The AT&T College Recruiting team will be hosting the AT&T Summer Learning Academy, a self-paced online learning “externship” certificate program, designed to support college students who do not have an internship this summer and looking for something to fill the void. This program is open to all college students and consists of 80 hours of virtual, on-demand, 24x7 content. Registration is open through June 12 and the program runs from June 22-July 20.
AT&T Communications is joining a global initiative called the Open COVID Pledge to make its patents available free of charge that might aid in the fight against this virus.
AT&T is offering individual first responders who sign-on to FirstNet and pay for their own service 50% off monthly rate plan charges for 6 months when activating a new FirstNet Mobile—Responder Unlimited line of service and purchase a new FirstNet Ready™ device on a qualified installment agreement.
When a state healthcare agency needed to mobilize part of their workforce in early March to support their COVID-19 response, FirstNet stepped in to provide thousands of FirstNet Ready™ devices to aid in the process. These devices are not only helping with logistics at testing sites, but also assist the agency with ensuring families and the elderly community have the critical food and supplies they need.
AT&T will pay a 20% bonus above the regular hourly base rate of pay to bargained-for employees for all time worked in the office or at home. The company is also extending its original 80 hours of paid, excused time off to up to a total of 160 hours for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualified schools activating new lines on qualified data-only plans for school-issued tablets, 4G LTE-enabled laptops and hotspot devices will get the wireless data service at no cost for 60 days. Additionally, to help keep families connected during this uncertain time, AT&T is also funding 60 days of free access and unlimited usage of Caribu, a video-calling application that allows family members to read, draw, and play games with one another while in distant locations.
For 60 days, AT&T will waive domestic wireless plan overage charges for data, voice or text for residential or small business wireless customers incurred because of economic hardship related to the coronavirus pandemic.