An update on important news from August 2019.
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DOJ Settlement Allows T-Mobile / Sprint Merger, Requires Significant Asset Divestiture To DISH Network
The U.S. Department of Justice, along with five states have reached a settlement with T-Mobile and Sprint, allowing the two smallest nationwide mobile wireless providers to merge. The settlement requires T-Mobile and Sprint to divest various assets to Dish Network.
May 2019 News Update
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March 2019 News Update
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Kansas Rural Communications Service Provider Epic Touch To Purchase Louisiana Communications Providers
Kansas rural communications service provider Epic Touch Co., Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase CP-TEL Holdings, Inc., the sole direct owner of Louisiana communications service providers Campti-Pleasant Hill Telephone Co., Inc. and CP-TEL Network Services, Inc.
FCC Approves Transaction Involving Cost-Based and A-CAM Rate-of-Return Companies
The FCC has approved the transfer of control of ComSouth Corporation to Hargray Communications Group, Inc. The transaction involves high-cost universal service fund support provided under two different mechanisms – one fixed and one cost-based. Because the FCC found this situation raises cost shifting concerns that could unfairly increase USF support, it approved the transaction subject to a condition intended to prevent such a result.