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 »
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AT&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
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:
Read More Consumers Need an Internet Bill of RightsWith Tax Reform, AT&T Plans to Increase U.S. Capital Spending $1 Billion and Provide $1,000 Special Bonus to more than 200,000 U.S. Employees
Today, Congress approved legislation representing the first comprehensive tax reform in a generation. The President is expected to sign the bill in the coming days. Once tax reform is signed into law, AT&T* plans to invest an additional $1 billion in the United States in 2018 and pay a special $1,000 bonus to more than… Read more »
Read More With Tax Reform, AT&T Plans to Increase U.S. Capital Spending $1 Billion and Provide $1,000 Special Bonus to more than 200,000 U.S. EmployeesAT&T Statement on FCC Vote to Restore Internet Freedom
The following may be attributed to Bob Quinn, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President of External & Legislative Affairs: “For more than a decade, under both Republican and Democratic Administrations, AT&T has consistently made clear that we provide broadband service in an open and transparent way. We do not block websites, nor censor online content, nor… Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on FCC Vote to Restore Internet FreedomAT&T Statement on Removing Barriers to Utilizing Twilight Towers to Deploy Broadband
The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Regulatory & State External Affairs: “Today, after more than 15 years of uncertainty around utilizing Twilight Towers for broadband deployment, the FCC is moving forward with a solution that addresses historic preservation concerns while at the same time removing unnecessary regulatory barriers. … Read more »
Read More AT&T Statement on Removing Barriers to Utilizing Twilight Towers to Deploy BroadbandMore Heat than Light
History will remember the day that the FCC acted to adopt a rational and balanced regulatory framework of internet governance. A day when the FCC Chairman reflected on a debate that was “more heat than light,” on the vital need for investment in broadband infrastructure in the United States and on the dangers of an… Read more »
Read More More Heat than LightA Unique Auction Proposal for 5G Spectrum
Last month, we blogged that one of several things that must happen for the U.S. to lead in 5G deployment is an auction of spectrum in the 28 and 37-40 GHz bands. Since then, we have been working with a couple of economists who specialize in auction design and, today, we filed a paper with the… Read more »
Read More A Unique Auction Proposal for 5G SpectrumHalf a Century Later – An Alternative to TTY
By Linda Vandeloop, AT&T Assistant Vice President of Federal Regulatory In the 1960’s, TTY was first introduced. At the time, it was revolutionary. People who were deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or had a speech disability could finally communicate with friends, family and 911 operators – either directly in a TTY-to-TTY session, or indirectly through… Read more »
Read More Half a Century Later – An Alternative to TTYReports of the Internet’s Impending Death are Grossly Exaggerated
by Bob Quinn
Former Senior Executive Vice President of External & Legislative Affairs, Retired May 2018
Over the past week, there has been a lot written about what happens to the internet assuming the FCC adopts the proposed order, circulated last Wednesday, at its next scheduled open meeting. I would suggest that most of what has been written falls in the category of misinformation and rhetorical excess. I thought I might… Read more »
Read More Reports of the Internet’s Impending Death are Grossly Exaggerated