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Posted December 23, 2015

The following statement may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Vice President of Federal Regulatory: “The FCC today released its latest report to Congress on the state of competition in the wireless industry.  Again, the Commission refuses to declare the wireless industry competitive despite numerous statistics to the contrary. “But even more troubling is the…

Posted November 12, 2015

Much ink has been spilled to date on the question of whether and how, and under what conditions, Wi-Fi and LTE unlicensed technologies can peacefully co-exist in existing and new unlicensed bands.  I don’t propose to add to that growing body of literature.  I write instead to endorse a path forward: One that side-steps the…

Posted November 6, 2015 • 1 comment

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson:  “TPP brings higher standards and protections to countries that represent nearly 40 percent of the global economy.  It will open markets and establish rules of the road for a 21st Century digital economy.  The e-Commerce commitments in TPP also provide a benchmark for reference in future…

Posted November 3, 2015 • 3 comments

UPDATE: November 4, 2015 at 11: 55 – FCC Chairman Wheeler’s Special Counsel contacted us this morning to object to the use of the word “exhort” in characterizing the Light Reading article which described her remarks at the Incompas conference in San Francisco last month.  Out of respect to Ms. Sohn’s concerns, we removed the…

Posted October 22, 2015

The following statement may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “We appreciate the bipartisan leadership of Ranking Member Anna Eshoo and Chairman Greg Walden to introduce legislation that will help lower the cost of broadband deployment throughout the nation. This bill will minimize the construction costs and inconveniences associated…

Posted October 16, 2015

The following statement may be attributed to Frank Simone, AT&T Vice President of Federal Regulatory: “According to Chairman Wheeler the need for FCC intervention decreases in a competitive marketplace. That’s why today’s designation order is so perplexing. Opening a tariff investigation on special access services is a step towards rate re-regulation in a space that…

Posted October 8, 2015

Last week, the latest chapter of the saga that is Auction 97 unfolded in all its messy, unpredicted and unpredictable glory – Dish and its affiliate DEs surrendered over $3 billion of AWS-3 licenses back to the FCC.  Before we get to the selective default, let’s quickly review the bidding to date. First, Dish took…

Posted October 6, 2015 • 3 comments

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson:  “We’re grateful the FCC has granted AT&T’s waiver request so we can begin providing Wi-Fi calling.  At the same time we are left scratching our heads as to why the FCC still seems intent on excusing the behavior of T-Mobile and Sprint, who have been offering…

Posted October 5, 2015

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson:  “We commend President Obama, Ambassador Mike Froman and the Staff of the Office of the United States Trade Representative on concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations and look forward to reviewing the agreement and working with Congress to ratify as soon as possible. “AT&T fully…

Posted October 1, 2015

AT&T recently joined a coalition of high tech companies and wireless operators designed to help educate consumers and policymakers about the benefits of using unlicensed spectrum to enhance speed, service quality and coverage for consumers.  Two new unlicensed technologies – LTE-U and LTE-LAA – are being developed to harness the availability of unlicensed spectrum to…