FCC Approves AT&T-BellSouth Deal

The Federal Communications Commission last week approved AT&T’s $80 billion acquisition of BellSouth, one day after the acquiring company agreed to a series of conditions on the merger. To gain Democratic approval, AT&T included a so-called net-neutrality provision prohibiting the merged companies from favoring some Web sites and content providers over their rivals. Net-neutrality advocates differed on whether the Internet conditions in the AT&T-BellSouth deal were strong enough.

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