The Federal Communications Commission approved the mergers of SBC Communications Inc. with AT&T Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. with MCI Inc. The Commission concluded that consumers will reap the rewards of the public-interest benefits that will flow from these mergers. These benefits include integration of complementary networks, which will...
WASHINGTON -- Regulators agreed Monday to approve SBC Communications' takeover of AT&T and Verizon Communications' purchase of MCI -- deals that allow the nation's biggest phone companies to grow bigger -- but with conditions. By 4-0 votes, the Federal Communications Commission approved the multibillion-dollar mergers with conditions that...
(This article originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review, Boise, ID, another Dolan Media publication.)It has been interesting to see how technologies leapfrog each other. Take the Web logging or blogging phenomenon as an example. By using blogging software or Web sites created for blogging, just about anyone can post...
Two multibillion-dollar telecom mergers could clear their final federal hurdle today and be approved, with conditions, by the Federal Communications Commission. SBC Communications, which is buying AT&T, and Verizon, which is buying MCI, were close Sunday night to agreeing to concessions aimed at promoting competition and preventing the companies...
WASHINGTON AFP — The Federal Communications Commission approved SBC Communications' acquisition of AT and T Corp. and Verizon's purchase of MCI, increasing the size of the two largest US telecom groups. The FCC's four commissioners -- one seat is vacant -- voted just days after antitrust reviewers at the...
WASHINGTON AFP — The US Justice Department approved the telecommunications industry mega-mergers of Verizon with MCI and SBC Communications with AT&T, subject to the divestiture of some operations by both groups. The approvals clear a major hurdle to the deals that create two telecom powerhouses in the United States....
Two big mergers that will reshape the telecom industry appear set to clear major hurdles as early as this week. SBC Communications tentatively has agreed to a key concession to win antitrust approval for its purchase of AT&T, and Verizon has done the same for its merger with MCI,...
DENVER -- Qwest Communications officials pressed their case Wednesday for the government to impose restrictions on two telecommunications mergers, reiterating their contention the pending deals could hurt competition and raise prices. As proposed, the unions of SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T and Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI Inc....
As federal regulators weigh what, if any, conditions to impose on two mammoth phone company mergers, they face a vexing Rubik's cube of possibilities. Any requirements they attach to SBC Communications' acquisition of AT&T and Verizon's purchase of MCI could force some customers to do business with a telecom...
Washington -- Within a few days of filing some paperwork and putting up a bond, phone companies would be able to waltz into cable markets and offer video programming with minimal local interference, according to House draft legislation circulated last week. In...
Net Neutrality Also in House Proposal Washington-- Within a few days of filing some paperwork and putting up a bond, phone companies would be able to waltz into cable markets and offer video programming with minimal local interference, according to House draft legislation circulated last...
This time the telcos mean it. Years ago, phone company leaders promised to invade cable markets with the latest in pay-video technology. Some did, rolling out hybrid fiber coaxial and wireless networks here and there. But those efforts were tentative at best and ultimately collapsed. ...
The idea that ILECs would like local franchises for video to be replaced by federally authorized state-wide franchising began rolling around congressional halls and House hearings a short time ago, but the discussion surprisingly was on many more lips than anticipated at McCormick Place during Supercomm...
SBC Communications has been unable to convince the FCC that Internet Protocol IP platform services should be free from common carrier regulation - in large part because a favorable commission ruling on such a request could have stirred up a hornet's nest on unregulated services and competitive...
Qwest is filing comments at the FCC to oppose approval of the pending merger of SBC Communications and interexchange carrier AT&T, following a similar April 14 filing at California's Public Utilities Commission. Qwest is urging the FCC to seek select divestitures and other conditions "to protect consumers...
The clock is ticking regarding the FCC's review process for approving SBC Communications' proposed $16 billion acquisition of AT&T; the move, which started March 11, essentially sets up a timeline for routine merger reviews that normally take 180 days, although various complexities of transactions and procedural delays can require more...
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators narrowly approved rules Wednesday that phase out many of the government-mandated discounts the four major regional telephone companies must give rivals to encourage them to compete for local service customers. It's the fourth time the Federal Communications Commission has approved rules aimed at spurring...
By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 16--Federal regulators Wednesday approved rules that would phase out discounts the four regional Bell phone companies must offer rivals that pay to use their networks. A divided Federal...
Last month the Federal Communications Commission appeared to trigger massive investment in US telecommunications infrastructure by issuing key reassurances over the unbundling of fiber, and first off the mark SBC Communications immediately stepped up and dramatically accelerated its fiber roadmap. But there are question marks over how orchestrated the...
Michigan Chronicle 11-23-2004 SBC Communications Inc. recently announced that it will dramatically accelerate its plan to build a new fiber-optics network into neighborhoods, providing 18 million households super high-speed data, video and voice services in two to three years, rather than five years...
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