Authored By Jim Bugel, AT&T Assistant Vice President, Public Safety and Homeland Security On Tuesday, I spent the morning at the Federal Communications Commission, participating in the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau’s workshop on critical infrastructure. It was the second formal discussion on public safety issues the Bureau has organized since the FCC delivered…
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The Myth of Broadband “Reclassification”
The D.C. Circuit’s decision to vacate the FCC’s Comcast-BitTorrent order has a lot of people chattering, including a University of Michigan Law School professor, about how the FCC should “reclassify” broadband as a “Title II” service. The belief is that such a move is necessary to either (a) extract the FCC from an “existential crisis,” or…
Read More The Myth of Broadband “Reclassification”Empowered Through Broadband
Authored by Jeff Brueggeman, Vice President-Public Policy for AT&T Earlier today, AT&T helped launch a new public/private partnership that is geared toward helping small businesses grow through access to broadband. We’re investing billions of dollars to build advanced broadband networks for businesses and we are proud to be a founding partner of this dynamic group….
Read More Empowered Through BroadbandAT&T on Comcast v. FCC Decision
Today, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion on the Comcast v. FCC case. The following may be attributed to an AT&T spokesperson: “AT&T made a commitment to abide by the FCC’s Open Internet Principles when they were first formulated in 2005, and we will continue to do so. Those facts have not…
Read More AT&T on Comcast v. FCC DecisionMoving Forward On Intellectual Property Protection
by Brent Olson
Earlier this week, we filed comments in response to the Federal Government’s Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) call for public comments on the proposed Joint Strategic Plan. What is IPEC? The IPEC is a relatively newly-created White House position charged with formulating a new 21st Century Intellectual Property enforcement structure. One of the issues raised…
Read More Moving Forward On Intellectual Property ProtectionUniversal Broadband and Job Creation Can Go Hand in Hand
Authored By Xavier Williams, AT&T Senior Vice President of Government, Education & Medical (GEM) Markets I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to support an array of public sector clients over the past few years including federal agencies, state and local governments, colleges, and state and local school districts. From this vantage point…
Read More Universal Broadband and Job Creation Can Go Hand in HandBoxes Tumbling Down
Yesterday, in a speech to the New Democrat Network, my friend Tom Tauke added some fuel to a simmering debate. I’m glad he did. Ever since the January oral argument in the Comcast-BitTorrent case, there’s been speculation about the FCC’s authority over broadband Internet services. And as Tom reminds us, this question is linked to…
Read More Boxes Tumbling DownJim Cicconi’s Opening Remarks from “National Broadband Plan: The Early Reaction” at The Press Club
The Technology Policy Institute and the Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy hosted a discussion today on the FCC’s newly announced National Broadband Plan. Panel discussions focused on the plan’s impact on investment and broadband penetration. AT&T’s Senior Executive Vice President, Jim Cicconi participated in a panel titled “Increasing Incentives to Innovate and Invest.”…
Read More Jim Cicconi’s Opening Remarks from “National Broadband Plan: The Early Reaction” at The Press ClubSisyphus, VoIP and the National Broadband Plan
One of the best things about the National Broadband Plan is that it recognizes that to achieve its goals for broadband, the FCC must finally deal with certain issues that have been on its plate for years, like reform of universal service and intercarrier compensation. AT&T has been trying, with others, to roll those rocks…
Read More Sisyphus, VoIP and the National Broadband PlanCybersecurity and the National Broadband Plan
Authored By Jim Bugel, AT&T Assistant Vice President, Public Safety and Homeland Security As we continue to sift through the details of the FCC’s 300-plus page National Broadband Plan, one clear theme that stands out is the Commission’s commitment to address cybersecurity. As more and more consumers gain access to broadband and incorporate it in their…
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