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AT&T Inc. 1
To AT&T Investors:
When the communications industry looks back at the
start of this decade, it will be marked as an inflection
point — when mobile broadband forever changed how
the world does business.
Over the past few years, smartphones riding on our powerful third-generation (3G) mobile
broadband network literally have placed the Internet in the palm of America’s hand. Virtually
overnight, that has transformed how we share information, how we buy and sell things, how
we socialize. But what’s taking place now is even more profound. We’re quickly moving to 4G
mobile broadband networks, and we’re layering on the power of cloud computing — a tech
industry phrase that refers to how people can use their smartphones and other devices to
access content and applications stored in secure remote locations.
With this combination, customers are truly beginning to mobilize everything. Our network
now supports a new wave of advanced mobile devices that includes tablets and a wide
array of embedded wireless devices — from smart household appliances to remote
medical monitoring to business inventory management. All of this is helping people and
businesses communicate faster and do more than anyone ever imagined. And the most
exciting part? We’re just getting started.
America has set the pace for the world in this new era of communications, and I’m
proud to say that your company has led the way. A few years ago, we made the decision to
concentrate AT&T’s strategic focus on the opportunities we saw flowing from mobile broadband.
Over just the past three years, we committed nearly $70 billion to acquire spectrum and build
the most advanced wireless and wireline network capabilities. And on top of this network, we’ve
offered customers one breakthrough device after another, along with access to a broad range of
powerful applications that integrate their video, data and voice experience.
2010 Results Our leadership in these areas — combined with solid execution across our
business — has driven industry-leading growth. In 2010:
Wireless connections on our network increased by 8.9 million, the largest annual gain
in our history.
Wireless data revenues increased 28.7 percent, the strongest growth among major
U.S. wireless providers.
AT&T U-verseSM TV subscribers increased by more than 900,000, outpacing every other
publicly reporting pay TV provider in the United States.