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Posted May 18, 2021

In the digital divide debate, much of the focus is on solving for two problems – broadband availability and affordability. To be sure, both are essential pieces to any solution that is targeted toward getting 100% of Americans connected. But there is a third leg of the stool that is less well understood and often…

Posted May 4, 2021

By Linda Vandeloop, AT&T AVP-Federal Regulatory Last week, we submitted information to the Federal Communications Commission for its second annual Call Blocking Report. It was a good opportunity to take stock of our robocall efforts and think about what more can be done to protect consumers. For such a major effort, we take a multi-pronged…

Posted April 22, 2021

The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Regulatory Relations: “We applaud the FCC for its leadership in recognizing the critical need for a dedicated hotline to suicide prevention and mental health crisis intervention resources. The launch of the ‘988’ dialing code can help save the lives of countless…

Posted April 8, 2021

As legislators and policymakers debate the best approach for closing the digital divide, the analysis should be grounded in data to illuminate the scope of the challenge we currently face. First, we must highlight the critical importance of address-level mapping to target funding as precisely as possible to those housing units currently lacking adequate fixed…

Posted March 26, 2021 • 73 comments

As we turn the corner on the pandemic, and drive toward economic recovery, delivering broadband connectivity to every home and every farm, in every city and town, large and small, has become a national priority.  Billions of dollars have already been directed to broadband infrastructure and affordability in stimulus legislation, and we anticipate a significant…

Posted March 17, 2021

The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Regulatory Relations: “We applaud the FCC for moving swiftly to develop rules that will enable commercial use of this valuable mid-band spectrum, while protecting incumbent federal users.  In order for the U.S. to maintain its global lead in 5G, we need…

Posted March 17, 2021

The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Regulatory Relations: “We support the FCC’s efforts to allow the sharing of network outage data with both federal and state agencies to help improve critical situational awareness during emergencies. Today’s order will enhance the ability of our public safety partners to…

Posted March 17, 2021

The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Regulatory Relations: “Having a secure and reliable global 5G supply chain is critical, and one of the ways to ensure this is by advancing the adoption of interoperable RAN solutions. We were one of the pioneers in adopting open architecture and…

Posted March 17, 2021 • 5 comments

California has enacted a “net neutrality” law banning “sponsored data” services that allowed companies to pay for, or “sponsor,” the data usage of their customers who are also AT&T wireless customers. Unfortunately, under the California law we are now prohibited from providing certain data features to consumers free of charge. Prior to California’s law, sponsored data…

Posted March 12, 2021

The following may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Regulatory Relations: “Today, we are filing our application to participate in the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit program so we can offer low-income customers additional options for discounted broadband services. We appreciate the Commission’s efforts to move swiftly to implement this program…