The FCC released an order Wednesday dismissing various petitions for...
The FCC released an order Wednesday dismissing various petitions for reconsideration filed after the FCC approved Verizon Wireless’s buy of Alltel in 2008 (http://xrl.us/bn68ep), under former Chairman Kevin Martin. The FCC stuck by its guns in its decision in 2008…
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to include 55.5 MHz of Broadband Radio Service spectrum in the spectrum screen it used to evaluate the merger, over objections by the Rural Telecommunications Group and others. The order dismissed petitions by MetroPCS, nTelos and others asking that the commission “expand or clarify the roaming-related conditions” in the merger order. “Petitioners offer no new evidence demonstrating that the conditions already imposed do not sufficiently ameliorate the specific harms that might result from the transaction, nor do they demonstrate any error in our decision,” the FCC said. “Further, we find that the Commission has since addressed petitioners’ general concerns for the availability of reasonable voice and data roaming arrangements in other proceedings.” The Wednesday order rejected the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition’s arguments that the FCC should impose various net neutrality conditions on Verizon. “PISC has not provided any new evidence warranting the imposition of PISC’s proposed conditions, or demonstrated any error in our decision,” the order said. “As we previously concluded, the proposed conditions are not narrowly tailored to any harm specific to this transaction."