How AT&T Spent More than $140B From 2018 to 2022

AT&T says that it spent more than $140 billion between 2018 and 2022, mostly on its domestic wired and wireless network. Much of the spending was in capital investments—including the FirstNet first responder network – and wireless spectrum acquisition. The carrier provided the figure in a wide-ranging update of its following operations:

• Resiliency: In an effort to build reliability and resilience into its network and maintain service during extreme weather, climate events, and increasing instabilities in the commercial power infrastructure, AT&T has deployed what it calls an “emergency” third pathway to each mobility network hub. 
• Wireless: AT&T added 100,000 square miles of coverage and now reaches more than 2.91 million square miles. Its 5G network is available to 290 million people in almost 24,000 cities and towns. At the end of last year, more than 150 million people had access to AT&T’s mid-band 5G spectrum. 
• Tribal Lands: During the past two years, AT&T says its own investments, public-private partnerships such as FirstNet, and initiatives through the American Rescue Plan Act have increased coverage on Tribal lands by more than 40%.
• FirstNet: The first responders’ network now covers more than 99% of the U.S. population and has surpassed 99%+ of its Band 14 coverage target with the FirstNet Authority. The carrier continues to work with federal, state, tribal, territorial, urban, and rural first responders.'