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FCC approves DISH license transfer, but rejects waiver of MSSATC integrated service rule

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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March 9 2012

Last Friday, DISH Network won FCC approval of its request to acquire 2 GHz mobile satellite service (MSS) S-band licenses and related assets from bankrupt MSS providers TerreStar Networks and DBSD North America

Comcast-NBC merger application offers program access, other commitments

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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February 5 2010

In documents that request FCC approval of the transfer of control of broadcast and other licenses held by NBC Universal (NBCU) to Comcast, the merger partners touted the public interest benefits of the proposed $30 billion transaction, as they offered a smorgasbord of voluntary commitments that are intended to alleviate the concerns of critics of the merger

Iridium-GHL merger approved by FCC

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 21 2009

Plans by GHL Acquisition Corp. to merge with mobile satellite services (MSS) firm Iridium Holdings LLC were approved last Friday by the FCC, which concluded that the deal, which values Iridium at $591 million, serves the public interest

T-Mobile USA, MetroPCS stress need for scale in FCC merger application

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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October 26 2012

In a transfer of control application filed with the FCC last Friday, T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS cited the need for scale as the main impetus for their proposed merger, as they emphasized the difficulties the companies will face in continuing to compete independently if they do not combine

FCC allows cable program access rules to expire

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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October 12 2012

Pointing to a national multichannel video program distribution marketplace in which cable operators now play a less dominant role, the FCC decided unanimously last Friday to allow provisions of its program access rules that prohibit exclusive contracts to expire

Franken urges probe into Comcast’s compliance with NBCU merger conditions

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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May 11 2012

Highlighting difficulties experienced by a particular online video distributor (OVD) in gaining access to Comcast-controlled programming, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) urged the FCC and the Justice Department (DOJ) on Monday to investigate Comcast’s compliance with conditions that were attached by the FCC and the DOJ to the cable firm’s merger with NBC Universal (NBCU

Justice Department announces conditional approval of Verizon-SpectrumCo deal, as FCC circulates draft order approving transaction

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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August 18 2012

Verizon Wireless’s $3.9 billion plan to acquire wireless spectrum licenses held by the SpectrumCo venture and to enter a related cross-marketing arrangement with Cox Communications and the SpectrumCo members was conditionally approved yesterday under a proposed Justice Department (DOJ) consent decree that includes various conditions intended to preserve competition in the markets for video, wireless and broadband Internet services

Solicitor General advises Supreme Court against review of market entry, remote DVR cases

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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June 5 2009

In an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court, the Office of the U.S. Solicitor General (OSG) recommended that the high court refrain from reviewing appellate decisions that pertain to state and local legal requirements that “may” block competitive entry into the telecom market

FCC to probe exclusive wireless handset deals

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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June 26 2009

Acting on the recommendations of Senate Communications Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and other Senate lawmakers, acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps said the FCC would launch an investigation into exclusive contracts between the nation’s top mobile phone carriers and handset manufacturers

New coalition calls for special access reform

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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USA
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June 26 2009

Competitive local exchange (CLEC) and wireless carriers joined this week with consumer and public policy groups in forming a new coalition that seeks to end what it calls the special access “chokehold” held over the U.S. telecommunications market by Verizon Communications and AT&T