AT&T Launches Upgrade Website as Lawsuit Blocks Merger With T-Mobile
AT&T recently launched "Focus: St. Louis" to show customers how it is improving wireless coverage, especially if allowed to merge with T-Mobile. That merger, however, is being blocked by an antitrust suit.
AT&T has launched a new website called Focus: St. Louis that gives its customers the ability to see upgrades to their wireless system on a city by city basis. AT&T said the site is first for the industry. In addition to showing system upgrades, the site shows AT&T WI-FI hotspots and the locations of AT&T stores. Focus: St. Louis is one of eight hyper-local sites across the nation. Atlanta; Dallas-Fort Worth; Houston; Kansas City; Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL; Miami-Fort Lauderdale; Indianapolis; and Philadelphia also have Focus sites for their areas. The upgrades displayed currently for the Town and County-Manchester Patch are two connection upgrades in Manchester and two connection upgrades plus a capacity upgrade for Town and Country. The …