AT&T CEO to Open Meeting of FCC Robocall Strike Force
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson will be at the FCC Friday to chair the first meeting (see 1608120032) of the industry-led Robocall Strike Force, the agency said Thursday. Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn will join him to make opening…
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remarks during the public part of the meeting, the agency said. AT&T volunteered to lead the group, the FCC said. Meanwhile, lawyers at Kelley Drye said many questions remain about the task force. “Notably, this group is not a formal federal advisory committee, and does not have the process or procedural requirements that would accompany such a group,” Steve Augustino and Jennifer Rodden Wainwright wrote in a blog post. “It is not clear what the group will address, or how it will operate going forward. To us, the primary take-away from the existence of the group is the FCC’s high-profile involvement in it.” They also said Wheeler appears intent on “driving the introduction of blocking techniques in the wireless industry” while he's still chairman.