AT&T has made several upgrades to improve service for its local wireless customers and students returning to campus. In August, the company added 60% more capacity to four cell sites around Athens and the UGA campus.  The stronger cell sites can handle more traffic, which helps improve mobile Internet data speeds and voice service for customers.

The areas in Athens benefitting from the network upgrades include downtown Athens, the main UGA campus and the east campus/intramural field area.

“We’re thankful to have a company like AT&T continuing to invest in our local Athens infrastructure,” said Mayor Nancy Denson.  “This wireless capacity upgrade allows Athenians and students to enjoy all the benefits of wireless service they’ve come to depend on.”

These enhancements are in addition to last year’s installation of a multi-million dollar distributive antenna system (DAS) in Sanford Stadium in order to meet the demands of mobile communication device users on game day. More than 400 small antennae were placed throughout sections of the stadium to help facilitate mobile device use.

AT&T* has invested nearly $5.4 billion in its best-in-class wireless and wired networks in Georgia between 2012 through 2014, driving a wide range of upgrades to reliability, coverage, speed and performance for residents and business customers.