Public Knowledge Urges FCC Denial of Verizon/XO; Others Voice Concerns
Public Knowledge asked the FCC to block Verizon's proposed buy of XO Communications and address issues in a related spectrum leasing deal involving XO subsidiary Nextlink Wireless. "Because of the potential harm to competition from Verizon’s proposed acquisition of XO,…
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and because of the important issues raised by Verizon’s associated lease of the Nextlink spectrum, the applicants have failed to meet the threshold requirement to demonstrate that the proposed transactions will serve the public interest," PK said in a petition to deny posted in docket 16-70. "The Commission cannot approve these transactions unless the concerns raised by these combined transactions are properly addressed." The Competitive Carriers Association, New America's Open Technology Institute and Windstream also filed comments in the docket citing various concerns with the deals. Dish Network and Incompas previously filed petitions to deny (see 1605040021). Transbeam, a provider of Ethernet over copper, supported the Incompas petition. The new filings were posted Thursday and Friday.