CWA Talks Carrier M-and-A with FCC Official

摘要

Officials of the Communications Workers of America discussed carriers' acquisition deals with Zachary Katz, deputy chief of the FCC Office of Strategic Planning, according to a filing by the union. They discussed Illinois and Washington orders approving the CenturyTel's takeover of Embarq and a New York order approving the FairPoint's acquisition of Berkshire Telephone. Officials also discussed restrictions imposed in Illinois and West Virginia orders approving Frontier's purchase of Verizon landlines. And they discussed West Virginia's requirement that Verizon obey “irrevocable trust provisions in a related service-quality case pending before the West Virginia Public Service Commission," the filing said.