AT&T has asked the FCC to realign the way it regulates how service providers shut down TDM-based data and retirement services with the hope of creating incentives for service providers to invest in next-gen services.
Being an incumbent telco with a 100-year legacy of services, AT&T and its Tier 1 counterparts have begun to shed older services that have either little or no use in their territories.
Specifically, AT&T has asked the FCC to consider streamlining the processes to discontinue data and legacy voice services.
