Our mobile 5G network is starting to roll out at the perfect time. Data traffic on our mobile network has grown more than 470,000% since 2007 with video making up half of our mobile data traffic. By 2022, we estimate video could make up more than 75% of AT&T’s mobile traffic driven by growth in 4K video, autonomous cars, drones, VR/AR and mobile gaming. Combine this with the more than 242 petabytes of data currently crossing our total network on an average business day.

In early 2020, we expect to have a nationwide mobile 5G footprint using our lower band spectrum (sub-6 GHz). We’ll also continue offering 5G+ coverage over millimeter wave spectrum.

Bringing 5G to Life: 5G Evolution, Millimeter Wave and Sub-6 GHz



We are leading in 5G, and our engineers, developers, designers and installers are driving innovation across our network and the entire wireless industry. To make standards-based mobile 5G a reality in 2018, we took what was typically an 18-month cycle from the time standards were finalized to launching and whittled it down to 6 months after the June standards were agreed upon by 3GPP. This accelerated timeline is giving us early learnings that will be implemented in our own 5G network and push the industry forward.