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Posted February 14, 2013 • 1 comment

For anyone who thought that we didn’t need a comprehensive, focused inquiry on how to clear the path for communications to move from a TDM-based circuit switched world to an all-IP, broadband future, you must have noticed a ripple in the force last week (I won’t name names, but if you attended NARUC you heard…

Posted February 13, 2013 • 2 comments

The following may be attributed to AT&T’s Executive Vice President of Federal Relations Tim McKone: “Cybersecurity is a critically important issue for American consumers, businesses and the overall U.S. economy. AT&T supports the ‘Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act,’ bi-partisan legislation which provides legal certainty for the sharing of information on cyber threats as a part…

Posted February 5, 2013

Authored by Bill Smith, AT&T’s President of Network Operations By all accounts, Superstorm Sandy was a massively destructive event that resulted in more than $70 billion in damage and caused devastating losses for many in the impacted area.  More than eight million people lost power, which was a record for a storm-induced power outage.  AT&T has…

Posted January 31, 2013

AT&T is pleased to have recently joined into an MOU with our fellow carriers, Verizon and T-Mobile, and the U.S. Department of Defense to test the viability of sharing 95 MHz of spectrum that is currently used by DoD and other federal agencies.  This spectrum is located in the 1755 to 1850 MHz spectrum band, which…

Posted January 28, 2013

Today, we filed comments reaffirming our request to have the FCC conduct geographic trials to oversee the final transition away from the legacy POTS infrastructure that has served this country for more than 100 years.  I say the “final transition” because the reality is that the vast majority of consumers have already made this transition.  As US…

Posted January 25, 2013

The FCC’s Incentive Auction proceeding moves forward in earnest today with the filing of opening comments.  The stakes are as high as the issues are complex.  Freeing up more spectrum is critical to U.S. economic growth and technological leadership.  And this auction presents the FCC with the best opportunity it will have for many years…

Posted January 7, 2013

Today, Reps. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Mike Doyle (D-Penn.) and Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski calling for interoperability in the lower 700 MHz band.  The following may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “The latest call for interoperability in…

Posted January 7, 2013

In the midst of a prolonged and deep national recession, the U.S. wireless industry has generated billions of dollars of investment capital, produced millions of jobs, and spawned a breathtaking array of innovative new consumer products and services.  This wireless success story is due in no small measure to the Commission’s longstanding recognition that a…

Posted January 2, 2013

The U.S. Senate approved the reappointment of Mignon L. Clyburn to be FCC Commissioner. The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “We are pleased that the U.S. Senate approved Commissioner Mignon Clyburn to serve another term at the FCC. Her dedication to public service, her independence, and her experience and knowledge will be…

Posted December 19, 2012

Today, USTelecom filed a petition requesting that the FCC declare that traditional phone companies  no longer possess market power when providing switched access services, or more plainly, “plain old telephone service” (POTS), and therefore are no longer subject to dominant carrier regulation under the Commission’s rules. Given the many ways all of us communicate with…