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Telecom Mergers and the FCC

September 22, 2005

Reuters reported today that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is planning to forward proposed orders regarding the SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI mergers to his fellow commissioners for their review.

Martin, according to the Reuters article, is looking for votes on the mergers to take place some time in mid-October.

The push to move the mergers forward is particularly interesting given the even�split between two Democrat and two Republican commissioners at the FCC.� �

Martin, therefore, will most likely have to pursuade one of the FCC's Democrats, either Michael Copps or Jonathan Adelstein, to vote in favor of the deals.

In early August, news�outlets (including Telecom Watch) reported�that President Bush was planning on announcing two nominees to fill the�seats left by then-Chairman Michael Powell and current commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, who announced that she is stepping down at the end of her term.

The announcements, however,�have not materialized, thereby providing Copps and Adelstein in pretty good bargaining positions.




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