The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) published a new report on the largest ever pan-Europe cyber security exercise, Cyber Europe 2012, which took place last year. The goal of the exercise was to strengthen cyber crisis cooperation, preparedness and response across Europe. The entire Internet ecosystem plays an … Read more…
Transatlantic market without borders
The below opinion piece by Jim Cicconi, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President of External and Legislative Affairs, appeared in the European Voice on 7 February. A free-trade agreement between the United States and the European Union is crucial to our joint economic future. Ewa Björling, Sweden’s trade minister, recently highlighted … Read more…
Safer Internet Day: Connect with Respect
Today, we observed Safer Internet Day (SID) which is organized by Insafe in February of each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially among children and young people across the world. SID is celebrated in more than 90 countries worldwide, and across … Read more…
Connecting with Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs
The biggest challenges of tomorrow will be tackled by the greatest innovations of today. Earlier this month, the European Commissioner for Industry, Antonio Tajani, announced the Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan to help encourage economic growth and innovation. This is the first time the Commission has presented a general strategy on … Read more…
At Inauguration, Celebrating and Sharing through Mobile Broadband
Last Monday, 800,000 people attended the U.S. Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. AT&T’s customers in the National Mall area set a new record on our network for a single-day event. Our network carried more than 17 times the amount of data that participants used during the 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration. … Read more…
Helping Slovakia Students Imagine Their Possibilities
AT&T has a long history of innovation including eight Nobel Prize winners and an average of two new patents each and every day. To continue being a world leader in innovation, we must invest now to ensure a robust and well educated future talent pipeline. AT&T is committed to helping students see … Read more…
Asthma Sufferers Benefit from IP Technology
The World Health Organization estimates that some 235 million people currently suffer from asthma. Today, AT&T is proactively working in its labs to develop an asthma trigger sensor using IP technology. Who knew IP technology had such unexpected benefits? AT&T Labs researchers are developing a sensor that can alert asthma … Read more…
Ireland Hosts the Presidency of the Council of the European Union
At the beginning of January, Ireland assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the seventh time since its accession to the EU in 1973. On behalf of its nearly 150 member companies, including AT&T, the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) has … Read more…
EU & US Declaration: Making the Internet Safer for Children
We would like to commend European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes and the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano for signing a Joint Declaration in London recently, committing to make the Internet a safer and better place for children. In the Declaration, both parties: Agree to implement joint campaigns … Read more…
Hanging Up 1930s Regulations on International Calling
AT&T began transatlantic telephone service, initially between the U.S. and London in 1927. The conversations crossed the Atlantic via radio – one call at a time – at a cost of $75 for the first three minutes. International calls require U.S. and foreign carriers to develop connection agreements to exchange … Read more…
