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…
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Moving 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 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 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 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Regulatory and State External Affairs: “Commissioner Carr has done a tremendous job leading the charge to address the outdated, unnecessary and costly regulations that do nothing but stand in the way of wireless broadband deployment.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 AT&T Statement on FCC Efforts to Remove Barriers to Wireless Broadband DeploymentLet’s Take Action and Enact a Federal Consumer Bill of Rights
So, today is another “Day of Action” for net neutrality advocates across the United States. We are supporting today’s Day of Action just as we did last summer’s Day of Action. But also like last summer, we support real action – actual legislation from Congress that places the pillars of net neutrality into law and applies…
Read More Let’s Take Action and Enact a Federal Consumer Bill of RightsAT&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 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…
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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 to…
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Consumers Need an Internet Bill of Rights
The following open letter from AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, which is running in media outlets across the country today, reiterates AT&T’s support for the principles of an open internet and calls on Congress to create an Internet Bill of Rights for consumers:
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