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Posted December 20, 2013

The following statement should be attributed to Wayne Watts, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel: The debate about government surveillance programs and striking the right balance between protecting personal privacy and providing national security is a healthy one. It’s important that policymakers worldwide get it right so that people can continue to enjoy…

Posted December 12, 2013

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under the leadership of Chairman Wheeler, has set a clear path for cementing our country’s state of the art communications future. While the transition to 21st century network technologies and communications services is well underway, the status report issued today by…

Posted December 11, 2013

Today, the Energy & Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3674, the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act and H.R. 3675, the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act.  The following statement may be attributed to AT&T’s Executive Vice President-Federal Relations Tim McKone: “I want to applaud Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Subcommittee Chairman…

Posted December 9, 2013

In an op ed last week, CCA again called for auction limits to “prevent the two dominant wireless carriers from blocking competitors’ access to low-frequency spectrum.”  The problem, according to CCA, is that AT&T and Verizon control a significant portfolio of low band spectrum.  CCA also alleges we were “handed” our 850 MHz allocations “free…

Posted December 6, 2013

The following statement may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Vice President of Federal Regulatory: “The 600 MHz incentive auction is by far the most complex auction proceeding ever undertaken anywhere in the world.  The Commission must persuade two different sets of auction bidders to participate in two separate but inter-related auctions.  While those auctions…

Posted December 3, 2013

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson:  “We applaud Chairman Walden and Chairman Upton for taking this critical step to ensure America’s telecommunications laws are aligned with the explosion of new technologies and expanding consumer needs. Their decision recognizes that current laws are woefully outdated, that they fail to provide the level playing…

Posted November 25, 2013

Much has been written over the 12 months that have passed since AT&T filed its request for the Federal Communications Commission to oversee trials to facilitate the industry’s continued transition from aging communication platforms and services to new services based fully on Internet Protocol (“IP”). One important highlight in all that has been written is…

Posted November 21, 2013 • 1 comment

The following blog may be attributed to Ken McNeely, AT&T California President. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) completed their extensive review of the merger between AT&T and Leap/Cricket on November 8, 2013, effectuating the transfer of Leap/Cricket California wireless registration to AT&T.  We appreciate the CPUC’s swift and fair consideration of the issues. Leap/Cricket…

Posted November 20, 2013

The following blog may be attributed to AT&T Vice President of Construction & Engineering, Mo Katibeh: This morning, I had the honor of attending a meeting at the White House where I had the opportunity to offer my thoughts to senior government leaders as well as top industry executives on a new initiative called Warriors…

Posted November 20, 2013

Yesterday, more than two years after the FCC adopted transformational reforms of universal service and intercarrier compensation, critics of that order (which include AT&T on a single, discrete intercarrier compensation issue) finally had their day in court. And by all reports it was a long and exhausting day with more than two dozen lawyers arguing…