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Posted July 5, 2013 • 3 comments

Today, the FCC approved SoftBank’s acquisition of Sprint and Sprint’s acquisition of the remainder of Clearwire.  After it takes over Sprint/Clearwire, SoftBank has asserted that it will provide Sprint with an infusion of capital and expertise that will be used to deploy Clearwire’s 2.5 GHz spectrum – the key asset in play in this transaction…

Posted June 28, 2013 • 76 comments

In today’s online world, many companies are increasingly using customer data to help personalize and improve the products and services they offer consumers. All of us are familiar with Facebook serving ads to its users based on common interests they have explicitly or implicitly documented on Facebook.  And we know that Google collects information and…

Posted June 28, 2013

Please attribute the following statement to Charlene Lake, AT&T Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer: AT&T congratulates Mayor Anthony Foxx on his confirmation as the next U.S. Secretary of Transportation and looks forward to collaborating with the Department of Transportation under his leadership. More than 1.8 million no-texting-while-driving pledges have been signed…

Posted June 17, 2013 • 1 comment

In recent months, there has been a renewed push to drive a regulatory mandate to address the interoperability issues that challenge the lower 700 MHz band.  Perhaps acknowledging that a Band 12 mandate ignores the interference concerns present in the band, the small carriers are now arguing that B and C block licensees should be…

Posted June 14, 2013

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson:  “Today’s announcement by the White House is important not just for the initiatives it lays out, but for the clear policy direction it sets.  We commend the White House for recognizing the enormous progress in US broadband deployment, wireless in particular, and for their commitment to…

Posted June 13, 2013

Please attribute the following statement to Charles Herget, AT&T AVP-Education Leadership: “We are pleased with Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD) Commission’s direction for enhancing education technology in our country’s K-12 classrooms.  AT&T recognizes the LEAD Commission’s commitment to identifying how to overcome barriers in digital learning, and we believe that technology tools are vital to…

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…

Posted June 6, 2013

Please attribute the following statement to Randall Stephenson, AT&T Chairman and CEO: “We’re excited about the President’s proposals.  AT&T has been very involved in tackling problems confronting our educational system, and we believe ensuring every child has access to robust broadband connections in their school would be a major step.  AT&T is ready to do…

Posted June 5, 2013

The recent CTIA show in Las Vegas featured policy speeches by the three current FCC Commissioners – Acting Chairwoman Clyburn and Commissioners Rosenworcel and Pai – each of whom offered thoughts on how we can keep the U.S. the world leader in mobile broadband deployment.  Acting Chairwoman Clyburn led the show by declaring her intent…

Posted June 4, 2013

The following are prepared remarks delivered by Jim Cicconi, former AT&T Senior Executive Vice President of External and Legislative Affairs, at the Brussels Internet & Telecom Seminar: Thank you for having me here today. I am pleased to be in Brussels, and a part of this discussion about Regulatory Modernization. This is an important topic…