Federal Agencies Ask FCC to Defer Action on Midwest Fiber Deal
DOJ, with concurrence of the Department of Homeland Security and DOD, asked the FCC to defer action on an application to transfer companies to Macquarie subsidiary MIP IV Midwest Fiber (see 1901150052). One of the deals would transfer fiber network…
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PEG Bandwidth from Uniti Fiber to Midwest, which is contingent on a second transfer to Midwest of Missouri Network Alliance (dba Bluebird Network) from MNA Holdings. “The Agencies will review the petition and related materials for national-security, law-enforcement, and public-safety issues,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 19-49. “After the Agencies complete the review of the petition and related materials, the Agencies will notify the Commission and, based on the results of the review, request appropriate action by the Commission.”