DOJ Requests FCC Hold Off on Altice/Suddenlink
The Justice Department asked the FCC to delay action on Altice's plan to buy a majority of Suddenlink. In a filing posted Tuesday in docket 15-135, DOJ's National Security Division said it was "reviewing these matters for any national security,…
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law enforcement and public safety issue." That has been a standard step in other deals under FCC review. DOJ said it made the request with the concurrence of the Defense and Homeland Security departments.