Trump Talks With Verizon, Comcast About Internet Network Strains
- Call includes representatives from Comcast, AT&T and Verizon
- President’s daughter Ivanka Trump also participated in call
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President Donald Trump held a call Tuesday with telecom giants including Verizon Communications Inc., as wireless and internet service providers experience significant new strains on their networks while Americans telework their way through the coronavirus outbreak.
In addition to Verizon, internet providers including Comcast Corp., AT&T Inc. and Charter Communications Inc. participated in the call, according to the White House. The president’s daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump, was on the call, along with her husband, adviser Jared Kushner, and Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council.