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Posted May 11, 2011 • 1 comment

FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker today announced her departure from the Commission. The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “The FCC, the industry, and American consumers have greatly benefitted from Commissioner Baker’s dedication to public service and her extensive knowledge in communications policy.  We are sorry to see her leave the Commission but we…

Posted May 4, 2011

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson:  “We are grateful to Rep. Eshoo for introducing legislation that will facilitate broadband deployment in areas where highways are being built with federal funding. This terrific bill provides an imaginative way to lower deployment costs while easing some of the inconveniences citizens encounter during the installation…

Posted May 4, 2011 • 12 comments

The following statement is in response to Sprint’s filing with the West Virginia Public Service Commission and may be attributed to J. Michael Schweder, AT&T’s President of the Mid-Atlantic Region: “AT&T is trying to bring the latest and fastest mobile Internet service to most of the citizens of West Virginia.  Since Sprint is trying to stop…

Posted April 21, 2011 • 14 comments

Today, we filed some paperwork with the FCC – our official applications to transfer licenses from T-Mobile USA, Deutsche Telekom ’s U.S. subsidiary, to AT&T.  We also filed a public interest statement and some other supporting documents.  It’s certainly a lot to read so we tried to break it down into key points.  You can…

Posted April 18, 2011

The FCC officially began its process today to modernize its telephone subsidy programs, the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Intercarrier Compensation (ICC) system.   The comments we filed today highlight the urgent need to update these policies if the Commission hopes to achieve its National Broadband Plan goals.  The following statement may be attributed to AT&T’s…

Posted April 15, 2011 • 12 comments

We have great respect for Dan Hesse as an executive, but his comments today about AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile are way off base.  They’re also totally at odds with his own past statements. As recently as last October, Mr. Hesse said the wireless industry is ‘hyper competitive‘.  The month prior, his CFO talked about how…

Posted April 14, 2011 • 7 comments

A few weeks ago, AT&T announced an agreement to acquire T-Mobile USA.  While some people were surprised by the announcement, the main reason for the deal was obvious to anyone who has been following the rapid growth of the wireless industry – we need more capacity to address the surging demand for mobile broadband.   AT&T’s wireless…

Posted April 12, 2011

The following statement may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President – Federal Relations: “We congratulate Senators Kerry and McCain for their bi-partisan leadership in establishing a thoughtful and comprehensive legislative framework to address individual privacy in the Information Age.  In particular, we are gratified that the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act…

Posted April 7, 2011 • 1 comment

The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “Roaming agreements for both voice and data are in place throughout the country, and were reached through normal commercial negotiations.  The evidence presented in this proceeding demonstrated conclusively that proponents of a roaming mandate were seeking government intervention, not to obtain agreements – which are plentiful…

Posted April 7, 2011

The FCC stepped up to the plate today to remove barriers to broadband infrastructure investment and lower the costs of broadband deployment, a key recommendation of the Commission’s National Broadband Plan.  It was a good day at the dish, but it looks as if this game is headed to extra-innings. As many of you know,…