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Posted July 19, 2011 • 2 comments

In a blog posting last week, Public Knowledge attempted to mount an attack on AT&T on two fronts:  jobs and diversity.  Faced with the unpleasant reality that those whose very mission is to promote and protect those agendas – labor unions and civil rights organizations – have enthusiastically endorsed the AT&T/T-Mobile USA merger, PK patronizingly dismisses…

Posted July 5, 2011 • 4 comments

Late last month, 76 Democratic Congressional Representatives urged the FCC and the Department of Justice to give important consideration to the increased broadband wireless coverage that will be made possible by AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile.  More specifically, the letter recognized the significant benefits of expanded LTE broadband services to 55 million Americans that might not…

Posted June 28, 2011

The FCC released its 15th Annual Wireless Competition Report yesterday, and the Commission should be commended for the impressive body of work that the Report represents. The Report offers a rigorous analysis of competition within multiple sectors of the wireless marketplace and highlights several key trends. The results are impressive – and they clearly portray…

Posted June 21, 2011

By Wayne Watts, AT&T Senior Executive VP and General Counsel In my 28 years as a lawyer with AT&T, I have been involved in a number of major transactions. Each has presented different issues, involved different competitive landscapes and was reviewed by different Administrations.  One constant, though, is that all of them were subjected to…

Posted June 17, 2011

As most of you know, major players in the high-tech industry have filed at the FCC in support of our merger with T-Mobile.  These are some of the most innovative thinkers and investors in America, and their filings thoughtfully lay out their reasons for supporting the merger.  Few things, however, bring home the connection between…

Posted June 9, 2011 • 11 comments

There is one overarching imperative that drives this merger:  giving AT&T and T-Mobile USA customers the network capacity they need to enjoy the full promise of the mobile broadband revolution.  The combination of these two companies, and their uniquely complementary networks and spectrum holdings, will create new capacity – the functional equivalent of new spectrum…

Posted June 8, 2011

In the past couple weeks we have seen incredible support for our merger with T-Mobile come from a large and broadly diverse number of high-tech companies that recognize the need for robust capacity to support further growth and innovation in mobile broadband.  And the most recent positive statements regarding the benefits that this transaction will bring…

Posted June 8, 2011 • 1 comment

By Chris Boyer, AT&T Assistant Vice President-Public Policy, and Brooks Fitzsimmons, AT&T Assistant Vice President-Project Program Management  Every day there seems to be a new gadget or other device hitting the market.  Earlier this week, all eyes were on San Francisco to see the latest news coming from Apple’s WorldWide Developer Summit.  So, what does…

Posted June 7, 2011

Yesterday, several companies and venture capitalists in the high-tech community filed letters with the Federal Communications Commission in support of AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile USA.  The following statement may be attributed to AT&T Chairman, CEO and President Randall Stephenson:  “We’re pleased to have such strong support from Silicon Valley for our merger.  These are among…

Posted June 3, 2011

By Cathy Martine, AT&T EVP-Small Business Solutions & Alternate Channels Thousands of small business owners and their supporters recently descended upon Washington, D.C., for the 48th annual U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week to honor and recognize the contributions and achievements made by outstanding entrepreneurs. This year’s theme of empowering entrepreneurs couldn’t be…