Public Knowledge Defends FCC on AT&T Takeover Report
Public Knowledge Defends FCC on AT&T Takeover Report
Public Knowledge Defends FCC on AT&T Takeover Report

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    Background:  Earlier today, AT&T chief lobbyist
    Jim Cicconi complained on his company’s blog about the treatment the company’s
    takeover of T-Mobile received at the FCC.    That post is here. http://attpublicpolicy.com/wireless/att-response-to-fcc-staff-report/

     The following is attributed to Harold Feld, legal director of
    Public Knowledge:

     

    “The FCC staff report explains in
    meticulous detail why AT&T’s claims on every issue were simply not
    credible.  The staff went into
    exhaustive analysis of AT&T’s economic models, engineering plans, financial
    data and public statements to come up with its conclusion that the takeover is
    not in the public interest.

    “Indeed, as staff repeatedly noted in
    their analysis, AT&T’s claims, repeated again in its blog post, were
    contradicted by AT&T’s own internal documents.  For AT&T to say that it did not receive a fair hearing
    before the Federal Communications Commission is ludicrous.  The Commission staff went out of its
    way to give AT&T every opportunity to make its case before concluding that
    the company had not done so.  And,
    as we have said, the Commission was fully within its rights and authority to
    release the staff report.

    “It is time for AT&T to move
    on.”

     

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    working to defend consumer rights in the emerging digital culture.  More information is available at http://www.publicknowledge.org