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AT&T Refuses To Follow Verizon In Rolling Back DEI Policies Amid Federal Pressure
AT&T's CEO John Stankey indicated that the telecommunications company would not change its diversity policy in order to ...
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Verizon acknowledges DEI policies 'could be associated with discrimination'
Verizon has abandoned its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to secure federal regulatory approval for its $20 ...
FCC Chair Brendan Carr is letting ISPs merge—as long as they end DEI programs
It's shaping up to be a big year for telecom mergers, and it appears the Federal Communications Commission is eager to ...
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Verizon-Frontier deal gets green light after ending DEI commitments
"Verizon recognises that some DEI policies and practices could be associated with discrimination," Venkatesh said in the ...
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Verizon is cutting DEI programs following FCC pressure
Verizon has now made the decision to cut its DEI programs, seemingly in response to FCC chair Brendan Carr’s investigation into its diversity practices. In a letter to the agency obtained by ...
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Verizon ends DEI policies to get FCC's blessing for its $20 billion Frontier deal
Verizon has become the latest big company to end policies around diversity, equity and inclusion, or "DEI," in order to keep ...
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FCC Approves Verizon’s $20 Billion Frontier Deal After Telco Committed to Eliminating DEI, Agency’s GOP Chairman Says
Verizon’s pledge to end DEI was outlined in a May 15 letter to ... continues to abstain from particular corporate diversity issues.” On Friday, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved ...
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Verizon becomes latest company to face probe by FCC boss over DEI policies
“They are the FCC personnel most familiar with Verizon’s operations due to their merger review activity.” FCC Chair Brendan Carr launched a probe into Comcast’s DEI policies earlier this mont ...