CCA Raises Concerns on Verizon Buys of High-Frequency Spectrum
The Competitive Carriers Association encouraged the FCC to deny Verizon’s bid to acquire NextLink, in tandem with the pending Verizon/Straight Path, saying it would give the buyer too much high-frequency spectrum. If both buys are approved, Verizon would control 54…
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percent of all 28 GHz and 38 percent of all 39 GHz spectrum, CCA said in a news release. “It is certainly no surprise that Verizon is trying to downplay the substantial anti-competitive harms that would result from its acquisition of Nextlink, alongside the millimeter wave spectrum that could be aggregated by Verizon in the Verizon/Straight Path Transaction,” said CCA President Steve Berry. “The commission previously rejected CCA’s arguments by declining to consolidate the review of the Nextlink and other applications," a Verizon spokesman said. "We’re pleased that the Department of Justice has already favorably completed its antitrust review of this transaction.”