AT&T has invested more than $20 million in its U.S. Virgin Islands wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012, the company announced Thursday, focusing on expanding its 4G mobile Internet coverage and enhancing the overall performance of its networks.

“We know our customers depend on us for fast, reliable mobile Internet connections at home, work and everywhere in between,” said Jose Juan Davila, AT&T vice president and general manager. “Delivering for our United States Virgin Islands customers is a top priority, and our ongoing investment here is designed to deliver a superior mobile Internet experience, encompassing speed, coverage and reliability.”

Ray Flores, regional vice president for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, said new cell sites and boosted capacity have dramatically improved the company’s ability to serve its customers.

"This robust investment in the AT&T wireless and wireline networks is important to spurring the economy and creating jobs" across the territory, he said. "In our wireless world, mobile and broadband networks help create economic opportunities for health care, manufacturing, education, transportation and public safety and virtually every other economic sector."

AT&T’s announcement said the company recently launched Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year investment initiative to expand and enhance its wireless and wired IP broadband networks. As part of the nationwide project, the telecommunications company plans to increase the density of its wireless network across the United States by deploying more than 10,000 macro sites, more than 1,000 distributed antenna systems, and more than 40,000 small cells. Through this initiative, the company said it plans to:
– Expand 4G LTE to cover more than 300 million people by year-end 2014;
– Expand the AT&T wired IP broadband network to cover approximately 75 percent of customer locations in its wired-service area by the end of 2015;
– Expand the AT&T fiber network to reach one million additional business locations by the end of 2015.

Further information about AT&T’s coverage in the territories and on the mainland can be found using the online AT&T Coverage Viewer. Using the online tool, AT&T customers can measure quality of coverage from a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.

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