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AT&T U-verse (or simply U-verse) is an AT&T brand of triple-play telecommunications services in 22 states of the United States. Launched on June 26, 2006, U-verse includes broadband Internet, IP telephone, and IPTV services in 22 states.〔(Post Alexander, Atlanta, Ga. ), p. 24.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://broadbandnow.com/ATT-U-verse )〕 The U-verse name is also used for the bundling of wireless and DirecTV services, even outside AT&T's 22 state local coverage area. ==History== AT&T Inc. announced its plans for a fiber-optic network and Internet Protocol television (IPTV) deployment in 2004 and unveiled the name "U-verse" (formerly "Project Lightspeed"〔(AT&T U-verse Timeline )〕) for the suite of network services on January 6, 2008. Beta testing began in San Antonio, in 2005, and AT&T U-verse was commercially launched June 26, 2006 in San Antonio. A few months later on November 30, 2006, the service was launched in Houston. One month later in 2006 the product launched in Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, Hartford, Indianapolis, and other cities in their vicinity. In February, 2007, U-verse was launched in Milwaukee. One month later service was initiated in Dallas and Kansas City. In May, 2007, U-verse launched in Detroit, Los Angeles, and surrounding areas. Launch continued in Cleveland, Akron, and San Diego in June, 2007. The Oklahoma City and Sacramento launch occurred in August, 2007. In November, 2007 service was started in Austin. In December, 2007 U-verse was launched in Orlando and St. Louis. A controlled launch was also initiated in Atlanta that month marking the first launch in the Southeastern United States.〔 On December 22, 2008 the product debuted in Birmingham.〔(AT&T U-verse TV Service Arrives in Birmingham )〕 On January 25, 2010, AT&T announced that U-verse was available to over 2.8 million households.〔 U-verse Voice was added on January 22, 2008, and was first available in Detroit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AT&T U-verse Timeline )〕 In 2008, U-verse availability approached 8 million households, and over 225,000 customers had been enrolled, with new installations reaching 12,000 per week.〔 By 2009, 1 million U-verse Voice customers and 2.1 million U-verse TV customers had been enrolled.〔(AT&T U-verse Voice Digital Home Phone Service Reaches 1 Million Lines )〕 At the end of 2011, U-verse was available to more than 30 million living units in 22 states, and U-verse TV had 3.8 million customers.〔(Best-Ever Mobile Broadband Sales and Strong Cash Flows Highlight AT&T's Fourth-Quarter Results )〕 By mid-2012, U-verse TV had 4.1 million customers, U-verse Voice 2.6 million, and U-Verse High Speed Internet 6.5 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=U-verse Update: 2Q12 )〕 By the third quarter of 2012, U-verse had 4.3 million TV subscribers, 2.7 million Voice subscribers and 7.1 million High Speed Internet. This represents 7% growth quarter on quarter. The actual number of customers is lower, as most customers subscribe to a bundle (such as TV and voice) and so are counted in both categories.〔(U-verse Update: 3Q12 )〕 On November 7, 2012, AT&T announced plans to do the following: * Upgrade U-verse to up to 45 megabits per second and U-verse IPDSLAM to up to 24 megabits per second. * Offer U-verse IPDSLAM service to 24 million customer locations in its wireline service area by the end of 2013. * Expand and enhance its 454 IP network to 75% of all customer locations in its wireline service area by the end of 2015. * Expand U-verse by more than one-third or about 8.5 million additional customer locations by the end of 2015. On October 1, 2013, AT&T announced that it had begun deployment of a 100 percent fiber Internet broadband network in Austin that will deliver speeds up to 1 Gigabit per second. AT&T plans to begin delivering AT&T U-verse® with GigaPowerSM, the city’s fastest Internet available to consumers, along with more advanced TV services and features, in December 2013.〔(AT&T to Deliver the First All Fiber 1 Gigabit Broadband Network to Austin )〕 U-verse currently serves most of the former footprints of Ameritech, SBC, Bellsouth, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell. On August 12, 2015, AT&T announced that it will cease investing in its U-verse platform and create a new in-home TV product that will display content from DirecTV, which was acquired by AT&T in July 2015. On September 10, 2015, AT&T selected Ericsson to integrate both U-verse TV and DirecTV pay-TV services into one. On September 16, 2015, AT&T hired former Sirius XM, Cisco Systems and Microsoft executive VP Enrique Rodriguez to combine both the U-verse TV and DirecTV pay-TV services. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AT&T U-verse」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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