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John Stankey

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Search every verified John Stankey interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. AT&T Chairman and CEO John Stankey discussed the company's second-quarter 2026 earnings across multiple media appearances on July 22, 2026. He characterized the quarter as "fantastic" and noted that the company returned to business growth, adding 432,000 monthly wireless phone subscribers and a record 370,000 fiber net adds. Stankey attributed the results to investments made over the previous five years and said he expects the trend of accelerated growth to continue through 2028. He described the company's margins as a record and stated that AT&T is "doing a lot better job down market" with more affordable products, which he characterized as "meeting market needs" rather than a price war. Regarding competition from satellite providers like SpaceX's Starlink, Stankey said the company wants to partner with "everybody in the satellite ecosystem" and noted that AT&T, along with T-Mobile and Verizon, established a joint venture to aggregate satellite capacity for the small percentage of traffic that occurs off-network. He also discussed the company's commitment to investing $250 billion through 2030 in AI infrastructure and symmetrical fiber networks, stating that he believes AT&T is "uniquely positioned" to serve AI workloads and that the market will eventually recognize the value of these investments. Stankey acknowledged that there has been "some rotation out of our stock" as investors move toward AI opportunities, but expressed confidence that the company's valuation will "ultimately correct itself."

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