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AT&T MILITARY

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-08
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Audit Phase: Military Audit Target Entity: AT&T Inc. Original date label: June 2025 (the supplied text includes later evidence; bounded source review: 8 September 2026) Classification: Domain Audit - Defence Sector Linkages

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

No public evidence has been identified of any direct contract, tender award, framework agreement, or memorandum of understanding between AT&T and the Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMOD), the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the Israel Prison Service, or the Israel Border Police 1, 2.

AT&T operates as a US Government Solutions contractor through its subsidiary AT&T Government Solutions 3. FedScoop reported on 31 August 2021 that AT&T won a potential $609 million, five-year State Department task order under GSA EIS for telecommunications support at more than 270 diplomatic locations worldwide.3 Its separate July 2014 report describes a potential $275 million Foreign Post Telephone Program order covering nearly 300 overseas posts.4 These are global award ceilings and do not quantify actual spending in Israel.3, 4 No specific line item for the US Embassy in Jerusalem or for Site 512 telecommunications services has been identified in publicly available procurement records 3.

The US operates an AN/TPY-2 X-band radar facility at Har Qeren (Mount Keren) in the Negev Desert, known as Site 512 5. The cited source describes a 2023 expansion; no AT&T participation is identified 5. The AN/TPY-2 radar feeds data to the Israeli Arrow 3 and David’s Sling missile defence architecture 5. No public evidence has been identified of AT&T appearing as a named vendor, contractor, or supplier for Site 512 facility services or telecommunications 5.

No public evidence has been identified that AT&T appears in SIBAT (Israel’s Defence Export and Defence Cooperation Directorate) listings, Israeli defence exhibition catalogues, or Israeli defence procurement registries 1, 2.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

No public evidence identified of AT&T manufacturing an Israeli military-specific hardware product. Its services business does not itself establish the applicability or absence of export-control requirements.

AT&T describes 5G work at Texas A&M’s RELLIS campus supporting US defence research priorities. No public evidence identified of an Israeli military end-user for that programme 6.

AT&T operates FirstNet, the US public safety broadband network, under a 25-year contract with the FirstNet Authority 7. FirstNet is designated for US first responders only 7. No public evidence has been identified of FirstNet services or technology being provided to Israeli state bodies, the Israeli Ministry of Public Security, or IDF 7.

No public evidence has been identified of any export licence applications, end-user certificates, or government export control reviews specifically related to AT&T sales to Israeli defence or security end-users 1. US Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) enforcement actions and State Department DDTC public debarment records do not contain AT&T entries related to Israeli defence end-users 1.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

No public evidence has been identified. AT&T does not manufacture or sell heavy machinery, construction equipment, vehicles, or physical construction plant. This section is structurally inapplicable to AT&T’s business model as a telecommunications services company 1.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

DriveNets - Commercial Network Software Vendor:

October 2025 reporting described AT&T buying a 15% DriveNets stake for an estimated $750–800 million; July coverage reported $650 million. The reports do not reconcile the exact amount or closing date. This was a secondary shareholder sale, not that amount of new cash to DriveNets 1, 8. DriveNets’ Network Cloud disaggregated routing software carries more than 52% of AT&T’s core production IP traffic in North America 1.

CEO Ido Susan has confirmed IDF intelligence unit background per company website 2. DriveNets has separately secured commercial contracts with KDDI (Japan), Comcast, and Orange, attributed to validation from the AT&T relationship 1.

No public evidence has been identified of DriveNets having contracts with the Israeli Ministry of Defence, IDF, Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, or Israel Military Industries 2.

Amdocs - Billing and CRM Systems:

Amdocs is Israeli-origin and Guernsey-incorporated, with substantial Israeli operations and executive offices of its principal US subsidiary in Missouri. Its 2025 SEC filing identifies AT&T as its largest customer 9.

