Representatives of Verizon Wireless and the SpectrumCo partners explained their...
Representatives of Verizon Wireless and the SpectrumCo partners explained their arguments in favor of marketing agreements reached last year, as part of a broader deal that also includes Verizon’s buy of the cable companies’ AWS licenses, in a meeting with…
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Dave Grimaldi and Louis Peraertz, aides to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. Participants discussed “the spectrum transfer agreement, the agency agreements under which the cable companies and Verizon Wireless will sell each other’s service, the reseller agreement under which the cable companies may transition into reselling Verizon Wireless’ services in the future, and the agreement to establish a joint venture to develop innovative ways to integrate wireline and wireless technologies,” said an ex parte filing on the meeting (http://xrl.us/bna6o4). Also discussed were “the public interest benefits that will result from the commercial agreements” and that “the commercial agreements will result in more consumer choice and ... facilitate, rather than harm, competition,” the filing said. SpectrumCo is a joint venture of Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks.