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Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures Verizon-FairPoint America Movil-Puerto Rico Telephone Company (FCC approved 3/26/07) AT&T-BellSouth (FCC Approved 12/29/06) Sprint Local Telephone Spin-Off Verizon-MCI (FCC approved 10/31/05) Adelphia-Time Warner-Comcast (FCC approved 7/13/06) SBC-AT&T (FCC approved 10/31/05) Sprint-Nextel (FCC approved 8/3/05) Cingular-AT&T Wireless (FCC approved 10/26/04) Global Crossing-GC Acquisition (FCC approved 10/8/03) CWA letter regarding FCC merger procedures [Acrobat 9K] (3/28/00) Verizon-FairPoint CWA and IBEW Petition to Deny [Acrobat 1.8M] (4/27/07) America Movil purchase of Puerto Rico Telephone Company (FCC approved 3-26-07) FCC Press Release (3/26/07) FCC Order (3/26/07) CWA Press Release (3/26/07) CWA Comments [Acrobat 2M] (7/31/06) AT&T-BellSouth (FCC Approved 12/29/2006) FCC Order (12/29/06) CWA Comments on Proposed Merger Conditions [Acrobat 11K] (10/24/06) CWA Comments to FCC on AT&T-BellSouth Merger [Acrobat 15K] (6/5/06) Sprint Local Telephone Spin-Off (Completed 5/17/06) Fact Sheet [Acrobat 24K] Pennsylvania CWA Testimony - Sumanta Ray - Public [Acrobat 45K] (10/25/05) CWA Testimony - Debbie Goldman - Public [Acrobat 28K] (10/25/05) PUC Staff Testimony [Acrobat 29K] Office of Consumer Advocate - Kahal Testimony - Public [Acrobat 2,196K] Verizon-MCI (FCC Approved 10/31/2005) FCC Order [Acrobat 720K] (10/31/2005) CWA Comments on NY PSC White Paper [Acrobat 96K] (8/5/05) CWA Testimony to the PA PSC (7/29/05) Statement by Vincent Maisano [Acrobat 30K] Statement by Tracy McGeever [Acrobat 22K] Statement by Michael Davis [Acrobat 18K] Statement by Richard Holoka [Acrobat 14K] CWA Initial Comments before the NY PSC [Acrobat 51K] (4/29/05) Adelphia-Time Warner-Comcast (FCC Approved 7/13/2006) FCC Order [Acrobat 1.1M] (7/13/06) CWA Letter to FCC Chairman Martin [Acrobat 590K] (7/5/06) CWA Letter to House and Senate Commerce, Judiciary Committees on Adelphia-Time Warner-Comcast Transaction [Acrobat 191K] (11/1/05) CWA and IBEW Reply Comments to the FCC [Acrobat 106K] (8/5/05) CWA and IBEW Comments to the FCC [Acrobat 432K] (7/21/05) Appendix A: HII Calculation - Adelphia-Time Warner-Comcast Transaction [Acrobat 60K] Appendix B: Time Warner and Comcast Subscribers by DMA, Pre- and Post-Transaction [Acrobat 16K] Attachment: Comcast and the Future of Workers' Rights in Telecommunications [Acrobat 707K] Attachment: This is Comcast: Silencing Our Voice at Work [Acrobat 3,489K] Attachment: Religious Leaders Request Meeting with Comcast Board CWA Guide to Local Intervention in the Adelphia/Time Warner/Comcast Transaction [Acrobat 416K] (7/05) SBC-AT&T (FCC approved 10/31/05) FCC Order [Acrobat 628K] (10/31/05) Statement to the New York State Public Service Comission, Hearing on the Proposals of SBC and AT&T to Merge by Laura Unger (7/26/05) Written Statement to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Hearing on the AT&T/SBC Merger by Suman Ray (6/6/05) Statement to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Hearing on the AT&T/SBC Merger by Laura Unger (6/6/05) Workers, Consumers to Gain from SBC-AT&T Merger (6/6/05) SBC/AT&T Merger is Good for Employees and Consumers [Acrobat 32K] (6/3/05) CWA Comments to the FCC [Acrobat 94K] (4/25/05) CWA Press Release: SBC-AT&T Merger Merits Quick Approval, CWA Tells FCC (4/25/05) Sprint-Nextel (FCC approved 8/3/05) FCC Order [Acrobat 604K] (8/8/05) FCC Merger Order Press Release [Acrobat 88K] (8/3/05) Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein statement [Acrobat 72K] Commissioner Michael Copps statement [Acrobat 72K] CWA-IBEW Reply Comments to the FCC [Acrobat 144K] (4/18/05) Appendix A: Sprint Service Quality Charts [Acrobat 59K] CWA Comments to the FCC [Acrobat 165K] (3/30/05) Appendix A: Sprint FON [Acrobat 7K] Appendix B: Sprint Service Quality [Acrobat 15K] Cingular-AT&T Wireless (FCC approved 10/26/04) FCC Order [Acrobat 839K] CWA Press Release (5/3/04) CWA Comments to the FCC [Acrobat 25K] (5/3/04) Global Crossing - GC Acquisition (FCC approved 10/8/03) FCC Order [Acrobat 364K] CWA Petition to Deny or Impose Conditions on Global Crossing bankruptcy transfer to GC Acquisition [Acrobat 50K] (10/21/02)