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AT&T Launches Microsite to Show St. Louis Area Customers Recent Network Upgrades

Beginning today, AT&T customers can see recent network enhancements in the St. Louis area. An industry first, the microsite gives customers an unparalleled view of what AT&T is doing to enhance the customer experience.

Visitors to the new "Focus: St. Louis" microsite immediately view a map of the St. Louis area, and are prompted to select the community they're most interested in. The hyper-local map displays specific network enhancements that AT&T has made in the area since the beginning of 2011. Enhancements include new cell sites, broadband speed upgrades, capacity upgrades and network connection upgrades.

In the St. Louis area, year to date through August 5, 2011, AT&T has:

    --  Built five new cell sites, providing more bars in the area.
    --  Upgraded seven cell sites, providing faster mobile broadband speeds.
    --  Added 219 carriers to increase spectrum on area cell sites, providing
        extra capacity to reduce dropped calls and improve service quality at
        busy times.
    --  Expanded 294 network connections with fiber lines at area cell sites,
        helping reduce dropped calls and enable 4G data speeds for compatible
        devices.

Above the map, a "Stores" tab provides visitors mapped locations and phone numbers for AT&T stores in their area, and a "Wi-Fi Hotspots" tab shows Wi-Fi locations, right down to the local coffee shop.

In addition, AT&T has created a dedicated Twitter handle that visitors can follow for up-to-date information on what is going on in the St. Louis area. Tweets from the @ATT_STL handle are featured on the microsite.

The microsite also includes a "Did You Know?" section that provides helpful tips and suggestions for smartphone users. These tips include advice on how to extend the battery life of devices, how to manage data consumption more efficiently and much more. Third-party device reviews as well as reviews by AT&T will also be featured in this section.

All of these sections will be updated every Thursday, helping AT&T connect with its St. Louis area customers on a more personal, hyper-local level.

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