Today, AT&T Business introduced AT&T Express Waves, our cutting-edge fiber solution engineered to accelerate cloud, AI, and edge applications. Enterprises face unprecedented challenges: surging AI adoption, increasing cloud reliance, and escalating cyber threats have made high-performance, secure networks more crucial than ever. While other providers tout incremental upgrades, AT&T Express Waves helps empower businesses to quickly scale operations, support real-time analytics, and unlock new possibilities for data-driven innovation.
With the ability to turn up service in 24-hours between key metros across the US on AT&T’s long-haul network, and bandwidth of 100G or 400G per wavelength, AT&T Express Waves is built to handle the most complex workloads and data-intensive use cases. Whether it’s handling increased data volumes, enabling AI training and inference, accelerating cloud workloads, or supporting edge computing across distributed environments, Express Waves delivers scalable, low-latency connectivity.
The technological advancement is powered by Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology, which means Express Waves delivers ultra-fast and highly secure high-capacity connections. In recent trials, AT&T successfully transported data at 1.6 terabits per second over a single wavelength2 — 4x faster than the current top speed on our network — demonstrating our network’s readiness for next-generation AI, cloud, and data-intensive workloads.
Key Features of AT&T Express Waves include:
- High-Capacity Bandwidth: 100G or 400G per wavelength
- Ultra-Low Latency: Optimized for mission-critical workloads and applications.
- Built-in Redundancy:Diversity and redundancy ensure uninterrupted connectivity.
- Private and Highly Secure:Dedicated fiber-optic connections that avoid the public internet, helping to protect sensitive data.
“AT&T Express Waves is about giving customers exactly what they want—capacity, certainty, and speed—right when their business needs it,” said Julie Kutchinski, vice president of wireline products, AT&T Business. “With turn-up times in as little as 24 hours on speeds of up to 400G that’s delivered over a private, redundant fiber architecture, we provide ultra-low latency and reliability at enterprise scale so teams can push AI, cloud, and edge workloads with confidence and keep momentum nationwide”
AT&T Wavelength Edgeless
Building on our April 2024 release, AT&T has expanded AT&T Wavelength Edgeless design to offer local metro configurations that provide industry leading onboarding for businesses and already connects 460,000 buildings and 2.3 million businesses. By utilizing AT&T Wavelength edgeless handoff, Wavelength delivers scalable, high-capacity solutions. The 400G edgeless metro connections bring the network closer to end users, reducing latency and enabling fast, reliable access to essential information and applications.
Visit att.com/wavelength to discover how AT&T Express Waves can transform your business with ultra-fast, highly secure, and reliable fiber connectivity. Whether you need metro speed, long-haul reach, or point-to-point connections, Express Waves meets your growing data demands and future-proofs your network. Please contact AT&T for timeline associated with serving your specific requirements.
1Activation within 24 hours applies only to select pre-provisioned routes and is subject to order verification, site readiness, standard testing, and service availability. Availability may vary by location.
2AT&T allows customers to purchase 4x400GB Wavelength services circuits, in conjunction with 1.6 Tb/s coherent technology. Equipment sold separately. 400G Wavelength circuits available in select markets.
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