Background: Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate version of the Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act. The following statement may be attributed to Tim McKone, AT&T Executive Vice President of Federal Relations: “AT&T is pleased with the passage of the Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act, which will greatly…
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It Takes a Village
Cybersecurity. Cyberwarfare. Cyber criminals. The words alone are unnerving and the issues they raise are challenging and deeply complex. I’ve been working in this area for a while now and I’m still amazed by its ever-changing landscape. Protecting our nation’s networks is critical and a top priority for network operators as well as regulators and…
Read More It Takes a VillageAT&T Statement on FCC’s E911 Location Accuracy Order
Washington, D.C. – The FCC today adopted an order that establishes performance benchmarks and an implementation schedule for wireless carriers when providing enhanced 9-1-1 (E911) location accuracy at the county level, instead of the current network-wide metric. In addition, the Commission released a further notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of inquiry to address various…
Read More AT&T Statement on FCC’s E911 Location Accuracy OrderAT&T Statement On Broadband for America Poll
Today, Broadband for America released a survey that found that more than 75 percent of respondents agree that the Internet is currently working, and more than 55 percent oppose federal government regulation of the Internet. The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “This poll demonstrates once again what most everyone involved with the…
Read More AT&T Statement On Broadband for America PollGiving Consumers Control with AdChoices
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I usually write about issues concerning the reclassification of broadband and comic strips. Well, now you can throw privacy issues into the mix since I recently took on the role of AT&T’s Chief Privacy Officer. Dorothy Attwood is moving on to a new challenge…
Read More Giving Consumers Control with AdChoicesGetting More for Less in the Wireless Marketplace, Says GAO
The GAO recently released a report on competition in the wireless industry. The report was overwhelmingly a good news story for American consumers. First, and most importantly, the report contained a wealth of data confirming that the wireless marketplace is effectively competitive. For example, it found that there are more than 140 facilities-based companies offering…
Read More Getting More for Less in the Wireless Marketplace, Says GAOOur Commitment to the Open Internet
It’s been five years since the term net neutrality entered the lexicon of beltway banter. Five long years of discussion, debate and disagreement, and guess what? We are surprisingly where we began – squabbling over an issue that means different things to different people. The only constant is that, like most things in Washington, net…
Read More Our Commitment to the Open InternetWho Keeps Pulling The Net Neutrality Football?
As the dog days of Summer 2010 wind down and we begin the inexorable march towards Halloween, the Great Pumpkin and beyond, I have been thinking about the interesting places the net neutrality debate took us this summer. We began the summer with FCC Chairman Genachowski proposing the Third Way to, in his words, “restore…
Read More Who Keeps Pulling The Net Neutrality Football?The Summer’s Hottest Hotspot
Last month, Chicago’s Wrigleyville became the summer’s hottest hotspot. Not because of the swinging bats of the Chicago Cubs. And not because of the cool crowds gathering at Murphy’s Bleachers or the Cubby Bear. On August 4, AT&T launched the Wrigleyville hotzone – a Wi-Fi installation in the shadow of Wrigley Field designed to enhance…
Read More The Summer’s Hottest HotspotUnlocking the Potential Of AWS-3 Spectrum
Yesterday, Chairman Genachowski removed from circulation the AWS-3 draft item, ending a long and largely frustrating debate about disposition of the AWS-3 spectrum at 2155-2180 MHz. A mountain of paper was amassed over the question of whether the spectrum should be auctioned subject to a unique set of restrictions that would have limited the use of…
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