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AT&T ENHANCES MOBILE INTERNET COVERAGE IN HENRY FOR !EST BLOOMFIEL HOS"ITAL
New Distributed Antenna System, Which is Part of AT&Ts Ongoing Project !P !n"estment P#an, Pro"ides Additiona# Wire#ess $a%acity for $ustomers
!EST BLOOMFIEL , MICH#, $AN# %&, %&'( As part of its continuin net!ork in"estment to support ro!in #eman# for a#"ance# !ire$ess #e"ices an# ser"ices% AT&T' (as e)pan#e# its mo*i$e +nternet co"era e at ,enr- .or# /est 0$oomfie$# ,ospita$ *- comp$etin t(e insta$$ation of a ne! 1istri*ute# Antenna 2-stem (1A2) at t(e /est 0$oomfie$# ,ospita$. /it( t(is impro"ement% t(e (ospita$ can no! offer t(is en(ance# e)perience to emp$o-ees% p(-sicians% "isitors an# patients an# t(eir fami$ies. A 1A2 insta$$ation consists of mu$tip$e strate ica$$--p$ace# antennas t(at #istri*ute AT&T3s !ire$ess net!ork co"era e t(rou (out t(e (ospita$% pro"i#in for more efficient mana ement of !ire$ess capacitin (ea"i$--trafficke# areas. 1A2 (as t(e a*i$it- to pro"i#e en(ance#% consistent !ire$ess co"era e to customers in in#oor or out#oor spaces !(ere eo rap(ica$ $imitations 4 terrain% *ui$#in construction% etc. 4 or cro!# #ensit- mi (t ot(er!ise pre"ent an optima$ !ire$ess e)perience. T(e ,enr- .or# 1A2 insta$$ation is part of AT&T3s 5ro6ect 7e$ocit- +5 (7+5)% a t(ree--ear in"estment p$an announce# $ast fa$$ to e)pan# an# en(ance its +5 *roa#*an# net!orks. T(rou ( t(is in"estment% AT&T is supportin its customers3 ro!in #esire for (i (-spee# +nternet access an# ne! mo*i$e% app an# c$ou#-*ase# ser"ices. As part of 5ro6ect 7+5% AT&T p$ans to a## more t(an 1%000 1A2 nation!i#e *- -ear-en# 2015% as !e$$ as more t(an 10%000 macro ce$$ sites% an# #ep$o- more t(an 40%000 sma$$ ce$$s% to increase t(e #ensit- of its !ire$ess net!ork.

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