Issue 6 2019

10 CEO MONTHLY / ISSUE 6 2019 , AT&T Invests Nearly $250 Million Over 3-Year Period to Boost Local Networks in Alaska Words fromAT&T At AT&T, we’ve invested nearly $250 million in our Alaska wireless and wired networks during 2016-2018. These investments boost reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and businesses. We’ve also improved critical services that support Public Safety and first responders using the FirstNet communications platform. AT&T’s wireless network covers more than 99% of all Americans and has become the fastest wireless network in the nation, according to the first quarter 2019 results analyzed by Speedtest® by Ookla.2 In 2018, AT&T made several wireless network upgrades in Alaska, such as adding new cell sites, expanding our LTE footprint, and deploying additional LTE spectrum. The AT&T LTE network covers more than 400 million people in North America. Notable Alaska network enhancements in 2018 include building the state’s first small cell network with a total of 12 locations and upgrading mobility cell sites to ethernet backhaul. By building out our 4G LTE network, we’re boosting network speeds and capacity, as we continue to expand the availability of our network and upgrade our technology. Additionally, for the 5th consecutive year we’ve landed on Fortune magazine’s list of the “World’s Most Admired” companies. It’s also the 6th year in a row we’ve appeared on the Global Top 50 list – no other telecom company made the Top 50. Transforming Public Safety Communications FirstNet is Public Safety’s dedicated, nationwide communications platform. It is for all first responders – career and volunteer, urban or rural. It’s bringing public safety communications into the 21st century with new, innovative capabilities, helping first responders connect to the critical information they need – every day and in every emergency. Building upon our current and planned investments in Alaska, we continue to extend the reach and increase the capacity of the FirstNet communications platform: • Deployed Band 14 spectrum in more than 600 markets nationwide, including Anchorage and the surrounding area. Band 14 is high-quality spectrum provided by the First Responder Network Authority. Its signal covers larger geographic areas with less infrastructure to better support rural communities, and it can better reach in-building in more urban areas as compared to higher-MHz spectrum. • Alaska first responders enjoy the fastest overall experience on FirstNet, compared to any commercial network, thanks to the specialized capabilities enabled by the physically separate and dedicated FirstNet network core, like always-on priority and preemption. 3 • Public safety agencies subscribed to FirstNet have 24/7 access to a nationwide fleet of 75 deployable network assets. These assets can either be deployed for planned events or called upon in emergencies to help first responders stay connected and operate faster, safer and more effectively when lives are on the line. FirstNet is built with AT&T in a public-private partnership with the First Responder Network Authority – an independent agency within the federal government. This helps ensure that the FirstNet communications platform and service offerings meet the short- and long-term needs of the public safety community.