Brett Feldman on telecom policy
From AT&T T Q2 2025 Earnings Call · · Fyfull
“I can't remember who said it earlier. I guess Ben was making a comment about how long I've been around here and insulting me, but you know, I've been around the industry a bit. I don't know that I've ever seen from a pro-investment policy perspective that's out there right now in terms of incentives to invest organically in your business, a telecom policy perspective that's been laid out under this administration and where we see the FCC going all the way from incentives to get out of old infrastructure and invest in new to spectrum pipelines that are in place to desires to remove restrictions on useless regulations that drive costs into business that the market takes care of now that we don't need to have around because we're no longer in common carrier models. I've not seen a situation where those tailwinds were all aligned and as strong as they are at any time in my career as they are right now.”
On , Brett Feldman, Senior Vice President of Finance & Investor Relations at AT&T, spoke about telecom policy during AT&T T Q2 2025 Earnings Call on Fyfull.
About Brett Feldman
Brett Feldman, Senior Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations at AT&T, has been active in discussing the company's financial and operational strategy. On the company's first quarter 2026 earnings call, Feldman stated that AT&T is "operating from a position of strength" and expects "momentum and our operating trends to build" through the year. He noted that the company closed its transaction with Lumen "ahead of schedule," adding 1.1 million fiber customers and over 4 million fiber locations. Feldman also said AT&T continues to expect to repurchase approximately $8 billion of stock in 2026 and maintain a consistent pace of buybacks through 2028 as part of plans to return over $45 billion to shareholders. In a March 2026 interview on NYSE Live, Feldman discussed AT&T's $250 billion investment commitment in U.S. telecommunications infrastructure through the end of the decade. He described the Lumen deal as "a really innovative deal" that allowed AT&T to acquire fiber optic internet assets serving consumers in the Lumen footprint. Feldman also addressed the company's workforce, stating that AT&T has over 110,000 employees in the United States and is adding technicians to support its investment, noting that only 5% of positions at the company require a college degree.