It’s way too late to reopen Bell Atlantic-GTE merger as requested...
It’s way too late to reopen Bell Atlantic-GTE merger as requested by WorldNet, Verizon told FCC in comments filed April 25 (CC Docs. 98-141, 98-184). WorldNet, CLEC that’s seeking interconnection in Puerto Rico, has asked FCC to apply merger…
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conditions to Puerto Rican Telephone Co.(PRTC) in order to expand opportunities for CLECs there. Verizon said “extraordinary request” came months after Bell Atlantic and GTE were integrated under Verizon name and long after deadline for filing petitions for reconsideration. It said, “The Commission was… fully aware of Verizon’s ownership interest in PRTC at the time it approved the merger between Bell Atlantic and GTE” and yet adopted merger conditions that didn’t include PRTC. Another reason for turning down request, Verizon said, is that FCC “lacks the statutory authority” to expand merger conditions because “the conditions were voluntary to begin with.”