With the demand always rising for broadband mobile communication services, AT&T has opened six new cell sites in Lockhart, Texas. The expansion aims to enhance audio and video applications for customers seeking to make better use of AT&T mobile services and devices.

Expansion Plans

This network extension continues with AT&T’s ongoing plan to deliver smartphone benefits through upgrades to existing mobile broadband connections. Increased customer choice of AT&T as a service provider for smartphone services is one of the driving factors behind the company’s efforts to deliver up-to-date network capabilities to meet an increasing appetite for mobile services. According to Chris Penrose, vice president and general manager of AT&T South Texas, the expansion will provide their customers with the mobile communications infrastructure they need to keep up with the latest news, sports scores and stock quotes, listen to music, watch and share videos on their phones, netbooks and other mobile communication devices no matter where they are.

The expanded investment in its network also allows AT&T to offer a greater range of device, service and application choices that are fully compatible with its improved 3G network. Through more than a dozen independent manufacturers, AT&T offers a wide variety of mobile devices which are compatible with six different computer operating systems as well as five separate email applications. The Media Mall 2.0 now offers more than 90,000 content options for AT&T users and compatible applications for these devices can easily be found online.

With the expansion in Lockhart, rural communities will now gain access to wireless communication services that were once the domain of large metropolitan areas alone. Lockhart-area residents and businesses will now enjoy communication capabilities which place them on equal footing with larger cities.

Faster Data Speeds

Speed is the key to remaining competitive in the mobile services industry and the goal is to make it possible for AT&T users in every part of the country to transmit and receive large volumes of data at high speeds. The company recently announced additional plans to make further upgrades to its 5G network using NSPA 7.2 technology, designed for even faster mobile broadband connections. AT&T indicated the upgrades will start in this year’s last quarter with completion in 2011.

AT&T’s planned upgrades include additional cell sites to keep with increased mobile data traffic and the capacities which will be needed by the next generation of wireless networks.

The company’s present 3G network of mobile broadband includes technologies that make it one of the most widely used open platforms in the world and allow AT&T services to be available in more places now than ever before. The 3G network is available in more than 350 metropolitan areas nationwide and AT&T also offers 3G data roaming in 100 countries and voice services in more than 250.