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PURA approves Verizon change-of-control for Frontier, orders interconnection reports

5102983 · June 30, 2025
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The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority voted unanimously June 11 to approve Verizon Communications Inc.'s proposed change of control of Frontier Communications, incorporating a settlement agreement and ordering Verizon to confirm with community access providers and file a docketed report on interconnection and technical issues.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) voted unanimously Wednesday, June 11, 2025, to approve Verizon Communications Inc.’s joint application to assume control of Frontier Communications in Docket 241106, and incorporated a proposed settlement agreement into its final decision.

In remarks supporting the decision, Pat Feier, authority staff attorney, summarized the record and the authority’s statutory review. Feier said the authority considered “the financial, technological, and managerial suitability and responsibility of the applicant,” the company’s ability to provide “safe, adequate, and reliable service,” and the effect of approval on the location and accessibility of management and state resident employees, noting the authority’s review included prefiled testimony, interrogatory responses and…

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