ICLE: There's Minuscule Overlap Between Charter and Cox
Noting its 28-page economic analysis, the International Center for Law & Economics told the FCC that Charter Communications' $34.5 billion purchase of Cox Communications is "pro-competitive." The proposed deal, announced in May (see 2505160060), is "a geographic expansion, not a…
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horizontal consolidation of competitors." The two carriers have almost no footprint overlap, with fewer than 0.1% of their combined broadband serviceable locations served by both companies, the group said in a filing posted Wednesday (docket 25-233). Rather than reducing the number of options available to consumers in local markets, the deal instead lets New Charter reach the scale it needs to better compete against larger national broadband providers and vertically integrated tech platforms, it argued.