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FCC Chair Brendan Carr is letting ISPs merge—as long as they end DEI programs
It's shaping up to be a big year for telecom mergers, and it appears the Federal Communications Commission is eager to ...
FCC Greenlights Verizon’s $20 Billion Acquisition of Frontier Communications
On May 16, the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved Verizon Communications Inc.’s ...
Brendan Carr stages a Trumpian show at the FCC
For years, he was a low-key conservative policy player. Now he’s using an entire agency to wage Trump’s battles.
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Verizon ending DEI initiatives as it seeks U.S. approval for Frontier deal
Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr in February criticised Verizon for its promotion of DEI programmes and said it could be a factor in the Frontier deal. Verizon said in a letter ...
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A federal agency goes full Trumpist
Four months into his tenure as head of America’s top communications regulator, Brendan ... of Frontier Communications right afterward. Unlike many in Trump world, however, Carr hasn’t declared ...
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Verizon-Frontier deal gets green light after ending DEI commitments
"Verizon recognises that some DEI policies and practices could be associated with discrimination," Venkatesh said in the ...
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Verizon ends DEI policies to get FCC’s blessing for its $20 billion Frontier deal
Verizon has become the latest big company to end policies around diversity, equity and inclusion, or “DEI,” in order to keep ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Massive Telecom Merger Champions Workers In A Way Biden Admin Never Could, FCC Chair Says
greenlit Verizon’s $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications on Friday — but only after Chairman Brendan Carr insisted on a slate of labor protections he said there was “no way ...