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AT&T Launches 3G Broadband Network in West Virginia

July 8, 2008

AT&T has announced the launch of its third generation (3G) mobile broadband network in Charleston and Huntington, West Virginia. The service provides interactive wireless voice, video, and data applications. The launch coincides with Apple's new 3G iPhone which will be available July 11.

J. Michael Schweder, president of AT&T Mid-Atlantic Region said, "This year AT&T plans to spend nearly $30 million in West Virginia to enhance network coverage, capacity, and deploy the 3G network. Since 2005, AT&T's planned investment in the state has exceeded more than $70 million."

AT&T 3G Broadband Network Features

AT&T's 3G network provides the simultaneous delivery of voice and data. With a compatible 3G device, consumers connect to clips through CV, an on-demand streaming video service, and can download games, pictures, music, entertainment, news, and weather through MEdia Net, the company's mobile Internet portal. The 3G network also allows customers access to AT&T Video Share which enables users to share live video over wireless phones while carrying on a voice call. Devices may also be used as a wireless modem for laptops and can dial into a conference call.

AT&T 3G Broadband Network Provides Downlink Speeds up to 1700 Kbps

AT&T uses HSPA/UMTS (High Speed Packet Access/Universal Mobile Telephone System) technology, which is based on the world standard GSM (Global Systems for Mobile Communications) and provides average downlink speeds between 700-1700 kilobits per second (Kbps) for advanced devices. These speeds allow downloading of a 5 MB file in 25 seconds, a three minute song (about 3MB) in 15 seconds, and a Ringtone in an average of 25 seconds. Uplink speeds range between 500 Kbps and 1.4 Mbps. The new upload speeds complement AT&T's 3G download capabilities, which currently offer up to 1.7 Mbps across all markets for customers who have capable devices, such as AT&T's LaptopConnect wireless modems.

AT&T's 3G network is now available in 280 major U.S. metropolitan areas. The company will deliver 3G service to nearly 350 leading U.S. markets by the end of 2008.