August 30, 2016: Our keynote speaker this week was Pamela Lackey, President of AT&T South Carolina (“AT&T”). As we all know, AT&T is one of the nation’s largest wireless carriers, but Pamela share with us how AT&T is building the network of tomorrow. Essentially, the goal of AT&T is to allow us to watch various content we want, when we want. AT&T recently acquired DirecTV and is the largest paid television provider in the world.
In addition, AT&T has invested more than $810 million invested in its best-in-class wired and wireless networks in South Carolina from 2013-2015. Of which approximately $100 million was invested in the Charleston area. AT&T has made 1,059 upgrades in 2013-2015 including new cell sites, addition of wireless and wired network capacity and new broadband network connections in South Carolina. As of April 29, 2016, 99.7 percent of the population in South Carolina was covered by the AT&T Mobile Broadband network and the AT&T Wireless network. There are approximately 781 Wi-Fi hotspots in South Carolina as of January 13, 2016. Meaning, AT&T customers can stay connected wherever they might be. Continue reading “Pamela Lackey: AT&T South Carolina”