{"id":2596,"date":"2017-06-27T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T12:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2017-08-01T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T10:27:00","slug":"president-trump-praises-att-ceo-for-really-a-top-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/latest-news\/president-trump-praises-att-ceo-for-really-a-top-job\/2596\/","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Praises AT&#038;T\u00ae CEO For \u2018Really A Top Job\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2368\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2368\" class=\"wp-image-2368 size-medium\" title=\"President Trump \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Internet-Providers-e1491221936745-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Internet Providers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Internet-Providers-e1491221936745-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Internet-Providers-e1491221936745.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>AT&amp;T\u00ae-Time Warner Merger<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Donald Trump recently said that the AT&amp;T<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> CEO Randall Stephenson has done a \u201creally a top job.\u201d He said this, months after dinging the proposed merger of AT&amp;T<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> with Time Warner<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, saying that it is an \u201cexample of the power structure I&#8217;m fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President lavished Stephenson with praise at a White House confab that took place recently. The confab was about the latest technologies like 5G wireless and drones. Trump said AT&amp;T<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> was \u201clike two companies \u2014 you started, then it was made different by government and now here you are again.\u201d He added that such reinvention is \u201cnot easy to do. Most companies would\u2019ve just disappeared. And you didn&#8217;t disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This exchange could show the latest position of AT&amp;T<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> in Washington. The tough comments from Trump last year on the proposed merger 108 billion dollars merger of AT&amp;T<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and Time Warner<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> raised many questions and chances of a rough ride. However, AT&amp;T<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> has managed to find common ground with the White House on many issues like tax policy, net neutrality, and deregulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stephenson had many interactions with President Trump and he praised the business friendly approach of the administration. \u201cIt\u2019s been dizzying the pace that the regulatory playing field has been cleared and been made more clear for companies that invest like ours,\u201d Stephenson said before the White House meet. This conference was the latest effort of the President to highlight businesses particularly the telecom industry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President expressed his feelings with the executives over \u201ctoo many years of excessive government regulation.\u201d He added that he wanted to learn how the government can \u201chelp unleash the next generation of technological breakthroughs that will transform our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe want to remain No. 1,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2140\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2140\" class=\"wp-image-2140 size-medium\" title=\"Best Deals\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ATT-Internet-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Best Internet\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ATT-Internet-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ATT-Internet-3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>5G Wireless Service<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stephenson said that low corporate taxes would be the best way to \u201cstimulate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/att-consolidates-business-with-omnicom\/\">investment in new technologies<\/a> and innovation.\u201d He focused on the importance of having high-speed 5G network. \u201cWe are at a place where if we get this right, we probably lead the world for another era,\u201d said Stephenson. He used a scale model of a city to demonstrate to the President how the 5G network would be deployed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetripleplay.net\/blog\/the-most-admired-telecommunications-company\/\">making use of the best internet services<\/a> of AT&amp;T<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stephenson was not the only CEO giving feedback to the President. Dyan Gibbens, CEO of a drone company named Trumbull Unmanned based at Houston also attended the meet. It is reported that the drones of Trumbull Unmanned can fly in \u201cchallenging environments\u201d to collect and analyze data for different sectors, mainly the energy sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump recently said that the AT&amp;T\u00ae CEO Randall Stephenson has done a \u201creally a top job.\u201d He said this, months after dinging the proposed merger of AT&amp;T\u00ae with Time Warner\u00ae, saying that it is an \u201cexample of the power structure I&#8217;m fighting.\u201d The President lavished Stephenson with praise at a White House confab [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[155,172],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Trump Praises AT&amp;T\u00ae CEO For \u2018Really A Top Job\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Trump praised AT&amp;T\u00ae CEO in a White House meeting. 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