1st Quarter - Report

T-MOBILE USA, INC. for T-MOBILE USA, INC.

Period 1st Quarter 2009 Filed Apr 20, 2009 Signed by Anthony M. Russo, Chief Legislative Counsel

Official filing

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm
T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Client
T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Income
—
Expenses
$903,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing Filed Amount Counted
1st Quarter - Report (this page) Apr 20, 2009 $903,000 Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment Jun 14, 2010 $903,000 Yes

What was lobbied

One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Telecommunications TEC

Advance Wireless Spectrum clearing and relocation efforts for T-Mobile licenses across the country; general lobbying for support of H.R. 1521 the "Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009" in the House and in the Senate for support for a possible Senate version of that bill; general lobbying on the issue of local number portability in the House and Senate; general lobbying to ensure access to wireless services and broadband in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit rail system; lobbying and lobbying activities related to consumer protection issues in the House and Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees such as bulk sales phone trafficking, radio spectrum inventory, cyber security, jamming of wireless devices, illegal use of cell phones in correction facilities, and consumer protection as it relates to prepaid calling cards and call centers.

Foreign entity interest: T-Mobile USA, Inc. is wholly-owned by Deutsche Telekom AG and its subsidiary, T-Mobile International.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN HUNTER n/a
LAURA LINDERMAN BARKER n/a
MICHELLE PERSAUD Counsel, US House Judiciary Cmte 2003-07
ANTHONY MARTIN RUSSO Counsel, US Sen. Joe Biden 1997-2000
LAURA J ZUCKERMAN Dep. CoS, Rep. Steve Buyer 2001-07

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 1521 (111th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.