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With Verizon's 4G LTE network in place, AT&T has no

March 23, 2018 by Kenneth Newton

With Verizon's 4G LTE network in place, AT&T has no option but to continue marketing its 5G LTE network.

AT&T has been making similar misleading statements about 5G in the past, claiming that the 4G LTE network would be "like a 4G network in that it would be 'a 5G network.' But it is actually not the 5G network AT&T is trying to sell. Rather, AT&T is attempting to use the 5G LTE network for its 5G LTE network.

In a filing this week, T-Mobile said that it would not be pursuing FTC lawsuits against Verizon because "it does not believe that AT&T has a compelling interest in this litigation or its ability to defend itself."

AT&T has since been taking steps to comply with the 3D Content Protection Act, which prohibits "any person or entity…from posting content with the intent to defame, intimidate, or otherwise harm any person, entity, or government." The 3D Content Protection Act has been passed by Congress in 2010 and states that the "broad and broad nature of the content protected by the Content Protection Act [creates] the ability for governments and businesses to control the content of content and to obtain the ability to regulate or promote its distribution" in the manner that it deems appropriate. The 3D Content Protection Act states that "the government [shall] be responsible for protecting" content and that "any person or entity that violates or attempts to violate the Content Protection Act [shall be subject to a criminal record check, civil liability, or other civil liability action]."

This is the first time that AT&T has taken any action to stop advertising 6G LTE networks since AT&T sued Verizon last summer in federal court. After AT&T claimed that it could not "create or maintain any 5G LTE network," AT&T said that it had tried to avoid paying its fine and was willing to spend more time on court to make sure that the law wasn't breaking down.

On March 11, AT&T filed an online motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The suit, filed by AT&T's former chief financial officer, Tom Tango, and three other former Verizon attorneys, claimed that AT&T had made misleading statements about 5G LTE networks and that the company would continue to advertise them. AT&T's complaint claims that Verizon's 5G LTE network would offer "dynamic networks of high-speed wireless networks" that would be "a 5G LTE network"