AT&T touts impressive new 5G achievements, claims ‘largest wireless network’ in the US

By Krishna Rao On Mar 23, 2023

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After slipping from second to third place in the hierarchy of US wireless service providers based on subscriber numbers on the heels of T-Mobile’s mega-merger with Sprint back in 2020, AT&T entered an era of largely discreet advertising and… great promotions.

Who has the best wireless network in America?

Because “best” is obviously a highly subjective assessment for such a complex topic, AT&T is primarily focusing on claiming the “largest wireless network in America” label today… while also touting the “best global coverage of any US wireless provider.”

With the latter title being pretty much impossible to independently and objectively verify, we’re left comparing AT&T’s colossal new coverage claim of “more than 2.91 million square miles” with what’s currently available on Verizon’s website.

Big Red’s 4G LTE signal is apparently “only” accessible across “more than” 2.68 million square miles right now, which seems to confirm AT&T is indeed the nation’s leader in this particular department.

What’s certainly interesting to note is that AT&T doesn’t expand its latest claim to also talk about how many people are (theoretically) covered by its nation-leading network, with Verizon focusing primarily on that number, which is 327 million, or “over” 99 percent of the US population.

As such, we wouldn’t be surprised to see both carriers insist they have the “largest wireless network in America” at the same time.

What about AT&T’s 5G signal?

Unfortunately for the US wireless industry, the discussion above does not apply to the state of 5G, which remains… complicated. The most important stat shared by AT&T today regarding its 5G network is “more than 150 million”, which is the number of people that can currently take advantage of the operator’s mid-band 5G spectrum.

AT&T touts impressive new 5G achievements, claims 'largest wireless network' in the US

Then again, Ma Bell got off to a much later and slower start than Magenta in the mid-band 5G development and expansion sector, managing to recover a lot of lost ground over the last year or so. In fact, this 150 million+ number is apparently more than double the carrier’s original goal for the end of 2022, which is clearly remarkable.

AT&T is also proud to say that its 5G network as a whole reaches 290 million people in “nearly” 24,000 cities and towns across the US, which is naturally a big number… although still not as big as the 323 million people covered by T-Mobile’s low-band “Extended Range” 5G signal.

As a reminder, AT&T’s 5G network is composed of three big components, with low-band technology providing the broadest (but also slowest) type of “modern” cellular connectivity, mid-band spectrum striking the best balance between speed and availability, and mmWave delivering super-fast “5G+” coverage in select sports venues and airports in the US, which AT&T has also doubled the number of in 2022.

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