“We’re looking at another year of very significant value creation,” CFO Braxton Carter said at a recent investors conference hosted by Citi. Carter expects T-Mobile’s service revenue — the money customers pay for their plans — to grow in the double digits, yet again, in 2017, which will ultimately translate into a sustainable ramp up in cash flow.
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Trump meets with AT&T execs about Time Warner merger
Donald Trump Trump vs. the Democrats: Is this the end of the 100-year war over the Estate Tax? French far-right leader Le Pen spotted at Trump Tower Pompeo would ‘absolutely not’ obey torture order from Trump MORE on Thursday morning met with AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson as the company pushes for support for its planned merger with Time Warner. Stephenson and Robert Quinn, AT&T’s senior vice president for legislative affairs, arrived at Trump Tower shortly after 9 a.m., according to pool reports.
Republican FCC member blasts leadership for ‘midnight’ regs without warning
The longest-serving Republican commissioner in the Federal Communications Commission criticized the Democrat-controlled agency for what he called a “regulatory spasm” in its final days after it issued a report Wednesday scolding AT&T and Verizon for their “zero rating” strategies without the approval of the majority of the agency. “It is disappointing that the FCC’s current leadership has yet again chosen to spend its last days in office the same way it spent the last few years – cutting corners on process, keeping fellow Commissioners in the dark, and pursuing partisan, political agendas that only harm investment and innovation,” wrote Commissioner Ajit Pai.
You’ll probably get to keep watching free video on your phone -…
The Federal Communications Commission staff has finally determined that AT&T and Verizon are likely violating net neutrality rules by offering their own video services without data charges. However, in taking more than a year to weigh in, the agency has likely lost its chance to rein in the practice.
Tom Wheeler accuses AT&T and Verizon of violating net neutrality
With just over a week left as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler today accused AT&T and Verizon Wireless of violating net neutrality rules with paid data cap exemptions. But with the FCC about to switch to Republican control after next week’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, AT&T and Verizon can likely keep doing what they’re doing without any chance of punishment.
AT&T Stock Is ‘Worth Watching’: More Squawk From Jim Cramer
Shares of AT&T were trading lower in mid-morning trading on Wednesday after the stock’s rating was downgraded to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank earlier today. The call reflects weaker margins and slower EPS growth, the firm wrote in the note.
Trump Said to Tell Confidant He Remains Opposed to AT&T Deal
Donald Trump remains opposed to the megamerger between AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. because he believes it would concentrate too much power in the media industry, according to people close to the president-elect, who has been publicly silent about the transaction for months. Trump told a friend in the last few weeks that he still considers the merger to be a bad deal, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the conversation was private.
AT&T sees faster path for deal
AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. said they can avoid having the Federal Communications Commission scrutinize their proposed merger, eliminating a significant hurdle in the path of the $85.4 billion deal, which has attracted criticism from President-elect Donald Trump. “While subject to change, it is currently anticipated that Time Warner will not need to transfer any of its FCC licenses to AT&T in order to continue to conduct its business operations after the closing of the transaction,” the companies said in a regulatory filing dated Thursday.
Here’s how the Trump administration will make your internet…
The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked victory for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at 12 on an index where the current top threat is a Chinese economic “hard landing” rated 20 Most talk about President-elect Donald Trump’s technology policies – or “the cyber,” as he calls them – has revolved around his takes on Russia’s hacking of the Democratic National Committee. After being appointed as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission by President Obama, Tom Wheeler enacted a set of reforms to United States telecommunications policy that reclassified internet service providers as common carriers, thus allowing him to implement network neutrality restrictions on their activities.
AT&T to Test 5G Wireless for Delivery of – DirecTV Now’ to Homes
AT&T Inc. has reached speeds of up to 14 gigabits a second in lab trials of 5G wireless technology, and plans to test the high-speed network by beaming its DirecTV Now video service to homes in Austin, Texas before midyear. Through a collaboration with a dozen partners including Intel Corp., Ericsson AB and Qualcomm Inc., AT&T plans to use experimental airwaves to test fifth-generation or 5G residential and business services as a potentially cheaper method than fiber-optic cable for high-capacity connections, said John Donovan, AT&T’s chief strategy officer.
AT&T Intros Tool To Stop Spam Calls
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AT&T Intros Tool To Stop Spam Calls
Robocalls have become a “scourge” on U.S. consumers, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said this past summer upon calling on the tech industry to help find solutions. One proposed fix, just launched by AT&T, is to provide wireless customers with automatic blocking of fraudulent calls and warnings of suspected spam calls.
Net Neutrality Rule to Get Scrutiny From FCC Republicans ‘Soon’
Republicans poised to control the Federal Communications Commission next month said they’d revisit the net neutrality regulation “as soon as possible,” laying out plans to address a rule they’ve opposed and that Democrats support. The statement Monday from Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly indicates that opponents of the rule such as top broadband providers AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. may not need to wait for Congress to grapple with the regulation that requires equal treatment of web traffic.
AT&T introduces Call Protect feature to automatically block fraud, spam calls
Good news for enemies of spam callers. On Tuesday, AT&T, America’s second-largest wireless carrier, announced a new network-level feature – AT&T Call Protect – that it said would help to block unwanted spam calls.
Net Neutrality Rule to Get Scrutiny From FCC Republicans – Soon’
Republicans poised to control the Federal Communications Commission next month said they’d revisit the net neutrality regulation “as soon as possible,” laying out plans to address a rule they’ve opposed and that Democrats support. The statement Monday from Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly indicates that opponents of the rule such as top broadband providers AT&T Inc. and Comcast Corp. may not need to wait for Congress to grapple with the regulation that requires equal treatment of web traffic.