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AT&T ENHANCES MOBILE INTERNET COVERAGE AT ACROSS
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOG CAM!US
New Distributed Antenna Systems, Which are Part of AT&Ts Project VIP
Inestment P!an, Proides Additiona! Wire!ess "a#acity on $IT "am#us
CAMBRI"GE, MASS#, AUGUST $$, %&'( ( As s)uden)s* fa'ul)y and s)aff head +a', )o s'hool )his
fall a) )he Massa'huse))s -ns)i)u)e of Te'hnology* )hey 'an e./e') )o e./erien'e enhan'ed mo+ile
'onne')i0i)y when using )heir wireless de0i'es* hel/ing )hem +e))er na0iga)e )heir way around 'am/us*
'he', 'lass s'hedules and 'onne') wi)h o)hers on )he 'am/us and 'om/le)e )heir s)udies and
resear'h& * as AT&T1 has 'om/le)ed )he ins)alla)ion of a more )han !2 new Dis)ri+u)ed An)enna
Sys)ems (DAS) as /ar) of a mul)i#/hase* 34 in0es)men) a'ross )he 'am/us&
A DAS ins)alla)ion 'onsis)s of mul)i/le s)ra)egi'ally#/la'ed an)ennas )ha) dis)ri+u)e AT&T5s wireless
ne)wor, 'o0erage a) M-T* /ro0iding for more effi'ien) managemen) of wireless 'a/a'i)y in hea0ily#
)raffi',ed areas& DAS has )he a+ili)y )o /ro0ide enhan'ed* 'onsis)en) wireless 'o0erage )o 'us)omers in
indoor or ou)door s/a'es where geogra/hi'al limi)a)ions 6 )errain* +uilding 'ons)ru')ion* e)'& 6 or 'rowd
densi)y migh) o)herwise /re0en) an o/)imal wireless e./erien'e&
7-8 A99:-;A<:E* :-ST S9E;-8-; <=-:D-N> ;?@EAED <B NETW?AC <=-:D andDor 9AE@-?=S ?A
8=T=AE DAS <=-:D 9:ANSE*-n )he firs) of a )hree#/hase /roFe')* AT&T 'om/le)ed DAS ins)alla)ions
a'ross )he M-T 'am/us* in'luding )he Sloan* 9ier'e and >uggenheim la+ora)oriesG Sloan S'hool of
Managemen)G Tang ;en)erG )he <rain and ;ogni)i0e S'ien'es ;om/le.G )he Da0id H& Co'h ;en)er for
-n)egra)i0e ;an'er Aesear'hG and doIens of a'ademi' and la+ora)ory +uildings* s)uden) housing and
a)hle)i' fa'ili)ies& A )hird /hase of DAS ins)alla)ions will +egin when )he se'ond /hase 6 s)ill underway 6
is 'om/le)e&
The M-T 'am/us 7S;H??: NAMEE DAS ins)alla)ions is are /ar) of AT&T5s 9roFe') @elo'i)y -9 (@-9)* a
mul)i#year /lan )o in0es) for grow)h* announ'ed in 01& Through )his in0es)men)* AT&T is su//or)ing i)s
'us)omers5 growing desire for high#Juali)y* fas) wireless and wired ser0i'es& As /ar) of 9roFe') @-9*
AT&T is de/loying small 'ell )e'hnology* ma'ro 'ells and addi)ional DAS* whi'h will in'rease )he
densi)y of our wireless ne)wor,& The wireless ne)wor, densifi'a)ion will fur)her im/ro0e ne)wor, Juali)y
and in'rease s/e')rum effi'ien'y&

KWe ,now 'ollege M-T s)uden)s and fa'ul)y s/end )he maFori)y of )heir )ime on 'am/us and we wan) )o
ensurerely on a fas)* relia+le ne)wor, )o /ower )heir 'onne')ions* s)udies and ground+rea,ing resear'h*
and we5re 'ommi))ed )o /ro0iding )he M-T 'ommuni)y wi)h a grea) ne)wor, e./erien'e* no ma))er wha)
)hey5re doing 6 whe)her )ha)5s ma,ing a 'all* 'he',ing email or surfing )he we+*L said 9a)ri'ia Ma'o+s*
9residen)* AT&T New England& KWi)h ini)ia)i0es li,e 9roFe') @-9* we5re 'on)inuing )o in0es)men) in )he