Historical intelligence allegations (2000–2001): Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron reported FBI investigations into whether Amdocs provided telephone records to Israeli intelligence 10. Multiple subsequent investigations found “no evidence” of government system breaches 10, 11. The FBI inquiry “did not find evidence that government telephone systems were penetrated” 10, 11. These allegations are historical (pre-2020) and no charges or findings of actual espionage were publicly established 10, 11. Current operational relevance is unconfirmed.

Armis Security - OT/Asset Visibility Cybersecurity:

Armis Security is an Israeli-founded cybersecurity company specialising in asset visibility and OT/ICS security 1. The cited DriveNets article does not support the supplied claims about Armis founder affiliations or an Armis–AT&T integration. No public evidence identified in this bounded source check verifying that claimed integration 1. ServiceNow announced the approximately $7.75 billion acquisition in December 2025 and completed it in April 2026 12.

Armis is a general-purpose OT security and asset visibility platform 1. No evidence has been identified that Armis manufactures or supplies weapons systems or components for kinetic effects 1.

Carbyne - AT&T Ventures Portfolio:

AT&T Ventures invested in Carbyne (formerly Reporty), an Israeli-founded public safety communications company, in March 2024 13, 14. Carbyne provides cloud-native mission-critical contact centre solutions for emergency services 13. No defence sector ties or contracts with Israeli military end-users have been identified 13.

Component Supply to Israeli Defence Primes:

No public evidence has been identified of AT&T supplying components, sub-systems, raw materials, or specialist manufacturing services to Elbit Systems, IAI, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, or Israel Military Industries 1. AT&T is not a hardware manufacturer and does not operate in the production supply chains of Israeli defence primes 1.

Joint Development and Co-Production:

No public evidence has been identified of joint development programmes, co-production agreements, technology transfer arrangements, or licensed manufacturing agreements between AT&T and any Israeli defence firm 1.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Service Contracts to Military Installations:

No public evidence has been identified of AT&T contracts to provide catering, transport, fuel supply, waste management, facilities maintenance, telecommunications, or other support services to IDF bases, military training facilities, detention centres, or security installations 1, 5.

Geographic Specificity:

No public evidence has been identified of AT&T service contracts specifically covering installations in the West Bank, Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, or the Negev, beyond the unverified Site 512 candidate claim 1, 5.

Roaming Infrastructure:

AT&T offers international roaming in Israel 15. Partner and Cellcom have documented settlement infrastructure 16, 17, but the generic AT&T travel page does not establish named bilateral partners, payment amounts, or a settlement-specific route. No public evidence identified here of a specific AT&T roaming contract with those carriers.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence has been identified of AT&T involvement - as manufacturer, integrator, sub-system supplier, or component provider - in Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow, F-35, Merkava, or any other named strategic weapons platform 1.

AT&T is not a defence prime contractor and does not manufacture lethal systems of any category - kinetic, directed energy, or otherwise 1.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

Export Licence Decisions:

No public evidence has been identified of any government decision to grant, deny, suspend, or revoke export licences for AT&T products to Israeli military or security end-users in any jurisdiction 1.

Arms Embargo and Sanctions Compliance:

No public evidence has been identified of any investigation, citation, or enforcement action related to AT&T’s compliance with arms embargoes, export control regimes, or sanctions affecting defence trade with Israel 1.

SEC No-Action Letter - Shareholder Human Rights Proposal:

The primary SEC correspondence dated 14 January 2025 records withdrawal of NCPPR’s proposal and AT&T’s no-action request, leaving the matter moot. The proposal concerned contractor DEI requirements, not conflict-zone disclosures; the record is not an SEC merits approval or Israel-related enforcement action 18.

OECD National Contact Point Complaints:

Search of the OECD NCP complaints database found no AT&T-specific complaint regarding Israeli military links or human rights concerns in the occupied territories 19.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

UN OHCHR Settlement Database:

The OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in settlement activity (158 business enterprises as of September 2025) does NOT include AT&T 20. Listed Israeli telecommunications companies include Partner Communications, Cellcom Israel, Bezeq, Hot Mobile, and Pelephone 20.

