Summary of Merger Requirements

SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI

Two significant telecommunications mergers were approved in California and nationally, SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI.
In addition to California Public Utilities Commission merger conditions, the Federal Communications Commission and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have each included conditions for these mergers in California.
While no DOJ conditions apply to Verizon/MCI, SBC/AT&T must divest specified local fiber-optic network facilities in response to the DOJ.
There are a total of 27 conditions that affect SBC/AT&T and 20 that affect Verizon/MCI.
Both SBC/AT&T and Verizon/MCI must comply with 20 similar conditions, while seven of the conditions only apply to SBC/AT&T.
The merger conditions are intended to mitigate impacts in the mass market, wholesale, and enterprise sectors and/or provide benefits to underserved communities.
Each condition falls into one of the following areas:
- UNEs
- Special access
- Internet backbone
- ADSL
- Net neutrality
- Facilities divestiture
- Annual certification
- Compliance
- Technology training
- Philanthropy

Last Modified: 10/11/2007