Hawaiian Telecom wants the FCC to impose conditions (CD April 2...
Hawaiian Telecom wants the FCC to impose conditions (CD April 2 p17) if it approves various commercial agreements between Verizon Wireless, SpectrumCo and Cox as part of a broader transaction involving Verizon’s buy of AWS-1 licenses. “In considering the ...…
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Application, the Commission must consider the impact of the agency, resale and joint operating agreements filed in this proceeding by the Applicants,” the ILEC said (http://xrl.us/bnhwwe). “These agreements are critical parts of the overall transaction between Verizon Wireless and the cable companies. ... The Applicants do not propose merely to transfer spectrum, but intend as part of the arrangement to use the Commercial Agreements to consolidate significantly their wired and wireless services. The result will be less intermodal competition and higher barriers to entry for stand-alone wired providers.” The Communications Workers of America said in a filing in the same docket, 12-4, the FCC should keep its focus on jobs as it looks more closely at the transaction (http://xrl.us/bnhwxf). CWA noted that T-Mobile, which has proposed spectrum swap with Verizon, also before the commission, recently announced it was closing seven call centers in the U.S., employing 3,300. “Without high speed landline networks, wireless networks cannot succeed,” the union said.