UN A/HRC/59/23 (Albanese Report):

The Francesca Albanese report (July 2025) on “From economy of occupation to economy of genocide” references Who Profits and Investigate databases 1. AT&T is not among the named companies in paragraphs 28–47 or company list footnotes 1.

PAX Report (June 2024):

The PAX “Companies Arming Israel and Their Financiers” report focuses on arms producers (Boeing, Lockheed, RTX, Leonardo, General Dynamics, Rolls-Royce) and European financial institutions 21. AT&T is not listed as a financier or arms producer 21.

Who Profits:

No Who Profits report specifically naming AT&T as a company profiting from Israeli military occupation has been identified 22.

Al-Haq Report:

The Al-Haq Business and Human Rights report (July 2024) does not name AT&T in its documentation of West Bank/Gaza business relationships related to occupation 23.

AT&T Israel R&D Centre:

AT&T operates an Israel R&D centre in Airport City and Tel Aviv (ToHa Tower), established 2007 after the Interwise acquisition, with October 2021 reporting describing more than 500 staff and plans for roughly 100 recruits; this is not a verified current 600-engineer headcount 24, 25. No verified evidence has been identified that the Israel R&D centre specifically develops technology for IDF applications or military-specific use cases 24, 25.

AT&T Wartime HR Policy for Israeli Employees:

In 2023, Calcalist/CTech reported on AT&T’s announced “six-point plan” for its Israeli employees following the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack 1. The published interview describes employee relief, donation matching, support for reservists and their families, and employee-funded food/equipment for units. It does not specify a full-benefits or salary-continuation commitment; these should not be invented 26.

Footnotes

  1. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-869943 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10 ↩11 ↩12 ↩13 ↩14 ↩15 ↩16 ↩17 ↩18 ↩19 ↩20 ↩21 ↩22 ↩23 ↩24

  2. https://drivenets.com/company ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  3. https://fedscoop.com/state-department-awards-att-609m-task-order ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  4. https://fedscoop.com/att-provide-secure-ip-phone-systems-state/ ↩ ↩2

  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_512 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  6. https://www.business.att.com/content/dam/attbusiness/ebooks/reinventing-the-campus-with-att-5G.pdf ↩

  7. https://about.att.com/story/2024/firstnet-investment.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/gg7x4za3q ↩

  9. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1062579/000119312525319187/dox-20250930.htm ↩

  10. https://camera.org/article/fox-news-s-carl-cameron-recycles-more-rubbish ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  11. https://www.counterpunch.org/2009/03/12/israeli-spying-in-the-united-states ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  12. https://investor.servicenow.com/news/news-details/2026/ServiceNow-completes-Armis-acquisition-closing-the-gap-between-asset-visibility-and-cyber-risk/default.aspx ↩

  13. https://carbyne.com/resources/press/carbyne-secures-investment-from-att-ventures-socium-ventures/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  14. https://about.att.com/pages/ventures ↩

  15. https://www.att.com/international ↩

  16. https://investigate.afsc.org/company/partner-communications-co ↩

  17. https://investigate.afsc.org/company/cellcom-israel ↩

  18. https://www.sec.gov/file/ncppratt11425-14a8 ↩

  19. https://oecdwatch.org/complaints-database ↩

  20. https://ohchr.org/en/business/bhr-database ↩ ↩2

  21. https://paxforpeace.nl/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/The-Companies-Arming-Israel-and-Their-Financiers-June-2024.pdf ↩ ↩2

  22. https://www.whoprofits.org ↩

  23. https://www.alhaq.org ↩

  24. https://www.jpost.com/jpost-tech/at-and-t-to-open-new-r-and-d-center-in-tel-aviv-682954 ↩ ↩2

  25. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3920852,00.html ↩ ↩2

  26. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sys0x11r7p ↩