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APN Descriptions and Characteristics
The following tables describe the usage and network attributes of general and special-purpose AT&T Access Point Names.
Available AT&T APNs and Usage Descriptions
APN | Type | Usage |
---|---|---|
phone | General | Smartphones |
broadband | General | Laptops and tablets |
nxtgenphone | General | Voice over LTE |
m2m.com.attz | General | IoT Devices |
wap.cingular | General | Legacy APN for consumer data plans. Current phones are not provisioned with this APN. |
i2gold | Special Purpose | Connects Mobility data centers to a customer hub location. Uses static IP addresses. |
Custom | Custom | Customized options to address business or enterprise needs. |
Access, Capabilities, and Characteristics of AT&T-Supported APNs
APN | wap.cingular, phone, broadband, IoT | nxtgen phone | i2gold | Custom |
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Supported Networks | EDGE, UMTS | LTE | EDGE, UMTS | EDGE, UMTS |
IP Addresses | Private | Private | Public | Public or private |
IP Address Provider | AT&T | AT&T | AT&T | AT&T or customer |
Static IP Address | No | No | Pseudo- static |
Optional |
Dynamic DNS | No | No | Yes | Optional |
Customer Type | Any | Any | Any | Business or Enterprise |
Specific to a Customer | No | No | No | Yes |
Access to Web Optimization | No | No | No | Optional if using AT&T public IP address |
Access to Fixed-End Connections (AT&T CCS) | No | No | No | Yes |
Access to Internet | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional if using AT&T public IP address |