AT&T has been selected for a $13 million project with the State of Indiana to bring fiber broadband to nine counties.
The Next Level Connections Broadband project, which is contingent upon a final contract between the state of Indiana and AT&T, will connect nearly 6,100 homes, businesses and farm.
“It’s tremendous seeing how our Next Level Connections efforts are helping Hoosier families and business owners obtain access to high-speed, quality broadband,” said Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, who also serves as Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. “This project would bring fiber-based internet to thousands who couldn’t get it before, and we’re grateful for AT&T’s plans for these communities.”
AT&T looks to ramp investment in 5G and fiber
AT&T is setting its sights on becoming “America’s best broadband provider” based on a strategy of owning and operating both fiber and wireless. In light of closing its pending WarnerMedia transaction with Discovery, AT&T updated its financial expectations for 2022 and 2023, saying it will shift Capex to fiber and 5G.“Now that the close of the WarnerMedia deal is approaching, we are near the starting line of a new era for AT&T,”…
