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How AT&T’s 5G Drone Trials and AI Security Push Will Impact AT&T (T) Investors

Simply Wall St · 1d ago
  • In recent days, AT&T and Ericsson completed live trials of 5G-based drone detection and low-latency mobility, while AT&T also joined a cross-carrier rollout of Aduna’s network-level Number Verification and advanced its use of H2O.ai’s “Super Agent” across operations.
  • Taken together, these steps highlight how AT&T is trying to reuse existing network assets and AI tools to open new security, connectivity, and automation use cases beyond traditional telecom services.
  • Next, we’ll examine how AT&T’s push into AI-enabled security and advanced 5G sensing could influence its existing investment narrative around fiber-led convergence.

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AT&T Investment Narrative Recap

To own AT&T today, you need to believe its fiber plus 5G convergence story can offset pressure from wireless competition, legacy copper losses, and heavy capex. The latest 5G sensing, number verification, and AI announcements are interesting, but they do not materially change the near term focus on fiber growth as the key catalyst or competitive and pricing pressure as the central risk.

Of the recent updates, the Ookla data showing AT&T Wireless & Fiber delivering the fastest converged speeds and new offers like OneConnect and Build-a-Plan ties most directly into that catalyst. It reinforces how the company is trying to turn network quality and simpler bundles into higher value, lower churn relationships, which sits at the heart of the fiber led convergence narrative investors are already watching.

Yet, against all of this, you still need to weigh the risk that heightened competition and emerging alternatives like Starlink could pressure AT&T’s ability to...

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AT&T’s narrative projects $136.2 billion in revenue and $18.3 billion in earnings by 2029. This requires 2.5% yearly revenue growth and an earnings decrease of $3.0 billion from $21.3 billion today.

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Exploring Other Perspectives

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The most bearish analysts were already assuming revenue growth of about 2.0% a year and earnings falling to roughly US$17.1 billion by 2029, so you should recognize that some experts see a much tougher road ahead than the consensus, especially if cost savings from AI and legacy exits arrive more slowly than expected, and ask whether the latest 5G sensing and security news could shift either view over time.

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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.