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2 AT&T 09 AR Chairman’s Letter
True to our heritage, we are a company of people innovating for people. Last year, we
introduced new capabilities that are pushing the boundaries of communications and
defining its future. In this report, you can read stories of how our customers count on AT&T
to deliver the connectivity they need. But first, here are highlights of our 2009 performance:
Mobile broadband
Mobility driving growth. Mobility is the driving force behind our industry’s growth around
the globe. And AT&T is ahead of the competition, leading the worldwide mobile broadband
revolution that is transforming lives, businesses and economies. Leadership in this high-
growth market was a goal we set several years ago; we’ve achieved that and will continue to
build upon it. AT&T delivers the nation’s most advanced mobile broadband experience. And
in 2009, we began working to make the nation’s fastest 3G network even faster with next-
generation technology that will double our theoretical peak 3G speeds and prepare us to
deploy even faster and more powerful LTE mobile service in 2011.1 AT&T’s network supports
more 3G HSPA broadband customers than any other carrier worldwide. Our early leadership,
experience and expertise in this important area give us a distinct advantage going forward as
more consumers and businesses adopt mobile broadband, applications and devices.
Smartphone leadership. As the mobile broadband leader with the best lineup of devices,
we significantly expanded our smartphone subscriber base. Compared with our closest
U.S. competitor, twice as many smartphone users have chosen AT&T — one of the key
factors driving wireless revenue growth of nearly 9 percent.
Emerging devices. We extended our industry leadership in emerging devices that depend
on wireless connectivity, such as eReaders, netbooks, navigation devices and health care
monitors, by certifying more than 750 wireless specialty consumer and machine-to-machine
devices to date on AT&T’s network. These devices — more than 2 million of which are
connected to our network today — represent the next wave of growth in wireless. Most
of the major emerging device brands — including Apple — are choosing AT&T as their
mobile broadband network provider.