Press Release
Groups Ask FCC to Require Verizon, SpectrumCo and Cox Communications to Make Agreements Available
Contact: Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838
WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Free Press, the Media Access Project, Public Knowledge and the Greenlining Institute filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission requesting that Verizon, SpectrumCo and Cox Communications make unredacted versions of their joint operating and marketing agreements in their spectrum deals available to parties in the proceeding. These agreements would still be subject to the strict confidentiality provisions of the protective orders, but would ensure commenters have an opportunity to present an informed analysis of the deals’ impact.
Free Press Political Adviser Joel Kelsey made the following statement:
“We hope that the Commission will require Verizon, SpectrumCo and Cox to submit the full, unredacted agreements so that we and other groups can conduct a thorough analysis of the effects on competition in the relevant markets. It is impossible to discern the truth of the claims made by the companies given the size and scope of redactions in the current agreements.”
To read a copy of the letter go to: http://www.freepress.net/files/Joint_Ex_Parte_re_Redactions_Feb_7.pdf.
Free Press Political Adviser Joel Kelsey made the following statement:
“We hope that the Commission will require Verizon, SpectrumCo and Cox to submit the full, unredacted agreements so that we and other groups can conduct a thorough analysis of the effects on competition in the relevant markets. It is impossible to discern the truth of the claims made by the companies given the size and scope of redactions in the current agreements.”
To read a copy of the letter go to: http://www.freepress.net/files/Joint_Ex_Parte_re_Redactions_Feb_7.pdf.
