1. Defining Relevant Markets for Mergers and Acquisitions Involving Communications Services
- Author:
- Harold Furchtgott-Roth and Jeffrey Li
- Publication Date:
- 11-2013
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Hudson Institute
- Abstract:
- Over the past 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”), often in coordination with the Department of Justice (“DoJ”), has reviewed dozens of mergers and acquisitions involving companies offering various forms of communications services, and many offering various forms of wireless services. To approve license transfers and other regulatory authorizations associated with each of these mergers and acquisitions, the FCC issues an order in which it often discusses antitrust issues including a definition of a “relevant product market” to assess the likely competitive effect of the merger.
- Topic:
- Economics, Markets, Science and Technology, and Communications