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Posted February 28, 2014 • 1 comment

The United States is in the midst of a historic network transition that FCC Chairman Wheeler has called “the fourth network revolution,” comparing it to the invention of the printing press, the birth of the railroad, and the advent of instantaneous communication made possible by the telegraph and the telephone.  The source of this revolution,…

Posted February 27, 2014

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Brett Guthrie and Doris Matsui announced the formation of the Congressional Spectrum Caucus. The following may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “AT&T applauds Representatives Guthrie and Matsui for continuing to make spectrum policy a top priority and for recognizing the critical role good policy…

Posted February 25, 2014

By Jake E. Jennings, AT&T Executive Director of International External and Regulatory Affairs Currently, the U.S. is negotiating three trade agreements – the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Trade in Services Agreement and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. When completed, American businesses and workers will gain more open access to two-thirds of the world economy. Last…

Posted February 20, 2014

The following statement may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “AT&T fully supports the FCC’s goal of improving accuracy in locating ‘911’ wireless callers in both outdoor and indoor locations.  Unfortunately, the Commission has tentatively proposed unrealistic targets for location accuracy indoors.  Indeed, the recent FCC CSRIC Report shows that no vendor currently has proven…

Posted February 19, 2014

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson:  “AT&T has built its broadband business, both wired and wireless, on the principle of Internet openness.  That is what our customers rightly expect, and it is what our company will continue to deliver.  That is also why we endorsed the FCC’s original rule on net neutrality,…

Posted February 12, 2014

By Ed Amoroso, AT&T Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer AT&T applauds the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) on the release of its Baseline Framework to Reduce Cyber Risk to Critical Infrastructure.  President Obama’s February 2013 Executive Order directed NIST to improve our nation’s critical infrastructure cybersecurity by establishing a framework to “provide a…

Posted January 30, 2014

The FCC today made a bold leap forward on the path to a modern 21st Century broadband world by agreeing to oversee industry-wide geographic trials.  These trials will convert legacy Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) networks to an all-IP broadband architecture.  While couched in the terms of telecom arcana, this decision is important and profound.  All…

Posted January 30, 2014

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “Today’s action by the FCC is an important step in the Commission’s and the industry’s ongoing efforts to enable consumers to reach ‘911’ emergency personnel through text messaging no matter the underlying service or technology. Since joining our fellow carriers in a voluntary commitment, AT&T has devoted…

Posted January 14, 2014

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson:  “AT&T has been committed to the open Internet since our endorsement of the FCC’s statement of Internet freedoms in 2004. We worked constructively to help craft the FCC’s net neutrality rule, and testified in support of it in the Congress. As the FCC assesses the impact…

Posted January 9, 2014 • 1 comment

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Senator Orin Hatch (R-UT) and Representative Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced the Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 to reauthorize Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). The following statement may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President-Federal Relations: “We commend Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Ranking Member…