Texas PUC OKs Verizon Franchise

[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: David Cohen]
As expected, the Texas Public Utility Commission Friday approved Verizon’s application for a franchise to serve 21 communities in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex with its Verizon FiOS TV service. The regional Bell operating company formally filed for the state franchise Oct. 3, and the PUC said then that it would review the application and issue a franchise within 17 business days. Fellow RBOC SBC Communications filed for a state franchise Oct. 11 to become a video-service provider, designating 21 communities in and around San Antonio. And cable overbuilder Grande Communications Networks made a similar move Oct. 5, taking advantage of an exception in a new Texas law that allows current cable competitors with low penetration to rescind their local contracts in favor of statewide licensing.
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