US carrier AT&T plans to speed up its fiber deployment following the passing of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" last week.

In an announcement last week, AT&T said the bill means it will be able to deploy fiber to an additional one million locations each year starting in 2026.

At present, the carrier has deployed fiber to 30 million locations across the US, though it has ambitions to hit 60 million by 2029.

According to AT&T, the bill's tax provisions will allow the company to do this even faster than planned.

"The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will spur investment, maintain US leadership in innovation, and create economic opportunity nationwide," said AT&T.

"Thanks to the policies in this legislation, AT&T expects to invest more rapidly in next-generation networks after the bill is signed into law, increasing our investment by an additional one million fiber customer locations annually starting in 2026."

The company's statement thanking President Trump for delivering the bill came a few days after the US President blamed AT&T for technical issues he had during a conference call earlier in the week.

AT&T has been very vocal about its fiber ambitions, notably striking a $5.75 billion deal to acquire Lumen's mass market fiber business.

Prior to this deal, which AT&T expects to complete next year, the carrier's CEO, John Stankey, had expressed plans to reach more than 50 million fiber locations by 2029. That number increased by 10 million after the Lumen deal was announced.

At present, AT&T has more than 8.5 million fiber customers of its own. The carrier is also adding fiber customers via its Gigapower fiber JV with investment company BlackRock.

In the carrier's statement last week, it also acknowledged the bill's focus on ending the two-year spectrum lapse, which has hindered the Federal Communications Commission's ability to hold spectrum auctions.

"This bill also creates a pipeline of mid-band spectrum that will help meet soaring consumer demand and keep the US technologically competitive with other countries. Paired with the tax provisions in the bill, this legislation paves the way for the stated goals laid out by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: unleashing high-speed infrastructure builds and restoring America’s global lead in wireless technology through smart policy," added AT&T.

Separately last week, AT&T closed the sale of its entire remaining 70 percent stake in DIRECTV to TPG Capital for $7.6bn.

Proceeds from the sale will fund AT&T's fiber and 5G expansion, noted AT&T at the time.