The FCC is seeking comment on TracFone’s proposed...
The FCC is seeking comment on TracFone’s proposed buy of Start Wireless’s Page Plus Cellular, an MVNO with some 1.4 million customers. The company uses Verizon Wireless’s network. Comments are due June 13, replies June 20. The price paid and…
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terms of the deal were not revealed when it was unveiled in mid-May. The companies filed an application at the FCC May 23. Under the deal, TracFone will buy Page Plus’s customer base and other assets associated with its domestic services operations, including its blanket Section 214 authorization, the public notice said (http://bit.ly/11ccmDm). “TracFone will replace Page Plus as the telecommunications service provider to Page Plus’s customers.” They said the proposed transaction is entitled to presumptive streamlined treatment under section 63.03(b)(2)(i) of the commission’s rules and that “a grant of the application will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity.”