Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 7 Jun 2019
National wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon topped the list of winners of the FCC's first-ever auctions of fifth-generation (5G) wireless broadband…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 1 Mar 2019
On Tuesday, a three judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the June 2018 decision of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 18 May 2018
Asserting that frequent failures by the FCC to adhere to its informal 180-day shot clock for merger approval create "uncertainty for transacting…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 2 Jun 2017
Confirming that minimum tender conditions for exchange offers and consent solicitations conducted pursuant to the previously-signed share purchase…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 24 Mar 2017
One month after Telenor of Norway announced plans to sell its Indian wireless unit to Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India agreed Monday to merge its mobile…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 3 Mar 2017
On Monday, OneWeb—the U.S. satellite venture backed by SoftBank Corp. of Japan—announced plans to merge with Luxembourg-based Intelsat in a share-for-…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 11 Nov 2016
On the heels of last week's announced mergers involving CenturyLink-Level 3 and Crown Castle-FiberNet, Windstream Holdings and Earthlink Holdings…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 4 Nov 2016
A week after AT&T made headlines with its $85.4 billion plan to purchase Time Warner, regional telecommunications carrier CenturyLink announced…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | Global, USA | 30 Sep 2016
In an action expected to facilitate foreign investment in broadcasters and common carriers, the FCC voted unanimously to adopt a Report and Order…
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | USA | 26 Aug 2016
Comments filed late last week by wireless carriers, broadcasters and satellite firms depict strong support for proposed FCC rules that would impose a…