AT&T

Privacy

Industry and Public Interest Groups Disagree on Preempting FCC Data Privacy Authority

Industry groups want a federal privacy law to hand all authority over to the FTC.

John Stankey

AT&T Announces $3 Billion Investment to Closing Digital Divide

The company said it will continue to offer an affordable internet service as the Affordable Connectivity Program ends.

Briefs

AT&T Investigating Internal Data Leak Affecting 73 Million

AT&T issued statement on data breach which affected 73 million current and former customers.

OTI

Net Neutrality Commenters Continue to Disagree on Network Slicing

Public interest groups say the practice could allow mobile providers to skirt rules on paid prioritization

FSF

At Free State Event, Most Industry and Academics Dump on FCC Regulation

The officials criticized the agency’s proposal to create more stringent regulations on broadband access.

Expert Opinion

Craig Settles: Hospital at Home Telehealth Can Drive Broadband Adoption

When it's a matter of life and death, it's all about wireless internet, says the author.

Comcast

ISPs Pressing FCC to Relax Section 214 Requirements

The FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules did not erect regulatory entry and exit barriers.

CPUC

California Residents Concerned About AT&T Request to Phase Out Landline Service

Nearly 4,000 California residents have expressed that their landline connection frequently acts as their sole means of communication.

Comcast

Bardstown, Kentucky, is Selling City-Owned Cable TV Company To Charter

The city made a 'business decision' to sell now to avoid costly upgrades to the communications network

OTI

Network Slicing Could Harm Consumers And Competitors, Group Says

An open internet advocacy group sent a letter to the FCC urging them to regulate network slicing

Chips

NTIA Allocates $42 Million to Drive Research and Development in Open RAN Technology

The R&D initiative aims to revolutionize 4G and 5G mobile networks by using cloud-based software to reduce deployment costs, provide operational simplicity, and simplify new feature rollouts.

Open Access

Shared Broadband Infrastructure to Get Increasingly Common: Experts

The model is well-suited to address the problem of indoor connectivity, experts said.

FCC

AT&T Partners with Ericsson on OpenRAN, FCC Extends Engineering Waiver, New COO at Atlas Digital Group

AT&T is pushing for more interoperability of equipment on its wireless network.

Infrastructure

FCC to Vote on Pole Attachments at December Meeting

Telecom and utility companies have been clashing on replacement costs.

AI

Industry Observers See MNO Opportunities in Leasing Network Space to MVNOs

Observers say MVNOs are presenting growth opportunities for network-owning service providers.

FCC

‘It Was Graft’: How the FCC’s CAF II Program Became a Money Sink

Of $10 billion spent through 2021, 93 percent of households received only 10 * 1 Mbps service.