Chmn. Martin’s remarks that Bells may need franchise reform may b...
Chmn. Martin’s remarks that Bells may need franchise reform may be off base because of poor information provided by a competitor, said RCN Senior Vp External Affairs Richard Ramlall. Martin used his first news conference to push for telco…
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video deregulation, saying, “I am hopeful that we will be able to provide some regulatory relief” (CD March 20 p2). RCN “questions the information Chairman Martin has been provided by Verizon about problems with the local franchise process,” Ramlall told us. “It’s also contrary to RCN’s experience in negotiating more than 100 franchises without access to the vastly greater financial resources available to Verizon.” Separately, RCN said it completed the purchase of Consolidated Edison’s telco unit for about $39 million.