A Conversation with AT&T Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson

AT&T Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson sat down for a Q&A with Fidelity Investments Chief Executive Officer Abigail Johnson at the February 15 meeting of the Boston College Chief Executives Club. Stephenson, who was named to his current position in 2007, discussed the latest on AT&T’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner, the future of media and advertising, the real-world implications of 5G technology, and the need for Congress to pass a consumer Internet Bill of Rights. He commented that, “Congress needs to step up and they need to take this issue [net neutrality and with it, privacy] on comprehensively—thou shalt not block, thou shalt not throttle, according to the statutes written by Congress.” AT&T is a global leader in the rapidly converging technology, media and telecommunications space with reported revenues of $160 billion in 2017.