AT&T Investment in Ohio Network Aimed at Enhancing Mobile Broadband Service Across the State - Yahoo! Finance

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today unveiled its Ohio wireless network investment plans for 2010, which include the addition of more than 30 new cell sites and the upgrade of nearly 240 additional cell sites to 3G throughout the state.

The planned wireless network enhancement strategy is part of AT&T's 2010 wireline and wireless capital investment, which is expected to be in the $18 billion to $19 billion range companywide, an increase of between 5 and 10 percent over 2009. This planned amount also includes an increase of about $2 billion in capital expenditures for wireless and backhaul related to AT&T's wireless network. This planned level of investment is framed by the expectation that regulatory and legislative decisions relating to the telecom sector will continue to be sensitive to investment...