The following may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “The video marketplace has outgrown the 1992 Cable Act. Consumers watch, create and interact with video whenever and wherever they want it. Majority Whip Scalise’s bill recognizes this and appropriately sunsets a decades-old video law that makes no sense today….
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AT&T Statement on FCC’s Actions to Unleash Spectrum, Promote Investment
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…
Read More AT&T Statement on FCC’s Actions to Unleash Spectrum, Promote InvestmentAT&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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Against a Global Threat
This morning, I’m speaking on a panel at USTelecom’s Cybersecurity Policy Forum about the recently released joint U.S. Commerce Department and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Report to the President on Enhancing the Resilience of the Internet and Communications Ecosystem Against Botnets and Other Automated, Distributed Threats. The report, which stemmed from the President’s May…
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AT&T Statement on
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…
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