AT&T upgrading Florida network for Super Bowl

In order to avoid leaving a bad taste in its subscribers' mouths at the upcoming Pro Bowl and Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, wireless provider AT&T has announced on Tuesday it has upgraded its South Florida network. This includes expanding capacity and coverage in and near the Dolphin Stadium and other nearby areas lots of visitors are expected. The provider hopes its measures will help it prevent the kind of poor service and lack of signal as its customers experienced at the recent CES show.

Specifically, AT&T will bring along and park three mobile cell sites on wheels in the stadium's parking lot, will install a new distributed antenna system (DAS) inside the stadium and add a fourth layer of capacity to its cell side inside the stadium. The last step would double the voice and data capacity of AT&T's 2G GSM network, while 3G UMTS network users would see a 280 percent voice and date capacity boost.

AT&T cell sites near the stadium, hotels and resorts in Ford Lauderdale and South Beach, and facilities where the teams will be staying will be boosted as well. Another cell site on wheels will be set up to server Fort Lauderdale hotels. Cell sites around the stadium will also get backhaul connectivity for an increase in voice and data capacity between the sites and the routing switch.
The carrier will also have network personnel on site to monitor traffic and manage it as needed.

By Electronista Staff