Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the White House 5G Summit. The event was focused on discussing issues such as 5G deployment, spectrum and standards that will enable the U.S. to win the race on 5G. Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council, discussed figures released by CTIA and Accenture estimating that… Read more »
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FCC Continues to Move Forward to Unleash Critical Spectrum
The following may be attributed Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory and State External Affairs: “We are pleased the FCC is moving forward on unlocking the full potential of this vitally important spectrum. Commissioner O’Rielly’s leadership on this issue has proven instrumental in reaching a path forward on outstanding issues. We look forward… Read more »
Read More FCC Continues to Move Forward to Unleash Critical SpectrumAT&T Statement on Support for Uniform, National Open Internet Protections
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “Consumers want and deserve an open and transparent internet, free of gatekeepers. They want an internet that is free from censorship, blocking and discriminatory throttling. They want to access content when, where and how they want to.… Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on Support for Uniform, National Open Internet ProtectionsA Broad Consensus for Federal Privacy Legislation
On Wednesday, I had the privilege of representing AT&T at the Senate Commerce Committee hearing examining safeguards for consumer data privacy. AT&T has long supported comprehensive federal privacy legislation to protect consumers and give businesses clear and consistent guidelines on the collection and use of consumer data. I was gratified to hear a growing consensus… Read more »
Read More A Broad Consensus for Federal Privacy LegislationFCC Takes Next Step to Further Strengthen U.S Lead in 5G
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “Today, the FCC took the next step to further strengthen the United States’ lead in the race to 5G by adopting a framework for permitting and fees that will foster more widespread and robust infrastructure investment. Today’s… Read more »
Read More FCC Takes Next Step to Further Strengthen U.S Lead in 5GGirl Power
I am a huge fan of Girls Who Code — an organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in technology one girl at a time. Each summer, AT&T hosts a GWC cohort at a number of locations across the country, including in the DC office. And every summer I’m given the honor of spending time… Read more »
Read More Girl PowerAT&T Statement on Commissioner Carr’s Remarks at Indiana Statehouse and FCC’s Next 5G Order
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr this morning announced the FCC’s next 5G order, which will streamline approval processes for the deployment of small cells. The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “Commissioner Carr has done a tremendous job building on the work started by states… Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on Commissioner Carr’s Remarks at Indiana Statehouse and FCC’s Next 5G OrderCops on the Convergence Beat: 21st Century Rules to Protect Consumers Online
By Betsy Brady, AT&T Assistant Vice President of Federal Relations Next month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will kick off its planned Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century. The timing is auspicious. Now that the FTC once again oversees the entire internet ecosystem, including broadband internet service providers (ISPs), it should… Read more »
Read More Cops on the Convergence Beat: 21st Century Rules to Protect Consumers OnlineWho’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf: Private Industry from a Legal Intern’s Perspective
By AT&T 2018 D.C. Summer Interns Kasey McGee and Sarah Rippy (The opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the student authors and are not attributable to AT&T) Coming up the elevator the first day, we were unsure of what to expect. Would AT&T be as flashy and shiny as we anticipated? Were… Read more »
Read More Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf: Private Industry from a Legal Intern’s PerspectiveFirstNet’s Security, Reliability
Should Not Be Sacrificed
The Colorado Public Safety Broadband Governing Body recently submitted comments to the FCC seeking “clarification concerning the guidelines and requirements for interoperability and roaming between the NPSBN and commercial wireless carriers.” Colorado withdrew those comments, and for good reason – these issues have been clearly addressed. But as FirstNet builds momentum, it may be worthRead More FirstNet’s Security, Reliability
Should Not Be Sacrificed