September 6, 2023 7:41 PM UTC
Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika Syamnath
The company and Verizon (VZ.N) have faced questions about the cables since the Wall Street Journal reported in July that the telecom firms left behind a network of underground toxic lead cables which might have contaminated water and soil.
"I said early on in this and I'll still say today, we don't believe that there's a public health crisis right now," AT&T CEO John Stankey said at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference.
The tests, conducted by the likes of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of New York, at some of the sites mentioned in the Journal article, including Lake Tahoe, have concluded that there was no threat to public health, he said.
"We'll make adjustments if something suggests that we need to make an adjustment," he said, adding the company was working with regulators on the cables.