wireless ne)wor,* and /ro0iding enhan'ed wireless 'o0erage a) M-T* is Fus) one way )ha) we5re
in0es)ing in <os)on and )he renowned uni0ersi)ies lo'a)ed here&L
DAS )e'hnology hel/s im/ro0e )he mo+ile -n)erne) e./erien'e +y shor)ening )he dis)an'e a reJues)
mus) )ra0el& The addi)ional 'a/a'i)y also is e./e')ed )o hel/ im/ro0e 'all relia+ili)y* +oos) da)a )raffi'
'a/a'i)y and ena+le more 'onsis)en) ne)wor, a''ess on )he 'ollege 'am/us* hel/ing s)uden)s and
fa'ul)y ma,e )he mos) of )heir AT&T de0i'es&
These in0es)men)s hel/ )o ensure )ha) Massa'huse))s residen)s 'on)inue )o enFoy )he +es) /ossi+le
e./erien'e o0er )he AT&T ne)wor,* whe)her a) home* a) wor, or on )he go& ?ur 4> :TE ne)wor, is )he
mos) relia+le in )he na)ion& 11 And )he grea) /erforman'e of AT&T5s 4> :TE ne)wor, 'on)inues )o +e
0alida)ed +y inde/enden) )hird#/ar)y )es)ing&
?ur 4> :TE ser0i'e was re'ogniIed as ha0ing fas)er a0erage download and u/load s/eeds )han
any of our 'om/e)i)ors in PCWorld/TechHive5s mos) re'en) 0#mar,e) s/eed )es)s 6 )he se'ond
'onse'u)i0e year )ha) AT&T has ran,ed 1s) o0erall& PCWorld/TechHive also ran,ed AT&T5s as )he
fas)es) 'om+ina)ion of $> and 4> ser0i'es in )he 0 'i)ies i) )es)ed&111
And AT&T was named Ameri'a5s fas)es) 4> :TE ne)wor, in PC Magazines 01$ 8as)es) Mo+ile
Ne)wor,s $0#mar,e) s)udy 6 and also swe/) )he )o/ ran,ings in all si. =&S& regions from 'oas) )o
'oas)N Nor)heas)* Sou)heas)* Nor)h#;en)ral* Sou)h#;en)ral* Nor)hwes) and Sou)hwes)&1111
7?9T-?NA:N -NSEAT O=?TE 8A?M :?;A: ?88-;-A:E
A'ross <os)on and Massa'huse))s* AT&T5s 01$ in0es)men)s ha0e resul)ed in e./ansion and
enhan'emen) of our 4> :TE ne)wor,* whi'h /ro0ides ul)ra#fas) s/eeds& AT&T 4> :TE is now a0aila+le
in 7MAACETE as well as 7:-ST ?THEA MAACETS -N STATE W-TH :TEE& ?ur 4> :TE de/loymen) is
ahead of s'hedule* 'o0ering nearly "0 million /eo/le& We e./e') )o +e su+s)an)ially 'om/le)e wi)h our
4> :TE de/loymen) +y summer 014&
AT&T5s fo'us )o deli0er )he +es) /ossi+le mo+ile -n)erne) e./erien'e goes +eyond 4> )o em+ra'e
addi)ional 'onne')ion )e'hnologies& AT&T owns and o/era)es more )han $4*000 AT&T Wi#8i Ho) S/o)s
a) /o/ular res)auran)s* ho)els* +oo,s)ores and re)ailers* and /ro0ides a''ess )o more )han 1 million
ho)s/o)s glo+ally )hrough roaming agreemen)s& 11111 Mos) AT&T smar)/hone 'us)omers ge) a''ess )o
our en)ire na)ional Wi#8i ne)wor, a) no addi)ional 'os)* and Wi#8i usage doesn5) 'oun) agains)
'us)omers5 mon)hly wireless da)a /lans&
?0er )he /as) si. years (00"#01$)* AT&T in0es)ed more )han 3140 +illion in)o i)s wireless and wireline
ne)wor,s* when you 'om+ine 'a/i)al and s/e')rum a'Juisi)ions& ?0er )he /as) si. years* AT&T has
in0es)ed more 'a/i)al in)o )he =&S& e'onomy )han any o)her /u+li' 'om/any& -n a Se/)em+er 01$
re/or)* )he 9rogressi0e 9oli'y -ns)i)u)e ran,ed AT&T No& 1 on i)s lis) of =&S& K-n0es)men) Heroes&L
8or more informa)ion a+ou) AT&T5s 'o0erage in MAACET ;am+ridge* <os)on or anywhere in )he
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