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FCC OKs AT&T-BellSouth Merger

HeadlineJan 02, 2007

The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved the merger of telecom giants AT&T and BellSouth. It marks the largest telecommunications merger in U.S. history. The Democratic commissioners on the FCC agreed to back the merger after AT&T made a pledge to adhere to net neutrality. Net neutrality is the concept that everyone, everywhere, should have free, universal and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet.

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