FCC Approves Frontier Buy of Verizon Systems in California, Florida and Texas

The FCC approved Frontier Communications's planned buy of Verizon wireline systems in California, Florida and Texas, in an order released Wednesday by the International, Wireless and Wireline bureaus in docket 15-44. The order found that the transaction was "unlikely to result in any significant public interest harms" and it did not attach conditions. The deal also needed state regulatory approval, including in California.