The following may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “AT&T is committed to an open internet and has been for the entirety of this decades-long debate. While Congress discusses a Congressional Review Act resolution, we reiterate our call for actual bipartisan legislation that applies to all internet companies and… Read more »
Read More AT&T Reiterates Call for Bipartisan Legislation to Preserve Open InternetAT&T Blog Team Posts
AT&T Statement on FCC’s Spectrum Frontiers Auction
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, Executive Vice President of Regulatory and State External Affairs: “AT&T commends the FCC for moving forward with mmWave spectrum auctions later this year. The 24 GHz and 28 GHz bands, which are the focus of today’s Spectrum Frontiers public notice, are an important piece in the mix… Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on FCC’s Spectrum Frontiers AuctionAT&T Statement on FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
Today, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn announced that she would be stepping down from the Commission. The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, Executive Vice President of Regulatory and State External Affairs: “Since joining the FCC nearly a decade ago, Commissioner Clyburn has demonstrated an abiding and admirable commitment to public service. She leaves a… Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on FCC Commissioner Mignon ClyburnMoving Forward with MF-II in Support of Rural Broadband
By Mary L. Henze, AT&T Assistant Vice President of Federal Regulatory The Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II) auction promises to redirect billions of dollars to improving rural mobile broadband service – dollars that can fundamentally change broadband connectivity for rural communities. In preparation for the auction, the FCC recently released an initial map of the… Read more »
Read More Moving Forward with MF-II in Support of Rural BroadbandAT&T Commends FCC for Taking Bold Steps to Facilitate Deployment of Critical Wireless Broadband Infrastructure
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, Executive Vice President of Regulatory and State External Affairs: “With today’s order, the FCC once again is taking the right steps to put America on pace to be the 5G leader of the world. This order will modernize the environmental and historic preservation rules that were drafted… Read more »
Read More AT&T Commends FCC for Taking Bold Steps to Facilitate Deployment of Critical Wireless Broadband InfrastructureWe Need a Whole Toolbox to Stop Robocalls
By Linda Vandeloop, AT&T Assistant Vice President of Federal Regulatory When I have a leaky faucet, I only need one tool – a telephone to call my plumber. But my plumber needs many tools to repair my leaky faucet, including screw drivers, channel lock and needle-nose pliers, and adjustable crescent wrenches. Like a leaky faucet,… Read more »
Read More We Need a Whole Toolbox to Stop RobocallsAT&T Statement on FCC Efforts to Remove Barriers to Wireless Broadband Deployment
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory and State External Affairs: “Commissioner Carr has done a tremendous job leading the charge to address the outdated, unnecessary and costly regulations that do nothing but stand in the way of wireless broadband deployment. The environmental and historic preservation rules the commission… Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on FCC Efforts to Remove Barriers to Wireless Broadband DeploymentAT&T Statement on FCC Order to Eliminate Obsolete Payphone Reporting Requirements
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory and State External Affairs: “AT&T appreciates the FCC’s ongoing efforts to remove inefficient and obsolete regulatory obligations. As mobile communications have largely supplanted the once ubiquitous payphone, use of payphones and compensation to Payphone Service Providers (PSPs) has precipitously declined. The… Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on FCC Order to Eliminate Obsolete Payphone Reporting RequirementsAT&T Statement on Introduction of AIRWAVES Act in U.S. House
House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) and Vice Chair Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) have introduced the Advancing Innovation and Reinvigorating Widespread Access to Viable Electromagnetic Spectrum (AIRWAVES) Act. The following may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “AT&T welcomes the introduction of the AIRWAVES Act in the House… Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on Introduction of AIRWAVES Act in U.S. HouseAT&T Statement on FCC
Wireless Emergency Alert Order
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “AT&T supports the FCC’s goal to improve the effectiveness of the wireless emergency alert (WEA) system by enhancing the ability of public officials to more narrowly target the intended recipients of alerts. The system modifications required toRead More AT&T Statement on FCC
Wireless Emergency Alert Order