Boston, MA 06/04/2014 (wallstreetpr) – AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is investing a lot these days to support the budding demand for advanced wireless devices and services. Expanding its mobile Internet coverage in Bud Walton Arena at the University of Arkansas was a part of this plan. Social media and technology, today, forms the main part of any student’s life, and if you get T’s 4G LTE network where the Hogs are playing, certainly the fans are going to be thrilled about it as they will be able to share more stuffs and interact right whilst the game is on! The company is investing so much so that it the Arkansas residents continue to enjoy to their best over T’s network.
Technology employed behind this expansion
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) uses a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) to expand the mobile Internet coverage at Bud Walton Arena. With DAS, it means that the company has placed antennas at different places to distribute AT&T’s network wireless coverage throughout. By employing this system, now the users can enjoy AT&T’s network features throughout the facility. DAS has been successful so far in providing increased and consistent wireless coverage both indoors and outdoors. Further, this system is best suited where the geographical conditions are rough or inaccessible and is totally impossible to deploy a conventional wireless system like some rugged terrain or highly a crowded city.
T operates almost an entire national Wi-Fi network
DAS installation in Bud Walton Arena is a part of AT&T’s VIP (Velocity IP) Project, which is a multi-year plan to elevate growth and was announced in 2012. Over all AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has been successful in building a well-knit Wi-Fi network which includes 34000+ AT&T Hot Spots in various popular hotels, coffee-shops, bookstores, and restaurants. Globally, AT&T offers access to more than 1 million hotspots and the best thing is that most AT&T smartphones get this access with no additional cost i.e. this Wi-Fi usage does not count in their monthly data plans.
