Verizon Gets Statewide Franchise in California

VERIZON GETS STATEWIDE FRANCHISE IN CALIFORNIA
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Linda Haugsted]
Verizon Communications became the first state franchise holder in California. The state Public Utilities Commission acted on the telco’s applications just five working days after establishing its rules for regulating statewide applications. Under the state's Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act, the PUC has 30 days to rule that a franchise application is complete, and another 14 days after that to issue a franchise. The application lists 45 cities in Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside counties where Verizon intends to deploy video services. These are the communities where the telco has the heaviest deployment of its FiOS high-speed-Internet plant.
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* Verizon wins state TV franchise
http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-verizon9mar09,1,3066847.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-business