Telecom Execs Frustrated by Government Shutdown,rnOutdated Laws Requiring FCC Permission

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AT&T and T-Mobile executives are frustrated by government shutdown, now well into its secondrnweek, they said at the Telecommunications Industry Association conference. The FCC’s work onrnspectrum auctions, getting spectrum from the Department of Defense, the broadcaster incentive auctionrn— “all that work has stopped,” said Thomas Sugrue, senior vice president-government affairs for TMobile.rn“One week? Sure, we can all make that up,” he said. “But once it gets a second week, and ifrnwe’re talking about a third, there could be some real negative impacts on the timing of that.” T-Mobilernis “fortunate that we don’t have an intensive, major deal pending,” like AT&T’s bid to acquire LeaprnWireless, Sugrue said.