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AT&T is opening a store in a House office building...

AT&T is opening a store in a House office building later this spring, the wireless carrier said Monday. The storefront, under construction in Room B224, Longworth Building, will allow Capitol Hill staffers to order and pick up devices, get training…

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and support, discuss rate plans and see technology demonstrations, AT&T said. “We're opening up the new location to better serve our customers who work on the Hill, making it easier for them to troubleshoot and upgrade their official devices,” said a company spokeswoman when asked about the business case for the store. The location “will just be a store” and won’t provide “additional meeting space,” she said. Verizon Wireless has a store in the Rayburn House Office Building. Sprint Nextel doesn’t have a store on the Capitol compound and has no plans to build one, a spokesman said.