AT&T Sets GigaPower Expansion
AT&T is expanding its 1 gigabit per second fiberoptic network to 38 cities across the country next year as more consumers rely upon the Internet for more entertainment content
With its merger with DirecTV long closed, AT&T has begun to apply more focus on its GigaPower platform, announcing Monday that it will expand the reach of its fiber-based network to homes, businesses and apartment buildings to parts of another 38 metros.
AT&T didn't detail the rollout timing, but said those additions will expand GigaPower’s footprint to 56 metros.
AT&T has expanded its live GigaPower footprint to portions of 20 metros with the addition of Los Angeles, Calif.; and West Palm Beach, Fla. AT&T has not revealed how many GigaPower subscribers have signed on, but Brad Bentley, AT&T Entertainment Group’s EVP and chief marketing officer, said in a statement that customer demand and sales of GigaPower “have exceeded expectations” since the initial launch in Austin, Texas, about two years ago.
AT&T said its GigaPower network now passes 1 million “locations,” and that it expects to more than double that number by the end of 2016.
Source: Multichannel News
