Supporting Public Safety Through Effective Spectrum Policy

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by Bob Quinn

Former Senior Executive Vice President of External & Legislative Affairs, Retired May 2018

Posted June 7, 2013

In the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2012, Congress made provisions to secure up to $7 billion to fund the deployment of the first nationwide public safety broadband network, or FirstNet.  This funding, however, only becomes available upon the successful implementation of the broadcast TV incentive auction, which to succeed must generate proceeds far…

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AT&T Statement on Sen. Schumer’s Bill to Deter the Theft of Wireless Devices

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by AT&T Blog Team

Posted May 24, 2013

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Charles Schumer has reintroduced the Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act, which would make it a federal crime to tamper with the unique identification number (IMEI) of a wireless device.  The following statement may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations:  “AT&T applauds Senator Schumer for…

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AT&T Statement on FCC NPRM To Improve ‘911’ Reliability

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by AT&T Blog Team

Posted March 20, 2013

You may attribute the following to an AT&T spokesperson: “Maintaining the ability to communicate with ‘911’ remains critical for our country, even as real-time, emergency communications become data riding over broadband infrastructure, instead of voice calls riding over copper.  As this transformation takes place, we intend to work closely with the Commission to ensure that…

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Our Response to Superstorm Sandy

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by AT&T Blog Team

Posted February 5, 2013

Authored by Bill Smith, AT&T’s President of Network Operations By all accounts, Superstorm Sandy was a massively destructive event that resulted in more than $70 billion in damage and caused devastating losses for many in the impacted area.  More than eight million people lost power, which was a record for a storm-induced power outage.  AT&T has…

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AT&T Statement on FCC’s Text-to-911 FNPRM

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by AT&T Blog Team

Posted December 12, 2012

Please attribute the following to Bob Quinn, AT&T Senior Vice President of Federal Regulatory and Chief Privacy Officer: “The FCC’s action today to take further comment on text-to-911 is an important first step towards addressing how public safety obligations will be melded into new and emerging communications technologies. These new services are replacing the POTS…

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911 in the Smartphone Age

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by AT&T Blog Team

Posted June 12, 2012

By Jim Bugel, AT&T Assistant Vice President of Public Safety and Homeland Security Earlier today, my colleague, AT&T Vice President of Public Safety Solutions Mel Coker, announced at the NENA conference that AT&T will launch a trial for Text to 911 later this year with a goal for a nationwide launch in 2013.  AT&T has been…

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AT&T Statement on Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2012

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by AT&T Blog Team

Posted May 16, 2012

Senator Charles Schumer today introduced the Device Theft Deterrence Act of 2012 (S.3186), which would make it a federal crime to tamper with the unique identification number of a cellphone.  The following statement may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “AT&T applauds Senator Schumer for his efforts to help…

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Our New Website On Stolen Phone Safety

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by AT&T Blog Team

Posted May 3, 2012

By Jim Bugel, AT&T Assistant Vice President, Public Safety and Homeland Security This week, we launched our new website to help better educate our customers on protecting their wireless devices and their personal information.  You might recall that, just a few weeks ago, we joined our fellow wireless carriers, law enforcement, Senator Schumer and Chairman Genachowski…

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Protecting Your Device, Protecting Your Information

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by AT&T Blog Team

Posted April 10, 2012 • 1 comment

By Jim Bugel, AT&T Assistant Vice President, Public Safety and Homeland Security The theft of wireless devices is a complicated issue that we take very seriously, which is why we were pleased to join Chairman Genachowski at the FCC’s event today and to be part of CTIA’s announcement on the wireless industry’s efforts to tackle…

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