Escaping the Traffic Impacts of “Carmageddon,” How Your Smartphone Can Help

Text Messages and AT&T Navigator App Alert Customers, Provide Options and Solutions

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With LA drivers facing the possibility of 40-mile-long traffic jams due to the unprecedented closure of the 405 freeway between the 101 and the 10 freeways this weekend, smartphone navigation apps will be more popular than Angry Birds.

On Friday morning AT&T will send text messages to thousands of AT&T customers within a 25-mile radius of the “Carmageddon” impact area to help with possible alternatives and solutions. In addition, AT&T’s Navigator App can help drivers find less congested routes and get to their destinations more rapidly.

AT&T has spent $450 million in the past three years to upgrade its network throughout the Los Angeles area.

For more information or to request a demonstration contact Meredith Red at (310) 990-0870 or mred@cswpr.com.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates – AT&T operating companies – are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. A leader in mobile broadband, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T│DIRECTV brands. The company’s suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising. In 2010, AT&T again ranked among the 50 Most Admired Companies by FORTUNE® magazine.

CONTACT:

for AT&T
Meredith Red, (310) 990-0870
mred@cswpr.com

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