technology and services to transform their businesses, are the companies that will be best-positioned to lead the global recovery," he added.

On the consumer side, the company announced it is offering new browsing controls that let parents limit their children's accessto the mobile internet by assigning a monetary or a megabyte or gigabyte usage limit. It is the first major carrier to offer usage ceilings for mobile Web browsing as part of its parental controls lineup, it said.

AT&T will have invested more than $3 billion since 2006 in business-focused network, systems and applications for its more than 3 million corporate customers, the company said.

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