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AT&T to Have 50% More Network Capacity by End of 2019, Says CEO

AT&T will have a 50 percent increase in the capacity of its wireless network in 2019, driven by the FirstNet build, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Tuesday at a UBS conference. FirstNet is already available in one one-third of the…

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U.S., he said. “I have really, really high expectations in terms of what [FirstNet] does for our 5G deployment, what it does for network quality and capacity over the next few months and then just a new business market for us.” Stephenson also expressed excitement over AT&T’s pending deployment of 5G. “I'm probably about as energized about 5G as any technology innovation that we've ever deployed,” he said.