The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “The FCC’s ongoing efforts to make additional spectrum available to support next-generation 5G services is essential. The 3.7-4.2 GHz band could play a key role in providing the broad coverage capabilities necessary to bring the promise of…
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AT&T Applauds Bipartisan Legislation to Accelerate 5G Deployment
The following may be attributed to AT&T’s Executive Vice President of Federal Relations Tim McKone: “AT&T commends Senators John Thune and Brian Schatz for their bipartisan leadership in tackling important issues to modernize our Nation’s mobile broadband infrastructure. “With this legislation, the Senate is taking a step in the right direction to maintain our leadership in…
Read More AT&T Applauds Bipartisan Legislation to Accelerate 5G DeploymentAT&T Reiterates Commitment to an Open Internet
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “As the FCC’s open internet order takes effect today, two things will remain unchanged. First, the internet will continue to function just as it did yesterday, empowering this generation and those that follow with robust access to…
Read More AT&T Reiterates Commitment to an Open InternetAT&T Statement on Unleashing Spectrum Frontiers for 5G Connectivity
The following statement may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “As we move closer to auctions later this year, the FCC is taking important steps to establish performance and operability requirements for mmWave spectrum. Making additional mmW spectrum available for flexible wireless use will play a…
Read More AT&T Statement on Unleashing Spectrum Frontiers for 5G ConnectivityAT&T Statement on Promoting Wireline Infrastructure Investment
The following statement may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “Today, the FCC takes another step in the right direction toward completing the ongoing transformation of the nation’s communications networks from outdated legacy facilities to next-generation technologies. Today’s ruling, the second in less than a year,…
Read More AT&T Statement on Promoting Wireline Infrastructure InvestmentAT&T Statement on FCC Efforts to Curb Toll Free Arbitrage and Fraud
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory and State External Affairs: “For too long, intercarrier compensation arbitrage, fraud and inefficiencies have driven illegitimate gains, including from the proliferation of unlawful robocalls to toll free numbers. In 2011, the Commission acted to reform call termination by beginning the transition…
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SPECTRUM NOW Act
The following may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “AT&T recognizes the many challenges NTIA faces in reallocating federal government spectrum for commercial use, and we applaud Senators Wicker and Schatz and Representatives Guthrie and Matsui for addressing the critical issue of funding research, development and planning efforts. For…
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AT&T Applauds FCC for Addressing Intercarrier Compensation Arbitrage
The following statement may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “We applaud the FCC’s action to initiate a review of the wasteful and ongoing access stimulation schemes which hurt consumers by driving up market costs. AT&T previously joined with other industry parties in proposing a framework…
Read More AT&T Applauds FCC for Addressing Intercarrier Compensation ArbitrageAT&T Reiterates Call for Bipartisan Legislation to Preserve Open Internet
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 AT&T Reiterates Call for Bipartisan Legislation to Preserve Open InternetAT&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…
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