Frontier Files Additional Response to FCC Questions on Verizon Wireline Deal
Frontier submitted additional information to the FCC in a letter meant to address questions posed by the commission in June (see 1506180038) about the company's proposed takeover of Verizon's wireline services in California, Florida and Texas. The letter posted Friday…
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in docket 15-44 follows a joint response to the questions by Frontier and Verizon (see 1507020046) filed earlier this month and highlights Frontier's broadband expansion efforts after its 2010 purchase of portions of Verizon's wireline services and 2014 purchase of AT&T's incumbent LEC operations in Connecticut. In the filing, Frontier touted broadband projects it completed in California, Connecticut, New York, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The company also provided information about its use of savings from the previous transactions, saying it exceeded the $500 million operating savings that it planned in the 2010 purchase and is on track to meet its projected operating savings total of $200 million from the 2014 AT&T asset purchase. The company said in the letter it doesn't estimate "a specific percentage of these savings to be used for network investment," but the money saved "permits Frontier to engage in a balanced, flexible approach of investing in its network infrastructure."