DALLAS, Jan. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* today continues the rollout of its nation's most reliable 4G LTE network** with the launch of several new markets nationwide. AT&T 4G LTE now covers more than 270 million people.



    New markets launched today include:

     Hope, AR 
    Greeley, CO              Red Wing, MN 
    Branson, MO 
    Hannibal, MO       Utuado, PR 
    Stephenville, TX 
    St. John, USVI
      
    Okeechobee, FL 
    Lewiston, ID      
    Mexico, MO 
    Missoula, MT 
    Keene, NH          
    St. George, UT 
    Blacksburg-Christiansburg-
      
    Crawfordsville, IN 
    Ames, IA      
    Poughkeepsie, NY 
    Ashtabula, OH 
    Tahlequah,  Radford, VA 
    Walla Walla, WA
      
    Iowa City, IA 
    Cambridge, MD      OK 
    Lebanon, PA
      
    Battle Creek, MI 
    Jackson, MI

The great performance of AT&T's 4G LTE network continues to be validated by independent third-party testing:


    --  AT&T now has the most reliable 4G LTE network. Based on our analysis of
        Nielsen data, AT&T has the highest success rate for delivering mobile
        content across nationwide 4G LTE networks.
    --  Meanwhile, our 4G LTE service was recognized as having faster average
        download and upload speeds than any of our competitors in
        PCWorld/TechHive's most recent 20-market speed tests -- the second
        consecutive year that AT&T ranked first overall. PCWorld/TechHive also
        ranked AT&T's as the fastest combination of 3G and 4G services in the 20
        cities it tested.***
    --  And AT&T was named America's fastest 4G LTE network in PC Magazine's
        2013 Fastest Mobile Networks 30-market study -- and also swept the top
        rankings in all six U.S. regions from coast to coast: Northeast,
        Southeast, North-Central, South-Central, Northwest and Southwest.****

In addition, RootMetrics® has awarded AT&T for strongest overall call, text, and data performance in multiple markets in the most recent 2013 testing. RootMetrics testing utilizes all generations of cellular technologies to simulate a real consumer experience. *****

AT&T's 4G LTE deployment is part of Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year investment plan, announced in fall of 2012, to expand and enhance its IP broadband networks. Through this investment, AT&T is supporting its customers' growing desire for high-speed Internet access and new mobile, app and cloud-based services.

From 2007 to 2012, AT&T invested more than $116 billion into its wireless and wireline networks across the country. Since 2007, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a September 2013 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
** Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. AT&T's 4G LTE Reliability claim based on analysis of data network connection and data transaction success rates reported by Nielsen during network tests conducted across 225 markets from Nov 2012 to Nov 2013, and compares carriers with nationwide 4G LTE networks.
*** PCWorld/TechHive, May 23, 2013, "AT&T clocks best overall speeds with 3G/4G combo"
**** PC Magazine, June 17, 2013; http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2420333,00.asp
***** Based on the most recent RootScore® Report for each of the 125 U.S. markets tested in 2013. Performance rankings of 4 national mobile networks rely on scores calculated from random samples. Visit rootmetrics.com for more details. Your experience may vary. The RootMetrics award is not an endorsement of AT&T.

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