An AI-powered system already live nationwide simulates coverage scenarios and suggests real-time network adjustments.
AT&T is getting serious about disaster prep, and this time it’s leaning hard on AI to keep people connected when the skies turn ugly. Whether it’s a hurricane knocking down towers or a sudden outage during a big public event, the carrier wants to make sure your phone still works – and it thinks AI is the way to pull it off.
Usually, when natural disasters hit, carriers scramble to roll out backup gear and get first responders online as fast as possible. AT&T has its own dedicated Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) program with more than 400 specialists and a whole fleet of recovery trucks ready to go.
That’s impressive, but even with all that prep, you never really know what kind of chaos you’re dealing with until the storm is right on top of you.
That’s where AI steps in. Instead of waiting to see what breaks, AT&T is now training its network to predict and react in real time.
The tool at the center of this is called the Wireless Geo Modeler – basically, a Generative AI system that uses synthetic data and a massive Network Foundation Model (NFM) to run endless “what if” scenarios.
