Frontier Communications, AT&T enter wireless infrastructure deal

Frontier (FYBR) and AT&T (T) announced a deal that will enable AT&T to deploy wireless infrastructure in Frontier central offices and connect to Frontier’s fiber network. The company said this will improve the resiliency, reliability and speed of the wireless service that AT&T offers to its customers. AT&T is the first tenant to rent space in Frontier’s hyper-local offices and will utilize Frontier’s fiber-optic network to connect with its cell towers that are in Frontier’s network. Frontier’s footprint is complementary to AT&T’s existing network, which will help accelerate the company’s 5G deployment. AT&T will tap into Frontier’s fiber-to-the-tower infrastructure to connect to AT&T’s wireless cell towers. This deal is an extension of AT&T and Frontier’s 2021 agreement that brought the two complementary fiber networks together to power business customers nationwide.