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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 10, 2000 |
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: David Fiske (202) 418-0500 |
STATEMENT OF FCC CHAIRMAN WILLIAM KENNARD
ON FCC APPROVAL OF QWEST-US WEST MERGER
Last fall, I promised a fast track review of the Qwest - US WEST merger.
I expect that the new company will quickly open its local market to competition and speed up deployment of advanced services to its customers.
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