AT&T, General Growth Properties Deliver U-verse to Developing Communities

AT&T Inc. announced on Wednesday an agreement with General Growth Properties to build an FTTP network to deliver the AT&T U-verse suite, which includes integrated digital TV, high-speed Internet and voice services, to a 20,000-home master-planned community near Houston.

The agreement underscores one of the company's key strategic initiatives for connecting customers to its Project Lightspeed fiber footprint. It will enable AT&T to make IP-based communications and entertainment services available to the estimated 65,000 residents who will move into Bridgeland, a 10,000-acre residential development currently under construction.

The Bridgeland agreement is one of hundreds of agreements AT&T has completed for fiber-based developments. These agreements represent more than 270,000 homes in newly planned communities across the country that have become part of the AT&T Smart Moves program.

"Many of today's home buyers are embracing the digital lifestyle and want advanced communications and entertainment options as soon as they move in," said Ed Cholerton, AT&T vice president and general manager for the Houston market area. "The AT&T Smart Moves program at Bridgeland is one strategic way that we are connecting customers with our next generation of services while providing builders and developers with added value that helps differentiate their planned communities."

The first Bridgeland model homes are expected to open this summer with construction of the remaining residential and commercial properties to continue through 2020.

Since 2005, the total number of single-family homes under AT&T Smart Moves contracts has increased from about 460,000 to more than 830,000, including those that are fiber-enabled and others that involve bundled services and other types of networking.

AT&T Inc. www.att.com
General Growth Properties www.generalgrowth.com

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