OK Its Asset Sale, as Those Concerned Don't Challenge Deal, Frontier Asks FCC
Not even those with concerns about Frontier Communications challenge benefits of its selling wireline, video and long-distance operations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington to Northwest Fiber, Frontier replied. No one petitioned to deny the deal, and only MontanaSky Networks/MontanaSky…
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West and state Rep. Steve Gunderson (R) commented (here and here), Frontier told the FCC. "Neither Commenter denies or even attempts to refute that the Transaction will result in significant public interest benefits nor claims that the Transaction will harm the public interest." OK the deal promptly, and "non-transaction-specific and industry-wide policy issues raised by the Commenters should not be addressed" here, it asked, posted Friday to docket 19-188. The two concerned filers raised issues about Frontier's service quality (see 1908090024). They didn't comment to us. The company agreed to sell its wireline operations in the northwest U.S. for $1.35 billion to investment firms, including cable entrepreneur Steve Weed's (see 1905290042).