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For
Immediate Release
May 9, 2012
Public
Knowledge Asks FCC To Lift Secrecy On Verizon/Cable Research Operation
The
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should make public the organizational
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establish to develop new technologies for cable and wireless, Public Knowledge
said in a filing with the Commission today.
At
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Entity" (JOE) that would be set up for Verizon and its cable partners --
Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House and Cox, (the Applicants). Based on
confidential information submitted in the record, Public Knowledge has argued
to the FCC that the JOE provides the template for a cartel between the most
important providers of video, broadband, and wireless services. The companies
have responded that the JOE is a “procompetitive R&D joint venture” to
develop and license new technologies that integrate wireless and wireline
networks.
"There
is no reason for the FCC to allow Verizon, Comcast and their proposed cartel
partners to keep secret the organizational details of their new organization.
If this information were made public, it would be clear to everyone that this
is not a 'procompetitive R&D joint venture', as the companies have claimed
in their filings with the Commission," said Harold Feld, Legal Director of
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"The governance structure of the JOE is neither
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interest impacts of the proposed transactions; understanding the connections
between the Applicants’ spectrum, marketing, resale, and JOE agreements; and
determining whether the JOE will establish the basis for a future cartel
between its members," PK said in a filing with the FCC.
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version of the filing for the public record is here.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should make public the organizational
details of the organization Verizon and the biggest cable companies want to
establish to develop new technologies for cable and wireless, Public Knowledge
said in a filing with the Commission today.
At
issue is how much detail will be made public about the "Joint Operating
Entity" (JOE) that would be set up for Verizon and its cable partners --
Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House and Cox, (the Applicants). Based on
confidential information submitted in the record, Public Knowledge has argued
to the FCC that the JOE provides the template for a cartel between the most
important providers of video, broadband, and wireless services. The companies
have responded that the JOE is a “procompetitive R&D joint venture” to
develop and license new technologies that integrate wireless and wireline
networks.
"There
is no reason for the FCC to allow Verizon, Comcast and their proposed cartel
partners to keep secret the organizational details of their new organization.
If this information were made public, it would be clear to everyone that this
is not a 'procompetitive R&D joint venture', as the companies have claimed
in their filings with the Commission," said Harold Feld, Legal Director of
Public Knowledge: "The JOE is
in reality at the center of the effort to create a new cartel."
"The governance structure of the JOE is neither
highly confidential nor confidential, but is critical to assessing the public
interest impacts of the proposed transactions; understanding the connections
between the Applicants’ spectrum, marketing, resale, and JOE agreements; and
determining whether the JOE will establish the basis for a future cartel
between its members," PK said in a filing with the FCC.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should make public the organizational
details of the organization Verizon and the biggest cable companies want to
establish to develop new technologies for cable and wireless, Public Knowledge
said in a filing with the Commission today.
At
issue is how much detail will be made public about the "Joint Operating
Entity" (JOE) that would be set up for Verizon and its cable partners --
Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House and Cox, (the Applicants). Based on
confidential information submitted in the record, Public Knowledge has argued
to the FCC that the JOE provides the template for a cartel between the most
important providers of video, broadband, and wireless services. The companies
have responded that the JOE is a “procompetitive R&D joint venture” to
develop and license new technologies that integrate wireless and wireline
networks.
"There
is no reason for the FCC to allow Verizon, Comcast and their proposed cartel
partners to keep secret the organizational details of their new organization.
If this information were made public, it would be clear to everyone that this
is not a 'procompetitive R&D joint venture', as the companies have claimed
in their filings with the Commission," said Harold Feld, Legal Director of
Public Knowledge: "The JOE is
in reality at the center of the effort to create a new cartel."
"The governance structure of the JOE is neither
highly confidential nor confidential, but is critical to assessing the public
interest impacts of the proposed transactions; understanding the connections
between the Applicants’ spectrum, marketing, resale, and JOE agreements; and
determining whether the JOE will establish the basis for a future cartel
between its members," PK said in a filing with the FCC.
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