Charter-Cox Merger Is Pro-Competitive, FCC Should Approve Without Unrelated Conditions

MLex cited comments from an International Center for Law & Economics brief filed with the FCC regarding the proposed merger between Charter Communications and Cox Communications.

You can read the full article in MLex here.

The merger between Charter and Cox would be pro-competitive and serve the public interest, the International Center for Law and Economics said in a brief to the US Federal Communications Commission. The transaction is a geographic expansion, rather than a horizontal consolidation of competitors, the brief said. “We urge the Commission to approve the applications without imposing conditions that are unrelated to the specific, demonstrable effects of the merger,” the ICLE said.