AT&T has completed its acquisition of Lumen Technologies’ Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business across 11 states for $5.75 billion in cash. The deal adds over one million new fiber customers and more than four million fiber-enabled locations to AT&T’s network. By integrating these consumer networks, AT&T bolsters its broadband coverage in key suburban and rural markets, deepening its fiber reach without the lead times and capital intensity of greenfield deployment. The transaction is expected to drive incremental broadband revenue growth as these new subscribers migrate to AT&T’s tiered gigabit services.

AT&T has partnered with ActiveProtective and JACS Solutions to embed LTE connectivity into the Tango Belt, a wearable fall-detection device for older adults. Leveraging AT&T’s nationwide wireless infrastructure and the JACS TD0301TAA module, the Connectivity Device ensures real-time transmission of motion data and automatic caregiver alerts, even when local Wi-Fi is unavailable. This initiative taps into AT&T’s Connected Healthcare unit, which supports over 100 million consumer connections and 2.5 million business lines, showcasing the company’s push into healthcare IoT and managed services.

Over the past decade, AT&T has returned approximately $85 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases, ranking it among the top capital‐returning companies in the S&P 500. The company has sustained a dividend yield in the high single digits and executed buybacks to offset dilution, underscoring its commitment to delivering cash flow back to investors. This level of return reflects AT&T’s strategy to balance network investment with shareholder distributions, even as the company invests heavily in 5G and fiber expansion.