FCC Bureau OKs 18C's Planned Buy of 1-800 Collect's Assets, Subject to DOJ Conditions
FCC staff approved 18C's proposed buy of 1-800 Collect assets and a domestic authorization under Communications Act 214, after lengthy review by the executive branch's Team Telecom. The Wireline Bureau granted the companies' license-transfer application Thursday subject to commitments and…
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undertakings they made in a May 11 letter to the DOJ, its National Security Division and the FBI, said a public notice in commission docket 16-275. The DOJ petitioned the FCC May 14 to make company compliance with the assurances a condition for approving the deal. The DOJ, DOD and the Department of Homeland Security had asked the commission in October 2016 to defer action on the transaction while they reviewed national security, law enforcement and public safety issues (see 1610130051). The companies also filed FCC applications to transfer international authorizations.