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Spots Getting Hot
The use of smartphones and other devices has driven up demand for AT&T’s 20,000-plus WiFi hotspots by more than 500 percent in the first quarter.
Use of AT&T’s WiFi hotspots surged to 53.1 million connections in the first quarter, compared with 10.7 million connections made in the first quarter last year, and more than half of the 85.5 million total WiFi connections made in 2009.
As customers increasingly adopt WiFi-enabled smartphones and devices, they’re relying more and more on WiFi hotspots to stay connected.
At the end of the first quarter, nearly 32 million AT&T customers had WiFi access included with their qualifying smartphone, AT&T High Speed Internet and 3G LaptopConnect plans. The total number of AT&T broadband connections—which includes both wireline broadband and wireless LaptopConnect cards—grew by 278,000 in the first quarter to reach 17.5 million in service.
In the first quarter of 2010, 69 percent of AT&T’s WiFi connections were made from smartphones and integrated devices, up from 35 percent a year ago in the first quarter of 2009.
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