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And we’re tying it all together with a software-centric approach built for the future. We’re using more than 1 million miles of the AT&T fiber network to deliver faster wired and wireless speeds to more locations. Today we have fiber connecting more people, buildings and business customer locations than anyone else. We’re bringing connectivity to people in ways that few companies can. It’s the latest step in an ongoing journey. Today’s announcement of Project AirGig is a huge step forward in how we innovate around connecting people everywhere they live, work and play. It has the potential to be a win for our customers and a win for the utility companies. It could also support utility companies’ meter, appliance and usage control systems.

Power companies could use it to pinpoint specific locations, down to the line segment, where proactive maintenance could prevent problems. It could also allow for early detection of line integrity issues, such as encroaching tree branches. It could enable and expand a variety of smart-grid applications. Project AirGig can also be a benefit to utility companies. We think we’ve come up with an approach that we believe will be unique in our industry. These patent-pending devices can mean low hardware and deployment costs while maintaining the highest signal quality. No need to bury new cables in the ground.Īs part of Project AirGig, AT&T Labs invented low-cost plastic antennas and devices located along the power line to regenerate millimeter wave (mmWave) signals that can be used for 4G LTE and 5G multi-gigabit mobile and fixed deployments. Project AirGig delivers this last-mile access without any new fiber-to-the-home and it is flexible enough to be configured with small cells or distributed antenna systems. There’s no direct electrical connection to the power line required and it has the potential of multi-gigabit speeds in urban, rural and underserved parts of the world. We’re experimenting with multiple ways to send a modulated radio signal around or near medium-voltage power lines. We think Project AirGig is unlike anything that’s out there. Growing global internet connectivity with Project AirGigĪT&T has more than 100 patents or patent applications supporting this new technology and other access technologies.

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To that end, we’re looking at the right global location to trial this new technology next year.” “The results we’ve seen from our outdoor labs testing have been encouraging, especially as you think about where we’re heading in a 5G world. “Project AirGig has tremendous potential to transform internet access globally – well beyond our current broadband footprint and not just in the United States,” said John Donovan, chief strategy officer and group president, Technology and Operations, AT&T. We expect to kick off our first field trials in 2017. Our initial and ongoing testing at AT&T outdoor facilities has been positive. We designed Project AirGig literally from the ground up to be both practical and transformational. This technology will be easier to deploy than fiber, can run over license-free spectrum and can deliver ultra-fast wireless connectivity to any home or handheld wireless device. Where There Are Power Lines, There Can Be BroadbandĪT&T* unveiled today Project AirGig, a transformative technology from AT&T Labs that could one day deliver low-cost, multi-gigabit wireless internet speeds using power lines.

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