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Posted October 17, 2012

The FCC today unanimously approved a joint proposal AT&T and Sirius XM submitted in June to maximize spectrum efficiency and make mobile broadband services in the WCS band possible.  You may attribute the following to Joan Marsh, AT&T Vice President of Federal Regulatory: “The era of regulatory dispute and uncertainty in the WCS band is…

Posted October 12, 2012

Last night, I had the honor of speaking at an event at the National Archives to mark the opening of an extraordinary exhibit on the Cuban Missile Crisis.  It’s been half a century since the historic 13-day stand-off that put the United States and the Soviet Union on the brink of nuclear war.  Although only…

Posted October 4, 2012

Yesterday, AT&T submitted a formal analysis of the V-COMM Test Report that came out in mid-July claiming minimal impact of Channel 51 and E-Block signals on Band 12 and Band 17 devices. As we previously discussed, there are real credibility issues with the testing conducted by V-COMM for the lower 700MHz A Block licensees. The…

Posted September 28, 2012

You may attribute the following to Joan Marsh, AT&T Vice President of Federal Regulatory: “To meet soaring consumer demand for mobile Internet services and to maintain a robust platform for innovative mobile services, rational spectrum policies and bold action are vital. The spectrum-related items adopted by the FCC today represent significant progress towards reaching these…

Posted September 13, 2012 • 2 comments

On Friday, RCA (now CCA) representatives renewed their call for an inappropriate and ineffective technology mandate in the lower 700 MHz band.  I have previously written extensively about the real interference challenges that led to a separate Band Class for the 700 MHz lower B and C blocks, but I write again to address their…

Posted August 23, 2012

The FCC, in a 3-2 vote yesterday, approved an order on special access. The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “We applaud the FCC for committing itself to issuing a mandatory data request of all providers, including those who have refused to provide such data in the past.  However, the FCC is placing…

Posted August 22, 2012 • 369 comments

Last week, we confirmed plans to make FaceTime available over our mobile broadband network for our AT&T Mobile Share data plan customers. FaceTime is a video chat application that has been pre-loaded onto every AT&T iPhone since the introduction of iPhone 4.  Customers have been using this popular app for several years over Wi-Fi.  AT&T…

Posted August 15, 2012 • 23 comments

By Charlene Lake, AT&T Senior Vice President of Public Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer Today, our Chairman, CEO and President, Randall Stephenson, unveiled new initiatives around AT&T’s “It Can Wait” campaign, our nationwide effort to educate Americans on the dangers of texting while driving.  We’re calling on people across the country to go to www.itcanwait.com…

Posted August 6, 2012

Last Friday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski weighed in on the appropriate spectrum policy for the country and got it absolutely correct.  The Chairman made clear he still favors clearing spectrum for auction, where appropriate, while we also explore new sharing ideas that have been developed.   He correctly noted that it’s not “an either/or choice” – we…

Posted August 2, 2012

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST, recently released a Report on “Realizing the Full Potential of Government-Held Spectrum to Spur Economic Growth.”  The recommendations contained in the Report were driven by the fact that mobile data volumes continue to grow at an astounding pace, and that responding to this demand…