Customers Can Now Connect in More Places With Addition of Nation's Largest
Wi-Fi Network
SAN ANTONIO, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Want to move your office
to the hottest spot in town? Go right ahead. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today
announced that qualifying LaptopConnect customers can now access more than
17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots free of charge. Users can access Wi-Fi at nearly
7,000 participating Starbucks locations plus thousands more AT&T Wi-Fi(SM)
locations, including restaurants, airports, hotels and other convenient
locations across the United States.
AT&T LaptopConnect uses AT&T's wireless network to keep customers
connected to e-mail, the Internet and business applications almost anywhere
they can make a phone call. Qualifying LaptopConnect customers will now
automatically receive a pop-up message alerting them to Wi-Fi availability
when in range of an AT&T hot spot. At that point, customers who have
downloaded the latest AT&T Communication Manager software to their laptop
PC just need to click Connect to access the Wi-Fi connectivity. The offer
is available to customers who subscribe to a DataConnect plan of $59.99 or
more.(1) AT&T Communication Manager comes with new LaptopConnect cards and
is available for free at http://www.att.com/laptopconnect.
"The combination of the nation's largest wireless and Wi-Fi networks is
unbeatable," said Michael Woodward, vice president, Business Mobility
Products for AT&T's wireless unit. "It's the ultimate in mobility for
laptops -- AT&T's wireless network plus more than 17,000 Wi-Fi locations."
AT&T also offers free Wi-Fi access to qualifying broadband subscribers.
The company plans to expand free Wi-Fi access to additional wireless
customers in the future.
When not in a hotspot, AT&T LaptopConnect cards operate on AT&T's
wireless network, which provides DSL-like speeds on the company's 3G
network in more than 275 markets in the U.S., reaching nearly 350 markets
by year end. AT&T's wireless network also offers data connectivity across
AT&T's EDGE network which covers more than 13,000 cities and towns and some
40,000 miles of major highways. Internationally, AT&T can offer customers
data access in more than 145 countries and 3G roaming in 60 countries.
For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit http://www.att.com. For
more information on AT&T LaptopConnect, visit
http://www.att.com/laptopconnect.
(1) LaptopConnect users must have AT&T Communication Manager (version 6.8
or higher) installed on their PC. Support for free Wi-Fi through AT&T
Communication Manager exists only for laptops running Windows
operating systems on May 1.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In
2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and
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