The FCC, acting at Verizon’s request, agreed to...
The FCC, acting at Verizon’s request, agreed to drop conditions imposed on various transactions involving Verizon Wireless due to Verizon Wireless’s then-partial foreign ownership by the U.K.’s Vodafone. Verizon had told the FCC the conditions were no longer relevant since…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
Verizon now owns all of its wireless subsidiary. The agency agreed “that a material change in circumstance has occurred and that the basis for these conditions no longer exists,” said a Wednesday order from the Wireless and International bureaus (http://bit.ly/1BA7klV). In February, Verizon completed a $150 billion deal to buy out Vodafone’s 45 percent of Verizon Wireless.