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# AT&T Enters $1 Billion Agreement With Corning
- URL: https://broadbandbreakfast.com/at-t-enters-1-billion-agreement-with-corning/
- Published: 2024-10-28T17:28:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T06:02:16.000Z
- Description: Company aims to expand its fiber network
- Author: Ari Bertenthal
- Tags: Fiber, #with-siderail, AT&T, Corning, John Stankey, BABA, BEAD, #no-flux

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2024 - AT&T, the [largest fiber internet provider](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/at-t-ceo-eyes-lead-spot-in-u-s-fiber-expansion/) in the U.S., is aiming to expand its collaboration with Corning Inc. in order to bring fiber connectivity to more Americans.

AT&T, based out of Dallas, Texas., [announced Monday](https://www.corning.com/worldwide/en/about-us/news-events/news-releases/2024/10/att-and-corning-expand-collaboration-with-multi-year-purchase-agreement.html?ref=broadbandbreakfast.com) a deal with Corning worth more than $1 billion to purchase next generation fiber connectivity solutions in order to expand AT&T’s fiber network. AT&T is already Corning’s largest customer. 

Corning, based in Corning, N.Y., asserted that, by engaging with the company’s products, AT&T could accelerate its network expansion while minimizing deployment costs.

“We’ve built the nation’s fastest broadband network,” said **John Stankey,** CEO of AT&T. “This new multi-year agreement with Corning helps us to connect more households, communities, and businesses with the [high-speed, reliable internet](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/bead-funding-allocation-announcement-gets-high-praise-from-lawmakers-industry-to-begin-new-broadband-chapter/) they need to thrive in a digital world.”

Corning boasted that its products being used by AT&T were compliant with the [Build America Buy America](https://broadbandbreakfast.com/dzs-receives-bead-baba-manufacturing-certification/) provision of President Biden’s $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

AT&T serves more than 28.3 million broadband customers nationally and added 226,000 new subscribers in the third quarter of 2024.