AT&T has begun what it calls a tour...
AT&T has begun what it calls a tour through Alabama to spotlight its Project Velocity IP investments and what it’s doing in the state. The telco invested close to $1.4 billion in its Alabama wireless and wireline networks from 2010…
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to 2012 and is now hiring for more than 350 jobs all over the state, it said in a Wednesday press release. It has also added LTE to more than 350 sites in 2013 and made close to 1,100 upgrades to its wireless networks in 2012, it added. “Our elected officials are to be commended for creating an atmosphere that allows this kind of investment to take place,” said AT&T Alabama President Fred McCallum in a statement. In a statement, Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield called the investment “probably the largest of any company in the state.” The telco’s publicity tour began in Montgomery Wednesday and will continue in The Shoals, Huntsville, Birmingham, Mobile, Brewton and Jackson, it said. “These events provide our folks an opportunity to reach out to our consumers and stakeholders -- in both rural and urban areas alike -- to inform them of our investments past and present, and to thank them for their support,” an AT&T spokesman said by email. “We had an outstanding turnout yesterday, and people were very eager to hear about how our growth in innovation, wireless and wireline expansion, network, and services will translate to more jobs across the state.”