Mergers

Major Telecom Mergers through history (note this does not reflect a lot of the wireless companies): See Also Communications Timeline

Law

• 15 U.S.C. § 21 Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade: Enforcement Provisions
• 47 U.S.C. § 214(c) Approval or Disapproval; Injunction
• Clayton Antitrust Act

Links

• Department of Justice Antitrust Division
• FCC Common Carrier Bureau Merger Page
• FTC Antitrust/Competition

Papers

• Sumit K. Majumdar, Rabih Moussawi, Ulku Yaylacicegi, The Impact of Mergers on Performance in the US Telecommunications Industry, 1988 to 2001 TPRC 2006

News & Blogs

• Mergers Fail to Deliver Consumer Promises, Broadband Reports 10/26/2006
• Judge May Seek Further Review Of Telephone Company Mergers, Networking Pipeline 7/14/2006

Telecom mergers get FCC's blessing, USA Today 11/1/2005

FCC Approves Verizon, SBC Mergers, Wash Post 11/1/2005

US telco mergers get FCC rubber stamp, Register 11/1/2005

US government approves two large telecom mergers, Xinhua 11/1/2005

Justice Dept. Approves Two Big Telecom Deals, NYT 10/28/2005

DOJ Demands That Telcos Divest Some Assets, eWeek 10/28/2005

FCC Democrats to seek telecom merger safeguards, Free Press 10/24/2005

Telecoms urge FCC to impose conditions on 'mega-mergers', Denver 10/18/2005

FCC Gives Nod To Sprint-Nextel Merger, Americas Network 8/5/2005

Q&A: Reed Hundt's take on carrier mergers, NWFusion 2/22/2005

Merger mania promises fewer, bigger telcos, CNET 2/8/2005

Telecom Mergers Make Sense, Technewsworld 3/4/2005

DoJ-FTC Cancel Merger Review Plans, Internet News 5/22/02

Report: BellSouth looking to buy Sprint, NWFusion 3/16/01

WorldCom's Intermedia Buy Gets DoJ Go-Ahead Nov 20, 2000 newsbytes

DOJ approves WorldCom deal with Intermedia Nov 17, 2000 zdnet

EU commissioner emphasizes need for merger regulation Oct 20, 2000 cnet

NTT Communications Buys Verio For $5.5B FoxNews 8/30

NTT finally completes Verio acquisition for $5.5 billion NW Fusion 8/30

NTT extends Verio offer - again Aug 22, 2000 NWFusion

NTT/Verio: Never Say Never Aug 22, 2000 InternetNews

NTT, Verio Deal Gets U.S. OK Aug 23, 2000 cnn

Clinton: No spy threat in Japan's buy of U.S. ISP Aug 23, 2000 cnet

Report: FBI Approves NTT-Verio Deal The Standard Aug 11

FBI, NTT Cut Tentative Deal On Verio Buy NewsBytes Aug 11

Verio-NTT Passes FBI Test CNNfn Aug 11

FBI Verio NTT Deal The Stanard Aug 11

FBI Worries Prompt NTT/Verio Meeting Newsbytes Aug 9

Verio, NTT Cooperating With U.S. Probe Aug 3, 2000 foxnews

FBI to Scrutinize NTT-Verio July 7, 2000 InternetNews

FBI Looks At NTT Bid For Verio July 7, 2000 washingtonpost

NTT Dismisses Verio Bid Security Concerns July 7, 2000 excite

NTT downplays FBI's concerns over Verio bid July 7, 2000 cnet

Deutsche Telekom Mulls Cable & Wireless Takeover July 5, 2000 newsbytes