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Posted May 8, 2012

The following is in response to comments made today by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at the International CTIA Wireless Show. It can be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson. “The need for more spectrum is an industry-wide issue and problem.  The merger AT&T proposed last year was all about creating more capacity by combining the spectrum…

Posted May 7, 2012 • 1 comment

The U.S. Senate today confirmed the nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai as FCC Commissioners. The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “We are pleased that the U.S. Senate today approved the nominations of Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai as FCC Commissioners. Both Commissioner Rosenworcel and Commissioner Pai are widely respected for…

Posted May 4, 2012 • 1 comment

In case you missed it, the Progressive Policy Institute this week held a conference here in Washington at the National Press Club on the economic implications of the wireless boom. AT&T’s Jim Cicconi delivered remarks that focused on the outdated regulations that stand to affect the growth and innovation of the wireless market. Check out the…

Posted May 3, 2012

By Jim Bugel, AT&T Assistant Vice President, Public Safety and Homeland Security This week, we launched our new website to help better educate our customers on protecting their wireless devices and their personal information.  You might recall that, just a few weeks ago, we joined our fellow wireless carriers, law enforcement, Senator Schumer and Chairman Genachowski…

Posted April 27, 2012

The following statement may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “AT&T takes the problem of unauthorized third-party charges, or cramming, very seriously.  We provide our customers with tools to understand and manage legitimate third-party charges on their phone bills and we have also put in place an aggressive anti-cramming program that includes strict requirements for…

Posted April 25, 2012

The following statement may be attributed to AT&T’s Executive Vice President-Federal Relations Tim McKone: “I want to applaud Chairman Greg Walden and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo for their leadership on this important issue. The growth of the mobile Internet continues to spur phenomenal economic activity and inspire remarkable consumer benefits. Comprehensive and sound spectrum policies…

Posted April 10, 2012 • 1 comment

By Jim Bugel, AT&T Assistant Vice President, Public Safety and Homeland Security The theft of wireless devices is a complicated issue that we take very seriously, which is why we were pleased to join Chairman Genachowski at the FCC’s event today and to be part of CTIA’s announcement on the wireless industry’s efforts to tackle…

Posted March 27, 2012

The following statement may be attributed to AT&T’s Executive Vice President-Federal Relations Tim McKone:  “We congratulate Committee Chairman Upton and Subcommittee Chairman Walden for their leadership in crafting this important, common-sense effort to reform current FCC practices, many of which predate the agency’s current leadership.  Passage by the House is a needed step forward, and is…

Posted March 27, 2012

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a report outlining how spectrum currently allocated to the U.S Government can be made available for commercial mobile services. The following statement may be attributed to Joan Marsh, AT&T Vice President-Federal Regulatory: “Today, the NTIA released its report on clearing the path to reallocate 95 MHz…

Posted March 23, 2012

Jim Cicconi On Tuesday, AT&T’s Jim Cicconi spoke at the Free State Foundation’s Telecom Policy Conference and addressed government regulation of the Internet.  He discussed the steps some international policymakers have taken to impose onerous regulations on the industry.  And while President Obama and his Administration has strongly opposed such measures, the US Government’s policies…