California Hearings on Charger-Cox Deal Approaching

Source: Broadband Breakfast |By Jake Neenan

California’s telecom regulator is set to hold evidentiary hearings this month in its review of the $34.5 billion Charter-Cox merger. The hearings are set for April 20-24.  The California Public Utilities Commission is the last remaining agency that needs to clear the deal. The Federal Communications Commission, Justice Department, and states like New York and Connecticut have cleared the transaction.

A set of advocacy groups including The Utility Reform Network and the CPUC’s Public Advocates Office asked the agency to hold evidentiary hearings on a number of issues, including Charter upgrading and expanding its network after the deal, the merger’s effect on consumer privacy and Charter’s diversity commitments.