Last Friday, July 12, 2024, it was widely reported that AT&T experienced another catastrophic cyber-attack. This material cyber incident affected over 100 million of its wireless customers according to AT&T’s 8-K Filing with...more
Providers of cellular wireless and wireline connectivity have seen overall increases in demand – with a larger increase for wireline services than cellular wireless services – due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the numerous...more
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) recently held that AT&T Mobility, LLC (“AT&T”) had sufficient interest in its almost completely moribund CINGULAR name to oppose two pending trademark applications filed by...more
Balloon Test Notice for AT&T FirstNet Tower in Mendon, VT - New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (“AT&T”), for itself and the federal First Responder Network Authority (“FirstNet”) proposes to install a 140’ monopole...more
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC d/b/a AT&T is proposing to construct a 180’ communications tower and associated compound at the headquarters of the Grand Isle Sheriff’s Department, 10 Island Circle, Grand Isle, VT, and has...more
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC d/b/a AT&T is proposing to remove two existing towers on Pierson Hill in Topsham, VT (located off of Ben Dexter Road), and to construct a 180’ replacement communications tower and associated...more
Bloomberg is reporting that Walgreens Boots is weighing a potential deal “to take the company private in what could become the largest leveraged buyout in history.” PE firms like KKR are apparently in the mix to assist in the...more
In a Public Notice released October 7, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the status of the 39 short-form applications for Auction 103, which is scheduled to begin on December 10, 2019. ...more
To assess the visual effect of the Project, AT&T conducted a balloon test at the site of the proposed Tower on Friday, August 23, 2019. A balloon was flown at 140 feet and was photographed from public areas in Town, which can...more
New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC (“AT&T”) proposes to install a 130’ monopole telecommunications tower at 518 Stewart Road South, Mount Holly, VT, Parcel ID: 11A2001.00, on property owned by Raymond C. Tarbell and Linda M....more
AT&T was sued this week in the Northern District of California by customers alleging that AT&T sold their location data to data aggregators without their consent. The proposed class action suit was filed on behalf of all AT&T...more
Viridi Wireless Plans Cornish, NH Balloon Test for June 17, 2019 - Viridi Wireless, LLC ("Viridi") is proposing to construct a 170' self-support monopole communications tower and associated compound at 200 Burr Road,...more
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals dealt the DOJ a blow yesterday with a ruling that “rejected the government’s claim that a lower court had applied antitrust laws incorrectly in allowing the merger” between AT&T and Time Warner...more
In addition to the proposed merger between Sprint and T-Mobile and its planned consolidation of cell sites, providers such as Verizon and AT&T are trading their interests in towers and other wireless deployments. ...more
Some inside baseball on how Sprint and T-Mobile are likely to try to convince suspicious regulators that their merger is a good thing. Hint: it has a lot to do with China and 5G....more
Not an ideal report on the state of affairs for Zelle, the big banks’ payment-platform answer to Venmo. The Times reports that the “same features that make Zelle so useful for customers, its speed and ubiquity, have made it...more
On 27 February 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously in an en banc decision that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may bring enforcement actions against AT&T and other telecommunications...more
Consumers filed a putative class action alleging statutory and common law consumer protection and false advertising claims under California and Alabama law, specifically alleging that AT&T falsely advertised their mobile...more
Snap’s awful Q3 be damned—Chinese tech giant Tencent has increased its stake in the company to more than 12% thanks to shares it purchased on the open market....more
On January 11, 2017, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB or Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued an informal report—“Policy Review of Mobile Broadband Operators’ Sponsored Data...more
In May 2016, the FCC moved forward with its decade-overdue reform of the $45 Billion per year dedicated business data services (“BDS”) market. BDS providers, including major incumbent telecommunications companies and now even...more
The Federal Register officially published the FCC’s new rules governing net neutrality on Monday, April 13, 2015, and the new rules will take effect 60 days following the date of publication. As anticipated, AT&T and the...more