FCC Rejects 2012 Petition Challenging Verizon Wireless's Buy of AWS-1 Spectrum
The FCC dismissed and denied a 2012 petition for reconsideration filed by NTCH challenging Verizon’s buy of AWS-1 licenses from SpectrumCo and Cox. NTCH had raised concerns about the deal because of the 45 percent ownership of Verizon Wireless then…
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held by the U.K.’s Vodafone, the FCC said. Verizon purchased that ownership interest in February 2014, the order notes. “At the outset, we note that this challenge to the Commission’s order is now moot,” the FCC said Thursday. “Vodafone no longer holds the 45 percent foreign interest in Verizon Wireless that NTCH claims was not properly approved by the Commission. ... As a separate and independent basis for denial, however, we further conclude that NTCH’s argument is without merit.”